One of the most common questions we’re asked at PBS Fort Wayne is where people can watch all our channels aside from over the air on channel 39.1, 39.2, 39.3 and 39.4, PBS FWx channel 39.5, and now, listen to the Audio Reading Service Channel, 39.6.
What follows is a list of cable and satellite providers in our service area that carry one, some, or all of our channels.
If you’re a subscriber to one of these services noted below and they don’t carry all six of PBS Fort Wayne’s channels, contact the Customer Service Department of your Pay TV service (the contact information is on your monthly bill from them) and ask them if and when they will carry the channels you’re missing.
Comcast/xFinity: Fort Wayne, Huntington
- Channel 39.1 Channel 3 and 240, Standard definition (SD) Channel 1039 High Definition (HD)
- Channel 39.2/PBSKids Channel 241,1162
- Channel 39.3/CreateTV Channel 242, 1163
- Channel 39.4/Explore Channel 243, 1164* *Please note: The Audio Reading Service is available by changing the audio language on these channels to French instead of English.
Frontier FiOS: Fort Wayne, northeast Indiana
- Channel 39.1 Channel 3, 470 Standard definition (SD), 503 High Definition (HD)
- Channel 39.2/PBSKids Channel 471
- Channel 39.3/CreateTV Channel 472
- Channel 39.4/Explore Channel 473* *Please note: The Audio Reading Service is available by changing the audio language on this channel to French instead of English.
Comcast/xFinity: Portland/Redkey
- Channel 39.1 Channel 9 & 1039 HD
- Channel 39.2/PBSKids Channel 899
- Channel 39.3/CreateTV Channel 900
- Channel 39.4/Explore Channel 901* *Please note: The Audio Reading Service is available by changing the audio language on this channel to French instead of English.
Comcast/xFinity: Peru/Wabash
- Channel 39.1 Channel 3, 204, 1039
- Channel 39.2/PBSKids Channel 241
- Channel 39.3/CreateTV Channel 242
- Channel 39.4/Explore Channel 243* *Please note: The Audio Reading Service is available by changing the audio language on this channel to French instead of English.
DirecTV/Fort Wayne
- Channel 39.1 Channel 39
Dish Network/Fort Wayne
- Channel 39.1 Channel 5266 & 7441
Bright House Network-Marion, IN
- Channel 39.1 Channel 349
- Channel 39.2/PBSKids Channel 350
- Channel 39.3/CreateTV Channel 351
- Channel 39.4Explore Channel 352* *Please note: The Audio Reading Service is available by changing the audio language on this channel to French instead of English.
Edward Rose & Sons Apartments-Fort Wayne/Allen County:(Dupont Lakes Apartments West Wind I & II Apartments; Liberty Mills Apartments; South Bridge Apartments)
- Channel 39.1 Channel 7
Other channels not offered on these networks/locations.
EULAWIT-The Grove Apartments (Near IPFW)
- Channel 39.1 Channel 39.1
Other channels not offered at this location.
Matrix Communications-Wolf Lake, Indiana
- Channel 39.1 Channel 3
Other channels not offered on this network.
MediaCom: Auburn, Columbia City, Kendallville, Angola, LaGrange, North Manchester, Bluffton, Rome City
- Channel 39.1 Channel 13 & 713
- Channel 39.2/PBSKids Channel 118
- Channel 39.3/CreateTV Channel 119
- Channel 39.4/Explore Channel 120* *Please note: The Audio Reading Service is available by changing the audio language on this channel to French instead of English.
- Channel 39.5/PBS Fort Wayne WX Channel 121
MediaCom: North Webster
- Channel 39.1 Channel 12
Other channels not offered on this system.
MetroNet: Huntington, North Manchester
- Channel 39.1 Channel 3 & 803
- Channel 39.2/PBSKids Channel 101
- Channel 39.3/CreateTV Channel 102
- Channel 39.4/Explore Channel 103* *Please note: The Audio Reading Service is available by changing the audio language on this channel to French instead of English.
Manchester University-North Manchester
- Channel 39.1 Channel 133
- Channel 39.2/PBSKids Channel 130
- Channel 39.3/CreateTV Channel 131
- Channel 39.4/Explore Channel 132* *Please note: The Audio Reading Service is available by changing the audio language on this channel to French instead of English.
Shertel (Metacom) Cable: Sherwood, Bryan, Defiance, Ohio
- Channel 39.1 Channel 35
Other channels not offered on this system.
Time-Warner Cable: VanWert, Ohio
- Channel 39.1 Channel 2 & 1002
- Channel 39.2/PBSKids Channel 994
- Channel 39.3/CreateTV Channel 995
- Channel 39.4/Explore 39.4 not offered on this system.
Warren Cable: Warren, Indiana
- Channel 39.1 Channels 37 and 82
- Channel 39.2/PBSKids Channel 54
- Channel 39.3/CreateTV Channel 55
- Channel 39.4/Explore Channel 56* *Please note: The Audio Reading Service is available by changing the audio language on this channel to French instead of English.
Here's How to See/Hear the Audio Reading Service Channel/39.6.
The best way to take advantage of our dedicated Audio Reading Service Channel is to select "Antenna" as the input on your TV set. As yet, we have not been notified if and when area cable/satellite/pay TV services have, or intend to add channel 39.6 to their lineup of channels from PBS Fort Wayne.
If you cannot see/hear channel 39.6, or see it clearly, using your TV's remote, you'll want to re-scan the channels your TV currently receives over-the-air on your set. Once the re-scan is finished, look for channel 39.6 and you should be able to experience the Audio Reading Service Channel.
If you do not watch TV using an antenna but use a pay TV service, such as Comcast Xfinity, Frontier, or another pay TV service you can still access this on services that carry our Explore Channel, 39.4. Select the channel they have assigned channel 39.4 to and using the cable/satellite remote, change the audio language option to "French" instead of "English."
