Waterman Broadcasting Corporation is a small American television broadcasting company based in

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. It was founded in 1978 in Fort Myers when it purchased WBBH from Broadcast Telecasting Services, Inc. It was founded by Bernard Waterma

Stations owned by Waterman

Current

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 certa ...

channel 20/cable 2 (

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), Fort Myers, Florida *

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 ...

channel 26/cable 7 (

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''(owned by Montclair Communications; operated by Waterman on a

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Former

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channel 29/cable 4 (NBC/

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(now owned by

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)

Waterman Broadcasting Administration

*Steven Pontius - Executive Vice President/ General Manager *Gerry Poppe - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer *Darrel Lieze-Adams - Vice President, News *Bob Beville - Vice President, Sales

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