WINK-TV
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| Ft. Myers / Naples, Florida | |
| Branding | WINK TV (normal) WINK News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Southwest Florida's News Leader |
| Channels | 11 (VHF) analog, 9 (VHF) digital |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner | Ft. Myers Broadcasting Company (The McBride Family) |
| Founded | March 18, 1954 |
| Call letters meaning | "wink" in reference to the CBS eye for CBS affiliation |
| Website | winktv.com |
WINK-TV is the CBS television affiliate serving Southwest Florida. Licensed to Ft. Myers, the station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 11 and its digital signal on VHF channel 9. WINK-TV's transmitter is located north of Ft. Myers Shores near the Lee and Charlotte County line. WFTX, WBBH, and WXCW also have their transmitters located at this site.
It can also be seen in the market on cable channel 5. The station covers Lee, Collier, Sarasota, Hendry, and Glades Counties, and is one of two Ft. Myers stations carried by Comcast cable systems in Venice. The station is owned by the McBride family's Ft. Myers Broadcasting Company. WINK-TV's studios are located in Ft. Myers on Palm Beach Boulevard.
WTSP, Tampa Bay's CBS affiliate, has a signal that cannot be seen well in Sarasota County County which is part of the Tampa Bay DMA. This is because its transmitter is located in Holiday, Florida which is northwest of Tampa. Viewers without cable must rely on WINK for CBS programming, as its signal reaches most of Sarasota County.
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[edit] History
WINK-TV was founded on March 18, 1954 and has been owned by the McBride Family ever since the station first broadcasted. It was the first television station in Southwest Florida and the fifth-oldest station in the state Florida. At the time of the station's beginning, Southwest Florida was underpopulated and people had to rely on television stations from Miami and Tampa Bay. These markets were and continued to be obtainable with large outdoor antennas.
[edit] WINK In the News
These are the results from the November 2006 sweeps period.
| 6 to 6:30 AM | 6 to 6:30 PM | 11 to 11:30 PM | |
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| WZVN (ABC 7) | 1.4 | 4.7 | 3.5 |
| WFTX (FOX 4) | 0.7 | 1.5 | |
| WBBH (NBC 2) | 6.1 | 10.6 | 6.9 |
| WINK-TV | 3.9 | 8.4 | 7.7 |
Here are some important facts about the sweeps perios from The News-Press Media Matters Column:
- For the first time in years, WBBH passed WINK-TV in the Noon news race.
- At 5 PM, WINK-TV won but numbers were down 20% from November of 2005.
- At 6 PM, WINK-TV plummeted from a 21% audience share to just 15%.
There are some key differences this year at WINK-TV, with a big female anchor shuffle occurring right before the November sweeps. Lead 5, 6, and 11 PM anchor Lois Thome was on maternity leave during the sweeps period. Also, Diane Fresta, formerly of "WINK News at 5:30 PM" and Eye on Health reporter departed in September. Stacey Adams from "WINK News This Morning" assumed Lee's position as well as filling in for Thome. Sarah Augusthy joined the station replacing Stacey in the AM and at Noon.
Gary Gardner, WINK-TV's General Manager, told The News-Pressthat "he attributes some of WINK's ratings woes to high staff turnover in recent months and the dismal debut of new CBS network anchor, Katie Couric." [3]
February 2007 Results. (February 2006 results)
| 6 to 6:30 AM | 12 to 1 PM | 5 to 5:30 PM | 5:30 to 6 PM | 6 to 6:30 PM | 10 to 11 PM | 11 to 11:30 PM | |
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| WZVN (ABC 7) | ? | 4.7 | 4.5 (2.9) | ||||
| WFTX (FOX 4) | ? | 4.9 | 2.1 | ||||
| WBBH (NBC 2) | 7.9 (8.1) | 4.8 (4.4) | 5.8 (5.1) | 6.8 | 9.2 (9.9) | 8.2 (UP) | |
| WINK-TV | 3.2 (4.4) | 4.9 (5.7) | 6.9 (9.0) | 6.8 (9.8) | 8.2 (11.5) | 8.7 (DOWN) |
[edit] Network Programming
As WINK clears the entire CBS schedule, it preempts the first hour of The Early Show for its own "Hello Southwest Florida" news program. Due to an hour-long newscast at Noon, WINK airs two of CBS's soap operas out of pattern: The Bold and the Beautiful airs at 10:30 AM (normally airs at 1:30 PM) and The Young and the Restless airs at 1 PM, which is half an hour later than most CBS affiliates.
[edit] Newscasts
The station's radar is called "SKY Tracker Doppler" and is located next to the WINK-TV studios.
Starting on March 26, 2007, WINK-TV began to produce a daily 10 PM newscast on the area's CW affiliate WXCW. During the week, the newscast features anchors Trey Radel and Stacey Adams with meteorologist Scott Zedeker. [5] This is now the third 10 PM newscast in the market after WFTX and WNFM, and has become a #2 newscast within days of it's debut.
Weekdays
- WINK News This Morning at 5 AM (5 to 6 AM)
- WINK News This Morning at 6 AM (6 to 6:30 AM)
- WINK News This Morning at 6:30 AM (6:30 to 7 AM)
- Hello Southwest Florida (7 to 8 AM)
- The WINK Noon News (12 to 1 PM)
- WINK News at 5 (5 to 5:30 PM)
- WINK News at 5:30 (5:30 to 6 PM)
- WINK News at 6 (6 to 6:30 PM)
- WINK News at 10 on CW 6 (10 to 10:30 PM on WXCW)
- WINK News at 11 (11 to 11:35 PM)
Saturdays
- WINK News at 8 AM Saturday (8 to 9 AM)
- WINK News at 11 AM Saturday (11 to 11:30 AM)
- WINK News at 6 (6 to 6:30 PM)
- WINK News at 10 on CW 6 (10 to 10:30 PM on WXCW)
- WINK Weekend News at 11 (11 to 11:35 PM)
Sundays
- WINK News Sunday Morning at 8 AM (8 to 9 AM)
- WINK News Sunday Morning at 11 AM (11 to 11:30 AM)
- WINK News at 6:30 (6:30 to 7 PM)
- WINK News at 10 on CW 6 (10 to 10:30 PM on WXCW)
- WINK Weekend News at 11 (11 to 11:35 PM)
[edit] News Team
Anchors
- Patrick Comer - weekday mornings and Noon (also chief investigative reporter)
- Sarah Augusthy - weekday mornings and Noon
- Stacey Adams - weeknights at 5:30 PM and WINK News at 10 PM on CW6
- Trey Radel - weeknights WINK News at 10pm on CW6(also Lee County reporter)
- Chris Cifatte - weeknights at 5, 6, and 11 PM
- Lois Thome - weeknights at 5, 6, and 11 PM (also education reporter)
- Kyle Jordan - weekend morning anchor (also Lee County reporter)
- Holly Wagner - weekend morning anchor (also Lee County reporter)
- Jeremiah Jacobsen - weekend evenings at 10 PM on WXCW (also Lee County reporter)
- Lindsay Liepman - weekend evenings at 10 PM (also Lee County reporter)
- Mike Walcher - weekend evenings at 6 (SAT), 6:30 (SUN), and 11 PM (also Lee County reporter)
WINK TV SKY Tracker Weather Team
- Jim Farrell - Chief seen weeknights at 5, 5:30, 6, and 11 PM
- Brian Monahan - weekday mornings and Noon
- Scott Zedeker - weeknights at 10 PM on WXCW
- Amanda McDonald - weekend mornings and evenings
- Janine Albert - fill in
Sports
- Clayton Ferraro - Director seen weeknights
- Kirsten Olesen - weekends (also sports reporter)
- Randy Scott - weekends (also weekday sports reporter)
Reporters
- Lee County
- Melissa Keeney - education reporter
- Jaime Marti - investigative reporter
- Judd Cribbs - weeknight feature reporter
- Jennifer Stacy - health reporter
- Justin Herndon
- Laura Kadechka
- Althea Paul
- Nadia Ramdass
- Nick Spinetto (married to Lindsay Liepman)
- Charlotte County
- Nicole Oliverio
- Collier County
- Joe Capasso
- Dustin Chase
- Maya Rodriguez
[edit] Administration
- John Emmert - News Director
- Wayne Simons - General Manager
- Mark Gilson - Director of Creative
- Keith Stuhlmann - Chief Engineer
- Maxine Johnson - Business Manager
- Karen Seiferth - Human Resources Administrator
- Jennifer Nelson - Accounts Receivable / TV
- Wayne Simons - Director of Sales
- Jesse Daniels - National Sales Manager
- Roberta Voelker - Local Sales Manager
- Donna Ullio - Traffic Manager
- Doreen McCabe - Continuity Director
- Bud Parent - Research Coordinator
- Val Marker - Marketing Consultant / Career Center
- Shirley Carpenter - Local Sales Assistant
- Sandy Dennis - Local Sales Assistant
- Burt Spangler - Marketing Director
- Tony Rice - Promotion / Producer Editor
- Scott Thomas - Art Director
- Tim Briggs - Production Manager
- Bill Ward - Assistant Production Manager
- Greg Stetson - Programming Director / Promotions Director
Marketing Consultants
- Amy Beese
- Cindy Boutwell
- Chris Burgner
- Charlotte Harwood
- Roberta Voelker
- Kristina Wykes
- Amy Zile
[edit] Logos
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 50th Anniversary Logo. |
 Current logo. |
[edit] External Links
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WUVF-CA 2 / WTLE-LP 18 (UNI) - WBSP-CA 9 (MNTV) - WINK 11 (CBS) - WTPH-LP 14 (AZA) - W17CK 17 / W38CO 38 / W56DW 56 (TBN) - |
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SNN 6 - "WNFM" 8 (MNTV) - SUN - FSN Florida |
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WEDU 3 (PBS) - WFLA 8 (NBC) - WTSP 10 (CBS) - WTVT 13 (Fox) - WLWA-LP 14 (Ind/Rel) - WPDS-LP 14 (Edu.) - W15CM 15 (AS) - WUSF 16 (PBS) - WHRT-CA 17 (Ind) - WSVT-CA 18 (DS) - WARP-CA 20 (MTV2) - WCLF 22 (CTN) - WXAX-LP 26 (AZA) - WFTS 28 (ABC) - WTAM-LP 30 (Multimedios) - WMOR 32 (Ind) - W33CC 33 (AS) - W34AW 34 (3ABN) - WSPF-CA 35 (St. Pete city access) - W36CO 36 (TBN) - WTTA 38 (MNTV) - WWSB 40 (ABC) - W43CE 43 (Ind) - WTOG 44 (The CW) - W48CN 48 (TBN) - WZRA-CA 48 (Ethnic/A1/NTV/CTV/DW) - WRMD-LP 49 (TEL) - WFTT 50 (TFU) - W56EB 56 (TBN) - W60CE 60 (TBN) - WVEA 62 (UNI) - WXPX 66 (ION) |
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WYKE-LP 47 (FN) |
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| Local cable television channels | ||
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Bay News 9 - SNN News 6 - Catch 47 - FSN Florida - Sun Sports |
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| Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location |
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Fort Myers: WINK 11 (CBS) - WFTX 36 (Fox) |
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| CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Florida | |
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WFOR 4 (Miami) - WCTV 6 (Tallahassee) - WKMG 6 (Orlando) - WTSP 10 (St. Petersburg) - WINK 11 (Fort Myers) - WPEC 12 (West Palm Beach) - WTEV 47 (Jacksonville) - WGFL 53 (High Springs / Gainesville) |
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| See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Religious, Spanish and Other stations in the state of Florida | |
