WINK-TV

WINK-TV

Fort Myers–Naples–Cape Coral, Florida United States
City	Fort Myers, Florida
Channels	Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 11
Branding	WINK-TV; WINK News
Programming
Affiliations	11.1: CBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Fort Myers Broadcasting Company
Sister stations	WXCW, WUVF-LD / WLZE-LD, WANA-LD
History
First air date	March 18, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-03-18)[1]
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (VHF, 1954–2009) Digital: 9 (VHF, 2007–2011), 50 (UHF, 2011–2020)
Former affiliations	All secondary: DuMont (1954–1955) NBC (1954–1968) ABC (1954–1974)
Call sign meaning	From former radio sister WINK; calls pre-date introduction of CBS Eyemark logo
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	22093
ERP	793 kW
HAAT	416 m (1,365 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	26°48′2.8″N 81°45′44.3″W / 26.800778°N 81.762306°W / 26.800778; -81.762306
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.winknews.com

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 WANA-LD (channel 18). The stations share studios on Palm Beach Boulevard (SR 80) in northeast Fort Myers; WINK-TV's transmitter is located north of Fort Myers Shores, near the Charlotte–Lee county line.