WPTA

WPTA, virtual channel 21 (UHF digital channel 24), is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by Quincy Media; sharing with CW affiliate and one-time sister station WISE-TV (channel 33, owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting), its studios and transmitter facilities are located on Butler Road in Northwest Fort Wayne.HistoryThe station first signed on the air on September 28, 1957 and was founded by Sarkes Tarzian, an Indianapolis engineer whose company owned Bloomington's WTTV and several other stations in Indiana. The WPTA call letters come from the long tradition of other Tarzian stations, including once former sister station WPTH, that base the call letters upon the initials of family members of company management. Upon its launch, channel 21 took all ABC programming from NBC affiliate WKJG-TV (channel 33, now WISE-TV) and CBS affiliate WANE-TV (channel 15).