WANA-LD, virtual and

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channel 16, is a low-power television station licensed to

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, United States. Locally owned by Sun Broadcasting, it is

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to two other Naples-licensed stations: CW affiliate

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 ...

(channel 46) and low-power

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affiliate

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 othe ...

(channel 2). Fort Myers Broadcasting Company, which owns Fort Myers-licensed

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affiliate

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(channel 11), operates WANA, WXCW and WUVF under a

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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

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). 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."Consummation Notice"
''CDBS Public Access'',

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, 2 July 2019, Retrieved 4 July 2019.

References

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