WPTA
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| Fort Wayne, Indiana | |
| Branding | 21Alive |
| Slogan | Indiana's News Center |
| Channels | 21 (UHF) analog, 24 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | Malara Broadcasting (operated by Granite Broadcasting) |
| Founded | October 27, 1957 |
| Transmitter Power | 562 kW (analog) 335 kW (digital) |
| Height | 224.0 m (analog) 224.4 m (digital) |
| Website | IndianasNewsCenter.com Fort Wayne's CW Homepage |
WPTA is a television station in Fort Wayne, Indiana, broadcasting locally on channel 21 as an affiliate of ABC. The station is owned by Malara Broadcasting, but is operated through a local marketing agreement by Granite Broadcasting Corporation. Granite also owns WISE-TV, the local NBC affiliate. Both stations broadcast local news programming jointly under the banner Indiana's News Center. The station broadcasts in digital on channel 24, and one of its digital subchannels will become an affiliate of The CW starting September 18, 2006.
The "21 Alive" name was in use since the late-1970s, when the station was owned by Combined Communications (which was sold to Gannett in 1979), in which most of their stations (including Atlanta's WXIA-TV, another former Combined station) included "Alive" in their nickname. Gannett sold the station (along with WLKY-TV in Louisville, Kentucky) to Pulitzer in 1983, who later sold WPTA to Granite in 1986.
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[edit] Previous Logos
 WPTA logo circa 1960. The "a" in WPTA is the pre-Rand ABC ident. |
 WPTA Logo 1974-1980. Last one using 21 Eyewitness News. |
 WPTA Test Pattern 1980-1986. First 21Alive logo |
 WPTA Logo 1986-1995. Second 21Alive Logo |
 Variation of the WPTA logo - used from 1997 until 2005. Note the ABC logo has been attached to this logo since November 2005. |
[edit] Newscasts
WPTA produces five newscasts using three different "news teams". These newscasts are produced with sister-station WISE-TV, and are branded Indiana's NewsCenter.
[edit] Weekday Mornings
WPTA's morning news team consists of Jennifer Blomquist, Ryan Elijah, and Jay Walker on weather. Jennifer Blomquist replaces Ryan Elijah for Good Morning America news updates, and Corrine Rose replaces them both at noon.
- Indiana's NewsCenter Today on 21Alive (5:00-7:00 AM)
- Indiana's NewsCenter Local News Update (7:00-9:00 AM) (segments during Good Morning America)
- Indiana's NewsCenter at Noon on 21Alive (12:00-12:30 PM)
[edit] Weekday Evenings
WPTA's evening news team consists of Keith Edwards, Melissa Long, Curtis Smith on weather, and Dean Pantazi on sports.
- Indiana's NewsCenter at 5 on 21Alive (5:00-5:30 PM)
- Indiana's NewsCenter at 6 on 21Alive (6:00-6:30 PM)
- Indiana's NewsCenter at 11 on 21Alive (11:00-11:35 PM)
[edit] Weekends
WPTA's weekend news team consists of Eric Olsen, Jason Myers on weather, and Thomas Scholoeger on sports.
- Indiana's NewsCenter Weekend at 6 (6:00-6:30 PM)
- Indiana's NewsCenter Weekend at 11 (11:00-11:35 PM)
[edit] External links
| Broadcast television in the Fort Wayne market (Nielsen DMA #106) | ||
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W07CL 7 (3ABN) - WANE 15 (CBS) - WPTA 21 (ABC) (The CW on DT2) - WISE 33 (NBC) (MNTV on DT2) - WFWA 39 (PBS) - WFWC-CA 45 (3ABN) - WFFT 55 (FOX) - WINM 63 (TCT/TBN) |
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| Local cable television channels | ||
| ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Indiana | |
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WRTV 6 (Indianapolis) - WPTA 21 (Fort Wayne) - WEHT 25 (Evansville) - WBND-LP 57 (South Bend) |
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| See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Religious and Other stations in the state of Indiana | |
