WUVF-LD
WUVF-LD 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 and low-power WANA-LD. Fort Myers Broadcasting Company, which owns Fort Myers–licensed CBS affiliate WINK-TV, operates WUVF, WXCW, and WANA under a shared services agreement. The stations share studios on Palm Beach Boulevard in northeast Fort Myers; WUVF-LD's transmitter is located on Channel 30 Drive.
WLZE-LD 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
On April 4, 2008, Equity Media Holdings announced the sale of all five of its Southwest Florida stations 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bankruptcy in December 2008; offers by Luken Communications to acquire Equity-owned stations in six markets were later withdrawn.WUVF and WLZE were sold at auction to private equity firm Silver Point Capital on April 16, 2009.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, which had served as a WUVF satellite since 2006, 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.