WTLE-LP
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| City | Fort Myers, Florida |
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First air date | 1995 |
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Former channel numberTemplate:Pluralize from text | Analog: 57 (UHF, 1995–2000) |
Call sign meaning | "Telefutura" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | TX |
| ERP | 50 kW |
| HAAT | 119 m (390 ft) |
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WTLE-LP (channel 18) was a low-power television station in Fort Myers, Florida, United States, which was last affiliated with the Spanish-language network Telefutura (now UniMás). Owned by Silver Point Capital, the station has, in the past, carried programming from Pax TV;[2] it has also been a repeater for sister Univision affiliate WUVF-LP (channel 2).
History
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December 2008[5] and offers by Luken Communications to acquire Equity-owned stations in six markets have since been withdrawn.[6]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 canceled by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and its call sign was deleted from the FCC's database.[citation needed]
After WTLE's sign-off, the Fort Myers market could only receive Telefutura/UniMás programming via the network's national feed on cable and satellite until 2014, when WUVF-LD signed on a second digital subchannel affiliated with the network.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WTLE-LP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.BIA Financial Networks (August 2, 2004). "Changing Hands". Broadcasting and Cable. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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. November 18, 1999. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Malone, Michael (April 4, 2008). "Equity Media Holdings Selling Five Stations". Broadcasting & Cable.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Larson, Erik (December 8, 2008). "Equity Media, U.S. TV Station Owner, Seeks Bankruptcy". Bloomberg News. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hengel, Mark (February 2, 2009). "Equity's Management Cause of Downfall, Former CEO Asserts". Arkansas Business.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Takers found for 60 Equity stations". Television Business Report. April 18, 2009. Archived from the original on April 24, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 19, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 22, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
