ABC/NBC/MyNetworkTV affiliate in Fort Wayne, Indiana
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WPTA
Fort Wayne, Indiana
United States
Channels
Digital: 24 (UHF)
Virtual: 21
Branding
21Alive
Programming
Affiliations
21.1: ABC
21.2: NBC
21.3: MyNetworkTV
Ownership
Owner
Gray Television
(Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations
WISE-TV
History
First air date
September 28, 1957 (66 years ago) (1957-09-28)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 21 (UHF, 1957–2009)
Former affiliations
The WB (DT2, 1998–2006)
The CW (DT2, 2006–2016)
Call sign meaning
Patricia and Thomas Tarzian (children of Sarkes Tarzian)
WPTA (channel 21) is a television station in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, affiliated with ABC, NBC, and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Gray Television alongside CW+ affiliate WISE-TV (channel 33). The two stations share studios on Butler Road in Northwest Fort Wayne, where WPTA's transmitter is also located.
WPTA is popularly known within the Fort Wayne metropolitan area by its longtime on-air brand, 21 Alive, which the station has used from 1978 to 2016 and since 2022.
^"Facility Technical Data for WPTA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
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Minnesota and WPTA in Fort Wayne, Indiana. On April 23, 2004, Malara Broadcast Group entered into agreements to purchase KDLH and WPTA. This marked Malara's...
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