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WINK-TV
WINK-TV (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Fort Myers, Florida, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for Southwest Florida. It is owned by the McBride family and their Fort Myers Broadcasting Company, making it one of a handful of TV stations today to have locally-based ownership. Fort Myers Broadcasting also provides certain services to three Naples-licensed stations under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Sun Broadcasting: CW affiliate WXCW (channel 46), low-power Univision affiliate WUVF-LD (channel 2), and low-power Azteca América affiliate WANA-LD (channel 18). The stations share studios on Palm Beach Boulevard ( SR 80) in northeast Fort Myers, while WINK-TV's transmitter is located north of Fort Myers Shores, near the Charlotte–Lee county line. History The station began broadcasting on March 23, 1954, owned by the family of taxicab magnate and Cleveland Browns founder Mickey McBride along with WINK radio ( 1240 AM, later used on 1200 AM; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBBH-TV
WBBH-TV (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Fort Myers, Florida, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for Southwest Florida. It is the flagship television property of locally-based Waterman Broadcasting, which provides certain services to Naples-licensed ABC affiliate WZVN-TV (channel 7) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Montclair Communications. Both stations share studios on Central Avenue in Fort Myers, while WBBH-TV's transmitter is located along SR 31 in unincorporated southeastern Charlotte County. Known on-air as NBC 2, the branding is derived from WBBH-TV's primary cable channel in the market on Comcast Xfinity, CenturyLink, and most other cable providers in the area. This practice stems in part from the area's exceptionally high cable penetration rate, which is one of the highest in the United States. History The station first signed on the air on December 18, 1968. Before WBBH's existence, NBC programming in the market was releg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WXCW
WXCW (channel 46) television station licensed to Naples, Florida, United States, serving Southwest Florida as an affiliate of The CW. It is locally owned by Sun Broadcasting alongside two low-power stations: Univision affiliate WUVF-LD (channel 2) and Azteca América affiliate WANA-LD (channel 18), both also licensed to Naples. Sun Broadcasting maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Fort Myers Broadcasting Company, owner of Fort Myers–licensed CBS affiliate WINK-TV (channel 11), for the provision of certain services. The stations share studios on Palm Beach Boulevard ( SR 80) in northeast Fort Myers, while WXCW's transmitter is located north of Fort Myers Shores, near the Charlotte–Lee county line. History The station first signed on the air on October 22, 1990, as WNPL-TV, which was founded and run by Chief Executive Officer William Darling of Southwest Florida Telecommunications. Originally operating as an independent station, it filled a void in the market aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WZVN-TV
WZVN-TV (channel 26) is a television station licensed to Naples, Florida, United States, serving Southwest Florida as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Montclair Communications, which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Waterman Broadcasting, owner of Fort Myers–licensed NBC affiliate WBBH-TV (channel 20), for the provision of certain services. Both stations share studios on Central Avenue in Fort Myers, while WZVN-TV's transmitter is located along SR 31 in unincorporated southeastern Charlotte County. WZVN-TV is branded as ABC 7, in reference to its channel location on most cable systems in the market. History Sign-on and early years The station first signed on the air on August 21, 1974, as WEVU (a phonetic translation of "we view"); it was the third television station to sign on in Fort Myers. The station was owned by Gulfshore Television Corporation; it immediately took over the ABC affiliation which beforehand was relegated to off-hour secondary cle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WINK-FM
WINK-FM (96.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Fort Myers, Florida. The station airs an adult contemporary radio format. It is owned by the Fort Myers Broadcasting Company, locally controlled by the McBride Family, which also owns CBS Network affiliate WINK-TV. WINK-FM has studios and offices on Palm Beach Boulevard ( S.R. 80) in Fort Myers. The transmitter is located on Freeland Lane, off Florida State Road 31 in North Fort Myers, Florida. Its effective radiated power (ERP) is 100,000 watts, sharing a tower with WINK-TV at 457 meters (1,499 feet) in height above average terrain, taller than the Empire State Building. This allows WINK-FM to be clearly heard as far north as Hardee County, as far south as the Everglades and as far east as Okeechobee County. WINK-FM can also be heard on Channel 11.6, a subchannel of WINK-TV. WINK-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. The HD2 digital subchannel carries a Spanish-language Contemporary format known as "Máxima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAXA
WAXA (1200 AM; "Maxima 97.3/95.7") was a radio station which broadcast a Spanish-language Tropical hits format. Licensed to Pine Island Center, Florida, United States, the station served the Fort Myers area. The station was last owned by Fort Myers Broadcasting Company. History WAXA signed on February 20, 1986, as WDCQ, offering an oldies format. It had changed to a talk format by 1992. An entry refers to "WDCQ Talk 1200". Fort Myers Broadcasting Company bought the station in 1995, with the sale not being completed until October 1996; soon afterward, the call letters were changed to WTLQ. In 1999, the station swapped call letters with 1240 AM and became WINK; four years later, WINK was moved back to 1240, and 1200 became WPTK, offering a separate talk lineup from that offered on WINK. The format was changed to tropical music in October 2005, with some of WPTK's programming being absorbed into WINK's schedule. Another format change, this time to sports talk, followed in August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WUVF-LD
WUVF-LD, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 18), is a low-powered Univision- affiliated television station serving Fort Myers, Florida, United States, that is licensed to Naples. Locally owned by Sun Broadcasting, it is sister to two other Naples-licensed stations: CW affiliate WXCW (channel 46) and low-powered Azteca América affiliate WANA-LD (channel 16). Fort Myers Broadcasting Company, which owns Fort Myers-licensed CBS affiliate WINK-TV (channel 11), operates WUVF, WXCW and WANA under a shared services agreement (SSA). The four stations share studios on Palm Beach Boulevard ( SR 80) in northeast Fort Myers; WUVF-LD's transmitter is located on Channel 30 Drive (on a tower shared with several radio stations). The station's programming is simulcast on low-power translator station WLZE-LD (virtual channel 51, UHF digital channel 27) in Fort Myers, with transmitter north of Fort Myers Shores near the Charlotte–Lee county line. History On April 4, 2008, Equity Media Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, Florida
Lee County is located in Southwest Florida on the Gulf Coast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 760,822. The county seat is Fort Myers (with a population of 86,395 as of the 2020 census), and the largest city is Cape Coral with an estimated 2020 population of 194,016. The county comprises the Cape Coral–Fort Myers, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lee County was created in 1887 from Monroe County. Fort Myers is the county seat and a center of tourism in Southwest Florida. It is about south of Tampa at the meeting point of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caloosahatchee River.Jane Colihan "Spring Break", ''American Heritage'', February/March 2006 Lee County is the home for spring training of the |
WFSX (AM)
WFSX (1240 AM) was a commercial radio station licensed to Fort Myers, Florida. Last Owned by Sun Broadcasting. The station was also heard on translator W231DC, 94.1 FM in Fort Myers, and via WFSX-FM and WHEL's HD2 channels. History In 1939, a construction permit was issued to the Fort Myers Broadcasting Company to build a 250-watt radio station. WFTM (for Fort Myers) began broadcasting the following year, Southwest Florida's first radio station. It switched its call sign to WAAC in 1942, becoming an affiliate of the CBS Radio Network, airing its schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the Golden Age of Radio. The call letters changed to WINK in 1944, with a boost in power to 1,000 watts by day, but still running 250 watts at night. In 1954, Channel 11 WINK-TV went on the air. Because 1240 WINK was a CBS affiliate, WINK-TV also carried CBS programs, and still is Fort Myers' CBS affiliate today, even though it is unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WANA-LD
WANA-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 16, is a low-power television station licensed to Naples, Florida, United States. Locally owned by Sun Broadcasting, it is sister to two other Naples-licensed stations: CW affiliate WXCW (channel 46) and low-power Univision affiliate WUVF-LD (channel 2). Fort Myers Broadcasting Company, which owns Fort Myers-licensed CBS affiliate WINK-TV (channel 11), operates WANA, WXCW and WUVF under a shared services agreement (SSA). The four stations share studios on Palm Beach Boulevard ( SR 80) in northeast Fort Myers; WANA-LD's transmitter is located on Channel 30 Drive (on a tower shared with several radio stations). On April 1, 2019, Media Vista Group announced that it was selling its stations, including WANA-LD, to Sun Broadcasting, Inc. for $9.75 million. The sale was completed on July 1. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida State Road 80
State Road 80 (SR 80) (also known as Palm Beach Boulevard in Lee County and Southern Boulevard in Palm Beach County) is a route linking US 41 Business in Fort Myers and State Road A1A in Palm Beach. The road is the northernmost of three linking Southwest Florida to South Florida via the Everglades ( Alligator Alley and Tamiami Trail being the other two). Due to increasing traffic, State Road 80 has experienced upgrades and widening in various sections since 2000. Route description Lee and Hendry Counties State Road 80 begins at an intersection with US 41 (Tamiami Trail) in downtown Fort Myers. From the terminus, it runs briefly along Main Street northeast to Monroe Street in the historic downtown of Fort Myers. This segment of SR 80 terminates at Monroe Street and the route becomes discontinuous. Historically, SR 80 continued east through downtown but that segment has since been turned over to city control. State Road 80 resumes at Allen Street (just east of Seaboard S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Myers Shores, Florida
Fort Myers Shores is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,774 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Fort Myers Shores is located in northeastern Lee County at (26.712252, -81.737962), on the south side of the Caloosahatchee River. It is bordered to the east by Olga. Florida State Road 80 forms the southern edge of the community, leading east to LaBelle and southwest to the center of Fort Myers, the Lee county seat. State Road 31 forms the western edge of the community, leading north to Arcadia. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Fort Myers Shores CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 18.42%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 5,793 people, 2,172 households, and 1,598 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,370 housing units ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte County, Florida
Charlotte County is a U.S. county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,847. Its county seat is Punta Gorda. Charlotte County comprises the Punta Gorda, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the North Port- Sarasota, FL Combined Statistical Area. History Charlotte County was established April 23, 1921. It was named for the Bay of Charlotte Harbor. "Charlotte" came from "Carlota" (Spanish). In 1565, the Spanish named "Bahia de Carlota," followed by the English in 1775 who named the area Charlotte Harbor in tribute to the Queen Charlotte Sophia, wife of King George III. Punta Gorda is the only incorporated city in Charlotte County. On August 13, 2004 Charlotte County was devastated when Hurricane Charley came ashore near Port Charlotte as a Category 4 hurricane. Historic places Historic places in Charlotte County include the Old Charlotte County Courthouse as well as those on the List of Registered Histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
