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WUVF-LD

Naples–Fort Myers, Florida United States
City	Naples, Florida
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 2
Branding	Univision Southwest Florida UniMás Southwest Florida (on LD2)
Programming
Affiliations	2.1: Univision 2.2: UniMás
Ownership
Owner	Sun Broadcasting, Inc.
Operator	Fort Myers Broadcasting Company (via SSA)
Sister stations	WANA-LD, WINK-TV, WXCW
History
Founded	November 8, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-11-08)
First air date	July 10, 1996 (28 years ago) (1996-07-10)
Former call signs	W02CB (1995–1996, CP only) WTIG-LP (1996–2004) WSFU-CA (2004) WUVF-CA (2004–2009)
Call sign meaning	"Univision Florida"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	191422
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	198.4 m (651 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	26°20′30″N 81°42′37.5″W / 26.34167°N 81.710417°W / 26.34167; -81.710417
Links
Public license information	LMS
Website	www.dlatinos.com/univision
Translator
WLZE-LD
Fort Myers, Florida
Channels	Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 51
Programming
Affiliations	51.1: Univision 51.2: UniMás
History
First air date	July 12, 1995 (29 years ago) (1995-07-12)
Former call signs	JD0415TW (July 12, 1995) W65DF (July 12, 1995–1998) WLZE-LP (1998–2012)
Technical information
Facility ID	41376
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	323.3 m (1,061 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	LMS

WUVF-LD (channel 2) is a low-power television station licensed to Naples, Florida, United States, serving Southwest Florida as an affiliate of the Spanish-language networks Univision and UniMás. Locally owned by Sun Broadcasting, it is sister to two other Naples-licensed stations: CW affiliate WXCW (channel 46) and low-power 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 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).

WLZE-LD (channel 51) in Fort Myers operates as a translator of WUVF-LD; this station's transmitter is located north of Fort Myers Shores near the Charlotte–Lee county line.

History

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On April 4, 2008, Equity Media Holdings announced the sale of all five of its Southwest Florida stations (including WUVF and WLZE) to Luken Communications for $8 million. Equity has cited corporate financial losses as a reason for the sale. Equity Media Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2008; offers by Luken Communications to acquire Equity-owned stations in six markets were later withdrawn.

WUVF and WLZE were sold at auction to private equity firm Silver Point Capital on April 16, 2009. The sale was finalized on August 17, 2009. Following the purchase, WUVF surrendered its Class A classification.

WLZE began to be carried on Dish Network on October 7, 2009; the satellite provider had earlier obtained WUVF's programming via sister station WEVU-CA (channel 4), which had served as a WUVF satellite since 2006 (and simulcast the 6 p.m. newscast for some time before adding the remainder of WUVF's schedule), that station was taken silent on August 14, 2009—three days before the completion of the sale to Silver Point. SP Television reached a deal to sell WUVF and WLZE to Media Vista Group on December 21, 2012.

On April 1, 2019, Media Vista Group announced that it was selling its stations, including WUVF-LD, to Sun Broadcasting, Inc. for $9.75 million. The sale was completed on July 1, 2019.

Newscasts

During the mid-2000s, after joining Univision, WUVF began airing half-hour Spanish-language local newscasts at 6 and 11 p.m. The broadcasts were produced out of Equity Media's headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas, with news reports filed by reporters based in Southwest Florida. The newscasts were canceled in June 2008, after Equity instituted a companywide suspension of news programs as a cost-cutting measure. Local news returned to the station in 2013 as part of the D'Latinos program, produced and aired locally by Media Vista.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WUVF-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "Facility Technical Data for WLZE-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. Malone, Michael (April 4, 2008). "Equity Media Holdings Selling Five Stations". broadcastingcable.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
4. Larson, Erik (December 8, 2008). "Equity Media, U.S. TV Station Owner, Seeks Bankruptcy". Bloomberg News. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
5. Equity's Management Cause of Downfall, Former CEO Asserts, Mark Hengel, Arkansas Business, February 2, 2009
6. "Takers found for 60 Equity stations". Television Business Report. April 18, 2009. Archived from the original on April 24, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
7. "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 19, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
8. "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 22, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
9. Seyler, Dave (January 16, 2013). "Fleet of Univision-affiliated LPTVs sold". Television Business Report. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
10. "Application for Transfer of Control of a Corporate Licensee or Permittee, or for Assignment of License or Permit of TV or FM Translator Station or Low Power Television Station", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, April 4, 2019, Retrieved July 4, 2019.
11. "Consummation Notice", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, July 2, 2019, Retrieved July 4, 2019.
12. Wadsworth, Chris (June 16, 2008). "MEDIA MATTERS: NBC2 hires two traffic anchors". The News-Press. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
13. "Digital TV Market Listing for WUVF-LD". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
14. "Digital TV Market Listing for WLZE-LD". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Facebook—Univisión SW Florida

• 1996 establishments in Florida
• Equity Media Holdings
• Low-power television stations in Florida
• Spanish-language television stations in Florida
• Television channels and stations established in 1996
• Television stations in Fort Myers, Florida
• Univision affiliates