WANE-TV

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WANE-TV
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Branding	News Channel 15
Slogan	Coverage You Can Count On
Channels	15 (UHF) analog, 31 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	LIN TV
Founded	September 26, 1954
Call letters meaning	Fort WAyNE
Former affiliations	Network One (secondary) UPN (digital subchannel)
Transmitter Power	2450 KW
Website	http://www.wane.com/

WANE-TV is a television station in Fort Wayne, Indiana, broadcasting as a CBS affiliate on channel 15. WANE-TV also broadcasts in high-definition on digital channel 31. Its transmitter is located in Fort Wayne. The station is currently owned by LIN TV, which owns 3 other CBS affiliates in Indiana: WISH-TV in Indianapolis, WLFI-TV in Lafayette, and WTHI-TV in Terre Haute.

Contents 1 History 2 Programming 3 Newscasts 3.1 Weekday Mornings 3.2 Weekday Evenings 3.3 Weekends 4 Logo Gallery 5 Trivia 6 External links

[edit] History

Originally located in Waterloo, Indiana, with the call letters WINT-TV and with a transmitter near Auburn, Indiana, the station signed on September 26, 1954 as a CBS affiliate, which it continues to be to this day. In 1983, LIN TV purchased WANE-TV along with its sister station WISH-TV in Indianapolis from Belo Corporation. WANE-TV has also won several awards for their news reporting: the Jack R. Howard award in 1998 (drug abuse), the Peabody award in 1999 (organ donation), and the Edward R. Murrow award in 2003 (flooding/sports coverage).

[edit] Programming

Like most CBS affiliates, WANE-TV carries CBS programming along with local news and syndicated programming. WANE-TV's digital signal features three feeds -- the main WANE-TV channel in high definition, weather radar, and until September 2006, UPN Fort Wayne. UPN Fort Wayne was originally expected to become an affiliate of The CW after WISE-TV's digital subchannel took My Network TV as their affiliate, but WPTA decided to add a digital subchannel for The CW. The weather radar has replaced the subchannel position previously held by UPN Fort Wayne for the time being.

[edit] Newscasts

WANE-TV produces five newscasts using three different "news teams" under news director Ted Linn. WANE-TV airs it's live doppler radar and severe weather updates on LWS (Local Weather Station, its weather radar channel), and breaking news as it occurs. Since May of 2005 WANE has taken over as the leader in all newscast according the Nielson Media Research.

[edit] Weekday Mornings

WANE-TV's morning news team consists of Mark Mellinger, Terra Brantley, Greg Shoup on weather, and Natalie Jones on traffic. There are two newscasts on weekday mornings, NewsChannel 15 First News, and NewsChannel 15 Midday. Traffic reports are generally omitted from the midday newcast. Greg Shoup was originally the meteorologist for rival WISE-TV, but he came to WANE-TV after the consolidation of WISE-TV with WPTA.

• NewsChannel 15 First News — 5 AM - 7 AM
• NewsChannel 15 Noon News — Noon - 12:30 PM

[edit] Weekday Evenings

WANE-TV's evening news team consists of David Scott, Heather Herron, Sandy Thompson on weather, and Randy Schiffman on sports. There are three evening newscasts on weekdays, NewsChannel 15 First at 5, NewsChannel 15 at 6, and NewsChannel 15 Nightcast at 11. Sports are generally omitted from the five o'clock newscast.

• NewsChannel 15 First at 5 — 5 PM - 5:30 PM
• NewsChannel 15 at 6 — 6 PM - 6:30 PM
• NewsChannel 15 Nightcast at 11 — 11 PM - 11:35 PM

[edit] Weekends

WANE-TV's weekend news team consists of Jennifer Cross, Doug Moats on weather, and Pat Hoffman on sports. There are no morning newscasts on weekends, only evening newscasts. The newscasts follow a similar pattern to the weekday evening newscasts, omitting the five o'clock program.

• NewsChannel 15 at 6 — 6 PM - 6:30 PM
• NewsChannel 15 Nightcast at 11 — 11 PM - 11:35 PM

[edit] Logo Gallery

WANE-TV logo Circa 1962

WANE-TV Logo late 1980's. Final logo during the "News 15" era.

WANE-TV Logo 1992-2004. First Logo as "NewsChannel 15."

WANE-TV logo used since October 2004

[edit] Trivia

• Karen Hensel National Peabody award winner and former WANE anchor now at WISH TV, in Indianapolis. (Sister station to WANE)
• Julia Moffit-Former WANE anchor now at WTHR in indianapolis as morning anchor.
• Joe Gregory (Pagonakis)- Former WANE main anchor now at WEWS in Cleveland.
• Lee Kelso- Former WANE main Anchor in the 1980's is now host of Healthline 39 on WFWA.
• Paul Barys- Former WANE Meterologist in the 1970's is now the Chief Meterologist at WRCB, the NBC affiliate in Chattanooga, TN.

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Program schedule from TitanTV
• Indiana State News Center and Discussion
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WANE-TV

Coordinates: 41° 5' 38" N 85° 10' 48" W

Broadcast television in the Fort Wayne market  (Nielsen DMA #106)
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)
Local cable television channels
"WBFW" 19 (The CW) - FSN Midwest

CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Indiana
WISH 8 (Indianapolis) - WTHI 10 (Terre Haute) - WANE 15 (Fort Wayne) - WLFI 18 (Lafayette) - WSBT 22 (South Bend) - WEVV 44 (Evansville)
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Religious and Other stations in the state of Indiana

UPN Network Affiliates in the state of Indiana
WNDY 23 (Marion) - WSBT-DT 30.2 (South Bend) - WANE-DT 31.2 (Fort Wayne) - WPWR 50 (Gary) - WMYO 58 (Salem) - WTSN-LP 63 (Evansville)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, PBS, WB, Religious and Other stations in the state of Indiana