Television station in Florida, United States
WTLE-LP
,
UHF
analog
channel 18, was a
low-power
Telefutura
-
affiliated
television station
licensed
to
Fort Myers, Florida
, United States. The station was owned by
Silver Point Capital
. The station has, in the past, carried programming from the
Pax
network;
[2]
it has also been a repeater for sister
Univision
affiliate
WUVF-LP
.
WTLE has previously been owned by
Paxson Communications
,
[3]
Tiger Eye Broadcasting
,
[2]
[3]
and
Equity Media Holdings
.
[2]
On April 4, 2008, Equity announced the sale of all five of its Southwest Florida stations (including WTLE) to
Luken Communications, LLC
for
$
8 million. Equity has cited corporate financial losses as a reason for the sale.
[4]
Equity Media Holdings has been in
chapter 11
bankruptcy
since December 2008
[5]
and offers by Luken Communications to acquire Equity-owned stations in six markets have since been withdrawn.
[6]
Silver Point Capital acquired WTLE at auction on April 16, 2009.
[7]
The sale closed on August 17, 2009.
[8]
Three days before the completion of the sale to Silver Point, WTLE was taken silent.
[9]
On March 10, 2011, its license was cancelled by the FCC, and its call sign was deleted from the FCC's database.
[
citation needed
]
After the stations sign-off, the Fort Myers market could only receive Telefutura/
UniMas
programming via the network's national feed until 2014, when
WUVF-LP
(channel 2) signed on a second digital sub-channel affiliated with the network.
References
[
edit
]
- ^
"Facility Technical Data for WTLE-LP"
.
Licensing and Management System
.
Federal Communications Commission
.
- ^
a
b
c
BIA Financial Networks (2004-08-02).
"Changing Hands"
.
Broadcasting and Cable
. Retrieved
2008-03-16
.
- ^
a
b
"APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE FOR TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION OR TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING TV OR FM TRANSLATOR OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION"
.
Federal Communications Commission
. 1999-11-18
. Retrieved
2008-03-16
.
- ^
Malone, Michael (April 4, 2008).
"Equity Media Holdings Selling Five Stations"
.
Broadcasting & Cable
.
- ^
Larson, Erik (December 8, 2008).
"Equity Media, U.S. TV Station Owner, Seeks Bankruptcy"
.
Bloomberg News
. Retrieved
December 9,
2008
.
- ^
Hengel, Mark (February 2, 2009).
"Equity's Management Cause of Downfall, Former CEO Asserts"
.
Arkansas Business
.
- ^
"Takers found for 60 Equity stations"
.
Television Business Report
. April 18, 2009. Archived from
the original
on April 24, 2009
. Retrieved
April 20,
2009
.
- ^
"Consummation Notice"
.
CDBS Public Access
.
Federal Communications Commission
. August 19, 2009
. Retrieved
August 25,
2009
.
- ^
"Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA"
.
CDBS Public Access
. Federal Communications Commission. September 22, 2009
. Retrieved
November 20,
2009
.
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