WBBH-TV

WBBH-TV
CityFort Myers, Florida
Channels
BrandingNBC2
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WZVN-TV
History
First air date
December 18, 1968 (55 years ago) (1968-12-18)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 20 (UHF, 1968–2009)
ABC (secondary, 1968–1974)
Call sign meaning
Buerry, Burgess, and Hoffman, original investors in the station[2]
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID71085
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT454.5 m (1,491 ft)
Transmitter coordinates26°49′22.4″N 81°45′53.6″W / 26.822889°N 81.764889°W / 26.822889; -81.764889
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.nbc-2.com

WBBH-TV (channel 20) is a television station licensed to Fort Myers, Florida, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for Southwest Florida. It is owned by Hearst Television, which provides certain services to Naples-licensed ABC affiliate WZVN-TV (channel 26) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Montclair Communications. The two stations share studios on Central Avenue in Fort Myers; WBBH-TV's transmitter is located along SR 31 in unincorporated southeastern Charlotte County. The station is known as "NBC 2", reflecting its primary channel number on local cable television systems.

WBBH-TV went on the air in December 1968 as the second station in Fort Myers; it has been an NBC affiliate since its first day on air. Waterman Broadcasting owned WBBH from 1979 to 2023; WBBH took over most of the operations of what is now WZVN-TV in 1994. It has generally fought CBS affiliate WINK-TV for first place in local news ratings.

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  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBBH-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.