WPTA-DT2

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WPTA-DT2 | station_
station_slogan = The CW Television Network
for Northeast Indiana
station_branding = Fort Wayne's CW
Indiana's NewsCenter
analog =
Verizon FiOS 6
Comcast 19
digital = WPTA-DT 21.2 (UHF 24)
affiliations = The CW (via The CW Plus)| founded = January 11, 1995
location = Fort Wayne, Indiana
owner = Malara Broadcasting
(operated under LMA by Granite Broadcasting Corporation)
licensee = Malara Broadcast Group of Fort Wayne Licensee, LLC
former_callsigns = "WBFW" (1995-2006)
former_affiliations = The WB (1995-2006 via The WB 100+)
effective_radiated_power = 335 kW (digital)
HAAT = 224.4 m (digital)
facility_id = 73905 (digital)
coordinates = coord|41|6|7.7|N|85|11|3.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:US-IN|display=inline,title (digital)
homepage = [http://www.fortwaynescw.com/ fortwaynescw.com]

WPTA-DT2 is the CW-affiliated television station for Fort Wayne, Indiana. The station is part of The CW Plus, a special CW feed that broadcasts on cable and / or over-the-air on a digital signal. The CW Plus serves smaller television markets with a DMA rank above 100 (the Fort Wayne market has a rank of 106). WPTA-DT2 is a second digital subchannel of Fort Wayne's ABC affiliate WPTA which is owned by Malara Broadcasting and operated under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Granite Broadcasting Corporation. Over-the-air, WPTA-DT2 broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 24.2 from WPTA's transmitter which is located at that station's studios on Butler Road in Fort Wayne. Via cable, the station is offered on Verizon FiOS cable channel 6 and Comcast cable channel 19. WPTA-DT2 is known on-air as "Fort Wayne's CW".

History

The station began broadcasting on January 11, 1995. It was affiliated with the new WB network and was part of The WB 100+. The station was only offered on cable and had the fictional call letters "WBFW". On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would cease broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents: CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner.

CBS affliate WANE-TV broadcasted UPN on its second digital subchannel. At that time, WBFW was owned by Malara Broadcasting in a similar arrangement that WPTA is. It was announced in March 2006 that WBFW would affiliate with The CW via The CW Plus (a similar operation to The WB 100+). WPTA decided to create a new second digital subchannel to simulcast WBFW and offer access to CW programming for over-the-air viewers. On September 18, 2006, The CW debuted on WBFW (which then became officially known as having the WPTA-DT2 calls). The station became known on-air as "Fort Wayne's CW" a/k/a "Fort Wayne CW 19/7".

Other Logos

Newscasts

Like most WB 100+ affiliates, WBFW offered the nationally syndicated morning show, "The Daily Buzz", on weekdays from 6 to 9. When WBFW became WPTA-DT2, the station began simulcasting a weeknight 10 o'clock newscast that was airing on WISE-TV's second digital subchannel that has MyNetworkTV affiliation.

"The Daily Buzz"
"(Weekday Mornings 6 to 9 A.M.)"
*Anchors:
**Andy B. Campbell
**Andrea Jackson
*News Updates:
**Kia Malone
*Weather:
**Mitch English

"Indiana's NewsCenter Prime News at 10"
"(Weeknights 10 to 10:30 P.M.)"
*Anchor:
**Linda Jackson
*Weather:
**Curtis Smith
*Sports:
**Dean Pantazi

"WPTA-DT2 uses additional news personnel from WPTA and WISE-TV. See each article for a complete listing."

External links

* [http://www.fortwaynescw.com/ WPTA-DT2 "Fort Wayne's CW"]
* [http://www.indianasnewscenter.com WPTA "21 Alive"]
* [http://www.cwtv.com The CW]