Connecting Our Community - WFWA

Connecting
Our
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The Dr. Rudy & Rhonda Kachmann Teleplex
Our Mission
WFWA-DT PBS39’s mission is to provide high-quality telecommunication and developmental
opportunities through educational, informational, cultural and entertaining programs and services.
Our Vision
WFWA PBS39 will be an indispensable and trusted community partner by being an on-going
model of excellence with the goal of enhancing the quality of life in the community.
Our Values
• Trust
• Respect
• Education
• Public Service
• Transparency
• Diversity
• Quality
• Fiduciary Responsibility
WFWA-DT PBS39 is committed to addressing local concerns and providing balanced and
diverse points of view. We are committed to providing programs and services presented in a
responsible and thoughtful manner.
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Fort Wayne Public
Television, chartered in
1972, signed on the air as
a low-power station,
repeating the program
service of WBGU from
Bowling Green, Ohio.
Masterpiece Theatre
premieres on PBS.
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The MacNeil/Lehrer
Report premieres on PBS.
ZOOM
premieres on
PBS.
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PBS39’s Education Outreach Services provided Ready To Learn/Ready To Lead in Literacy
workshops for adult care providers and educators of young children. These free workshops provided
the resources and knowledge to create an atmosphere of learning that encourages and
sustains a child’s literacy development.
During the summer of 2006, PBS39 hosted its third summer day camp,
Camp Learn-A-Vision, for kindergarten-ready Head Start children.
Funded by a grant from the Foellinger Foundation, the bilingual camp
offered children an opportunity to sharpen basic skills for school such as
learning to take turns, forming a line, raising their hands to speak, working
as a team and others. The success of Camp Learn-A-Vision’s 2005
sessions paved the way for this experience to be offered to Noble
County Head Start children. A second site was established in Ligonier in
the summer of 2006, funded by the Noble County Community Foundation and Dekko
Foundation.
A partnership between PBS39 and Science Central led to a grant from
the National Center For Outreach (NCO) creating a new science and
technology day experience for girls in 2006. Get the G.I.S.T. (Girls investigating
Science & Technology) offered girls ages 12-15 a guided, handson
learning experience through field trips and science exploration. This
collaborative project so impressed the National Center For Outreach that
it is now featured as a success story on the NCO website at:
http://nationaloutreach.org/OutreachLibrary/Stories/WFWA_GirlScience.htm
The proximity of PBS39 to Indiana University Purdue University
Fort Wayne (IPFW) continues to create collaborative opportunities
for both institutions. In 2006, PBS39 was the recipient of
another outreach grant from the National Center for Outreach
to create a website for the Northeast Indiana Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (NISTEM)
partnership. The combined efforts will ultimately develop a website
serving as a one-stop community connection on the
Internet between NISTEM’s stakeholders and area students, teachers and parents.
PBS39 sponsored the Leadership Summit: Empowering Your Community’s Response to Sexual
Assault in partnership with the Fort Wayne Sexual Assault Treatment Center. Attended by law
enforcement, legal, medical, education, mental health, and child protective service professionals
from eleven counties in northeast Indiana, the summit provided a forum to identify the needs
surrounding the awareness of and response to sexual assault in northeast Indiana.
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This Old House &
MYSTERY! premieres on
PBS.
FRONTLINE
premieres on
PBS.
Education Outreach
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A broadcast tower
and transmitter building
are constructed at Hillegas
& Butler Roads in northwest
Fort Wayne.
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Local Production & Programming:
PBS39 continues our tradition of providing a rich and diverse connection for all of our viewers
and the communities they call home. This tradition grew more robust in 2006 with the production
and release of several new programs.
The documentary, EXPECTATIONS: LIVING WITH
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE takes a telling and poignant look at the
people affected by Alzheimer’s – family members, caregivers
and patients — as they experience the current continuum of
care for the Disease. The program offers viewers the chance
to learn about the warning signs and how they can best use
available resources to find the best care for a loved one who
has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. In February
2007, this program was released nationally to public television stations across the country.
SPORTS TIPS also gained national release in 2006. This special series of thirty different 60second
video features focused on teaching children, aged 4 to 10 years old, the basics of
swimming, golf and tennis. They are a spin-off of another nationally released PBS39 documentary,
THE LIFETIME SPORTS ACADEMY: WHERE EVERYBODY WINS (2005).
BURMA: A CULTURE WITHOUT A COUNTRY is a half-hour documentary produced in collaboration
with The News-Sentinel. This program tells the story
of Fort Wayne’s expatriate Burmese community, the largest
of its kind in the United States. Using images and photographs
shot here and in southeast Asia, it highlights their
continued activism and struggles in support of refugee
friends and family, whose future is as unstable as that of
their homeland. BURMA: A CULTURE WITHOUT A COUN-
TRY was offered nationally to PBS stations in 11 other communities
who also have large Burmese populations. Locally,
was a direct tie-in with a series of articles published by the
News-Sentinel, as well as a media-rich website about the current state of affairs in
Myanmar/Burma.
THE CALL OF LIFE: 20 PRESCRIPTIONS FOR LIVING THE GOOD
LIFE is a program that challenges viewers by asking, then
answering the basic question: What makes a good life? Focusing
on the real-life applications of Dr. Rudy Kachmann’s 20
Prescriptions For Living The Good Life, this program offers stories
told by the people who have lived them, beating the odds
Fort Wayne Public
Television begins
repeating service
from WFYI,
Indianapolis.
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5,000-watt
transmitter installed.
Fort Wayne Public
Television begins
operating as WFWA.
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WFWA becomes
PBS’s 327th
member station.
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WFWA premieres
its first locally
produced program,
Eye On The Arts.
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WFWA expands
building to include
offices, studio.
New Yankee Workshop
premieres on PBS.
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and overcoming great obstacles by making tough, personal choices so that they could really
live, and not merely exist. This program was just recently released for air to PBS stations
nationwide.
PBS39’s award-winning Video Field Trip series continues to grow, deepening the connection
between area students and their world. SAVE YOURSELF! THE PRINCIPLES OF SAVING AND
INVESTING is the latest of these efforts to be completed. This unique program, hosted by
teens for teens, explains sometimes confusing economic concepts in a straightforward way.
This program premiered on PBS39 in February 2007 and was distributed to high schools in
northern Indiana shortly thereafter. Another video field trip about careers at NASA is currently
in production. It is focuses on helping Hoosier middle school students connect to a possible
future in America’s space program and its associated industries. This program illustrates that
a NASA career is attainable through an education that can be earned in Indiana. This video field
trip will accompany a traveling museum exhibit that will tour the United States and is slated for
release later in 2007.
HEALTHLINE evolved further, providing twice-a-week programming
on wide variety of medical, health and wellness issues. MAT-
TERS OF THE MIND continued to connect local viewers with it’s
nationally recognized host, Dr. Jay Fawver. DISCOVER IPFW continued
to offer a monthly connect between Indiana University-
Purdue University, Fort Wayne and
the region it serves. PRIMETIME39
returned to Friday evenings at
7:30pm in January for the 2007
Indiana state legislative session with a new look, but with the
same steady local focus as Fort Wayne’s longest running legislative
affairs program. SUNDAY SENIOR SPOTLIGHT, premiered
in the fall of 2006. This interactive program offers area
families discussion on issues affecting seniors most, and the
chance to query each shows’ guest experts.
During the fall 2006 election season, PBS39 strengthened its
tradition of connecting area viewers to their government by
creating and airing local debates and forums to help area
voters become as informed as possible. Most notable was
the debate during the hotly contested Third Congressional
District race between incumbent Mark Souder (R) and his
challenger, Dr. Tom Hayhurst (D).
WFWA becomes an
independent local PBS
station, acquiring and
scheduling its own
programming.
60,000-watt transmitter
installed, boosting
WFWA’s signal and
coverage area.
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Local Connections, National Reach.
WFWA expands
locally produced
programming with
weekly series,
documentaries.
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Ken Burns’ landmark
film, The Civil War
premieres on PBS.
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WFWA premieres first
locally produced
documentary,
Coming By Air.
WFWA produces
its first nationallyreleased
documentary,
Understanding
Arthritis.
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PBS39 Directors Society
PBS39 inspires a special commitment from our viewers, members, and a special group
of people who help us make lasting connections with everyone in our community.
These members are part of PBS39’s Directors Society.
By making an annual commitment to PBS39 above and beyond the $500 membership
level, these visionaries listed below make a significant financial impact within PBS39 and
ultimately, upon all the communities that we serve.
Gold
Judy & Alex Pursley
Silver
Anonymous (2)
Erica D. Dekko
Jay & Kris Fawver
Beverly Fiedler
Frederica Frank
Elizabeth Grabill
David A. Graham
Claudia Johnson & Greg Shoup
Dr. Rudy & Rhonda Kachmann
Dr. & Mrs. Dane Miller
Judi & Fred Orr
Brad & Amy Peckinpaugh
Charles & Lou Ann Presti
& Family
Linda & Joe Ruffolo
Julie Waterfield
Tom & Carol Wooding
WFWA premieres
documentary,
Fort Wayne On The Air.
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WFWA premieres
documentary,
Fort Wayne
Memories:
The 50s.
First education
outreach program, SS PEP
(Sesame Street Preschool
Education Project) launched.
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Bronze
Anonymous (4)
Rich & Denise Bienz
Janellyn & Glenn Borden
Steven & Carolyn Brody
John & Christi Burns
Karen & Roy Buskirk
Howard & Betsy Chapman
Will & Ginny Clark
David Coles
Calvin Couch
Beverley & George Danusis
The DeHayes Group
Ken & Stephanie Dunsire
Paul & Jeanne Gause
Larry Graham
Kim Grant
Patricia & David Grant
Terri Heckman
Ruth Hosier
George & Jane Irmscher
Lisa M. & Ric P. Isenbarger
Toni Kayumi
Jane L. Keltsch
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The Great PBS39
Auction premieres.
Richard & Sandy Kelty
Justine Kramer
Matt & Cari Kyle
Dr. Angela Dye LaSalle
Jim & Pat Marcuccilli
Lois & Al Meyer
Glenn F. Moorefield
Catharine Norton
John & Julia Oldenkamp
Osterholt Truss
John & Susan Peirce
Palmer A. Porter
Roger & Teresa Rhodes
Mr.& Mrs.Howard P. Rice
The Ian & Mimi Rolland
Foundation
Cathleen M. Shrader
Joy A. Sneary
Ron & Kathy Turpin
Mrs. Kenneth Vance
Michael & Kimberly Votaw
Mr. & Mrs. John Walley
Ophelia C. Weitzman
Pamela S. Zentz
List current April 12, 2007
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WFWA premieres
weekly series
HealthLine.

A & R Port-A-Stor
Accent Lawn Manicure Service/
Pro Lawn Landscaping
Advantage Preferred Plus
African/African-American Museum
Allen County Court Appointed
Special Advocates
Allen County Solid Waste District
Allergy & Asthma Center
Ambassador Steel Corporation
American Family Insurance
American Fundraising Professionals
Angola Mega Mall
Animal Care & Control,
City Of Fort Wayne
Appleseed Quilters Guild
Auburn-Cord-Duesenburg Museum
Baker & Daniels
Ball State University
Balliet, Craig & Margaret
Barnes & Thornburg Law Firm
Beadrageous
Bearcreek Farms
Beers Mallers Backs & Salin
Belmont Beverage
Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Book’s BBQ
Bow Wow Designs Boutique & Bakery
Brooks Construction
Buttermore Appliance
Canine Companion
Centennial Wireless
Certified Burglar &Fire
Changing Places
Cindi Layne Fabrics
City of Fort Wayne,
Board of Public Works
Civic Theatre
Columbia House Interiors/Antiques
& Art Gallery/Village Antique Gallerie
Comcast
Congressman Mark Souder’s Office
Cookie Cottage
Country Kitchen SweetArt
Cox Technic®
Creative Energy / Creative Outlet
DeKalb Memorial Hospital
Denise Hancz-Barron at Mini-Salons
Despos Tailoring
D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Homes
Do It Best Corp.
Dulin, Ward & Dewald Inc./
DWD Technology Group
Edwards Sewing Center
EmbroidMe
Envisions
First Presbyterian Theater
Fish Window Cleaning
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WFWA
premieres
documentary
Fort Wayne Lost
(But Not
Forgotten).
WFWA creates
Education Outreach
Department.
Program & Production Funders
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Fort Wayne Home & Garden Show
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Fort Wayne Ophthamology
Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation
Fred Toenges Shoes & Pedorthics
Fred Zollner Foundation
GlassLink
Goeglein’s Catering
Goshen Health Systems
Grabill Bank
Grant, David & Patricia
Hancock Fabrics
Harlan Cabinet
Health Food Shoppe
Heritage Park
Higher Grounds
Honeywell Center
Huntington University/
Merillat Center for the Arts
Indiana Medical Associates
Indiana Organ Procurement Organization
Indiana Physical Therapy
Indiana Secretary of State
Indiana Speech & Language Specialists
Indiana State Fair
Industry Coating & Sandblasting
James Ford Historical Home
Jamison Meats
Kindermusik of Fort Wayne
Kingston Health Care
Kitchen & Bath Design Showcase
Koehlinger Kruse Security Systems
Lakeside Learning Garden
Lincoln Financial Group Foundation
Little Sprouts
Lowe, Dr. Gregory
Majors Medical Supply
Mancino’s Pizza & Grinders
Michael's Floor Coverings
Midwest America Federal Credit Union
Midwest Art Glass
Moake-Park Group Inc
Most Precious Blood School
Mr. Music
Nelson’s Golden Glow
New Haven Custom Meats
Northeast Indiana Colon Rectal Surgeons
Northeast Indiana Urology
Northeast OB-GYN
Northern District of Indiana
Federal Community Defenders, Inc.
North Side Plumbing & Heating
Notre Dame Club of Fort Wayne
Oak Farm School
Oak Tree Woodworking Supplies
O'Daniel Motor Group
Old Crown Coffee Roasters
Orkin Pest Control
WFWA premieres
documentary
WOWO Legends.
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Pace Fitness
Park Center
Parkview Health
Peabody Retirement Community
Pet Jamboree
Phil's Hobby Shop
Pine Hill Country Day School
Providence Communications/
Fort Wayne Woman Magazine/
Upstate Indiana Business Journal
Ream Steckbeck Paint & Decorating
Rogers Company
Rolf Griffin Heating & Air Conditioning
Roly Poly Sandwiches
Ron Venderly Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Rudy Kachmann, M.D./
Rudy Kachmann, M.D. Behavioral
Foundation
Saxton Group Nursery
Sauder Village
SchenkelSchultz Architecture
Science Central
Sewing Sewlutions
Star Financial Bank
Stitch-In-Knits
St. Jude Catholic School
Summit Plastic Surgery
Summit Radiology
Sunshine Home Health Care
Touchstone Energy Cooperatives
Tower Bank
Tristate Trailer Rental/ Mobile Shed
Van Horn’s Residential &
Commercial Services
Verizon Information Services
Viking Sewing Center
Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home
Wabash Electric
WAJI-FM 95.1 FM
Wayside Furniture & Flooring
WBNI-FM/WBOI-FM,
Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Wells Fargo Bank
Whitewater Valley Railroad Museum
WLDE-FM 101.7 FM
Woodcraft of Fort Wayne
YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne
Your Healthy Self
Yukon Truck & Trailers Distributors, Inc
Zimmer Corporation
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WFWA PBS39 thanks these funders as
well as underwriters for their fiscal leadership
and financial support of PBS39’s
mission.
WFWA premieres
documentary
E.L. Cord: His
Transportation Empire.
Program gains national
release.
WFWA begins capital
campaign for conversion
to digital broadcasting
technology &
construction of new
teleplex facility.
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WFWA produces
live telethon to raise
money after 9/11
terrorist attacks.
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Statement of Financial Position
Statement Of Financial Position
September 30, 2006
Assets
Current Assets
Pledges receivable,
$ 1, 487,463
less current portion 464,800
Property & Equipment 5,446,497
Total Assets
Liabilities
$ 7,398,760
Current Liabilities $ 1,125,249
Long-term Debt 675,000
Unrestricted net assets 5,283,266
Temporarily restricted net assets 315,245
Total liabilities and net assets $ 7,398,760
Statement Of Activities
September 30, 2006
Revenue Sources
Community Support:
Individuals $ 596,8 1 1
Corporate Support 7 1 7,62 1
Foundation Support 173,941
Total Community Support 1,488,373
Corporation For Public Broadcasting 730,867
State Grants 288,783
Earned/Other 268,405
Total Revenue 2, 776,428
Expenses
Programming and production 1, 570,376
Education 109,657
Broadcasting 760,456
Program information and promotion 121,158
Fund raising 391,860
Management and general 447,369
Total expenses 3, 400,876
Change in net assets ( 624,448)
Net assets - beginning of period 6,222,959
Net assets - end of period $ 5, 598, 5 1 1
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Tower
modifcations
begin.
WFWA breaks
ground for new
teleplex at IPFW
Campus.
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Teleplex construction
complete; staff moves into
facility in October; WFWA
begins broadcast operations
from teleplex in
December.
Total Revenues
Total Expenses
WFWA premieres
documentary
Ann Colone Remembers
with PBS39’s first
live studio audience.
WFWA becomes first
TV station in area to provide
around the clock
Digital TV (DTV) service.
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For the fourth consecutive year, a GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media poll shows Americans consider
PBS the nation's most trusted institution among nationally known organizations. In this latest
study, PBS was elevated to the #1 value for tax dollars, tying with military defense. The nonpartisan,
international research company released the comprehensive results from its national
opinion survey, which was conducted to gauge the attitudes of Americans towards PBS and
other major national institutions, including courts of law and commercial broadcast television
networks.
• According to 1,000 randomly-selected participants from across the country, PBS’ news and
public affairs series are the most trustworthy among all networks, and the most fair and balanced
programs available to Americans today.
• PBS remains #1 in public trust, with 49% trusting PBS a great deal. Second in trust are “courts
of law,” which are trusted a great deal by 27%.
• For the first time, PBS ties with military defense as #1 in tax value among 20 federally funded
services and institutions, with 20% stating it as an excellent
WFWA premieres
documentary The Lifetime
Sports Academy:
Where Everybody Wins.
Program gains
national release.
WFWA premieres
documentary
The Lutheran Foundation:
A Century of Giving.
A Connection of Trust with PBS
value for tax dollars.
• Americans are more satisfied with programs on PBS compared
to cable and commercial broadcast. Thirty-nine percent
stated they were “very satisfied” with PBS programs, while
Cable programming received 25% and commercial broadcasting
programming, 20%.
• The majority of Americans think it's very important to have
public television (59%). Only two out of five Americans think the
same about commercial broadcast television (41%) while even
less think it's very important that we have cable television (38%).
• PBS remains the network with the most trusted news and
public affairs programming, with 41% trusting its programs a
great deal. CNN and Fox News trailed as second and third with
28% and 25%, respectively.
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WFWA begins
4-channel
standard-definition
digital multicasting.
About Roper Public Affairs
& Media:
Headquartered in New York, Roper Public
Affairs & Media specializes in public opinion
polling, communications research, and
corporate reputation measurement—in the
US and globally. Roper also offers two
important syndicated services – Roper
Reports and Roper Reports Worldwide –
which track consumer values, beliefs, attitudes
and behaviors in the US and 30
other countries. Roper is part of The GfK
Group. With hom offices in Nuremberg,
Germany, The GfK Group is among the
top-five market research organizations in
the world. Its activities cover five business
divisions: Custom Research, Retail and
Technology, Consumer Tracking, Media
and Healthcare. The GfK Group has more
than 130 subsidiaries and affiliates in 61
countries.
• Half of Americans believe the federal funding PBS receives is “too little.” When informed that
public broadcasting receives 15% of its funding from the government, and that this amount
translates to about one dollar per person per year of government support, 49% believe this
amount is “too little.”
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Documentary
Expectations:
Living With
Alzheimer’s
Disease gains
national
release.
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PBS39’s Board of Directors
Board Chair
Carolyn Brody
1st Vice-Chair
Larry Graham
2nd Vice-Chair
Melanie Hall
Secretary
Mike Westfall
Treasurer
John Rogers
Assistant Treasurer
Richard Bienz
Immediate Past Chair
Jim Marcuccilli
President
Roger Rhodes
Directors
Janellyn Borden
Scott Boyd
John R. Burns
Rose Costello
Lamar Dixon
Rick Garton
Joan Goldner
David A. Graham
Patricia Strauss Grant
Lisa Isenbarger
Rhonda Kachmann
Linda Ruffolo
Ronald W. Turpin
Kimberly Votaw
Tom Wooding
Thanks to those who have served
PBS39 and the community
PBS39 would like to extend our gratitude and appreciation for their selfless service to
Fort Wayne Public Television and the community at large to the following individuals
who have completed their terms of service with PBS39’s Board of Directors:
• Ian Boyce, Dickmeyer-Boyce Financial Management
• Derrick K. Hayes, National City Bank
• Cathleen Shrader, Barrett & McNagny
• Kim Stacey, Tower Bank & Trust Company
In addition we would like to acknowledge and thank all former PBS39 Board members,
past and present for their service to the community.

President/General Manager
Roger Rhodes
Vice President -
Finance & Administration
Rich Bienz
Human Resources Director
Mary Hawkins
Operations Division Manager
Claudia Johnson
Director of
Corporate Support & Marketing
Toni Kayumi
Marketing Executives
Kim Grant
Laura Simerman
Senior Producer/Director
Mary Scarbrough
Producer/Directors
Todd Grimes
Ray Steup
Cory Rowe
Amber Warnick
Creative Services Manager
Mark Ryan
Traffic Manager
Kris Hensler
Education Outreach Coordinator
Susie Peirce
PBS39 Staff
Membership /
Viewer Services Manager
Tamara Kreigh
Administrative Assistant
Jan Brynda
Production Assistants
Zeke Bryant
Allison Pareis
Master Control Operators
Jim Abbott
Cullen Bricker
Kenneth Athon
Logan Nickloy
Randy Stebbins
Station Engineer
Matt Kyle
Transmitter Engineer
George Castle
Production Associates
Maxxwell Gearhart
Travis Gick
Tom Johnston
Kim-Ahn (Kiki) Luu
Jack McCormick
James Mount
Jonathan Nuthals
Alex Peirce
Andrew Pickett
James Rolleston
Intern (Production)
Chris Metcalf
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Fort Wayne Public Television
WFWA PBS39
The Dr. Rudy & Rhonda Kachmann Teleplex
2501 East Coliseum Boulevard
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1562
Phone: 260.484.8839 Fax: 260.482.3632
www.wfwa.org