WUVF-CA
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WUVF-LP is the Univisión
affiliate for the Fort Myers
-Naples, Florida
television market. It is licensed in Naples, owned by Silver Point Capital, and operates on VHF
channel 2, with no digital signal. WUVF's programming can also be seen on WLZE-LP, channel 51, in Fort Myers. Both stations operate at a low-power
.
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, LLC for $8 million. Equity has cited corporate financial losses as a reason for the sale.
At one point, WUVF aired local newscasts at 6 and 11 p.m.; they were produced out of Little Rock, Arkansas
, with reports produced in Southwest Florida. The newscasts were canceled in June 2008, after Equity instituted a companywide suspension of news programs.
Equity Media Holdings has been in chapter 11 bankruptcy
since December 2008 and offers by Luken Communications to acquire Equity-owned stations in six markets have since been withdrawn.
WUVF and WLZE were sold at auction to Silver Point Capital on April 16, 2009. The sale closed on August 17, 2009. WUVF has since surrendered its previous class A
classification.
WLZE began to be carried on Dish Network
on October 7, 2009; Dish Network 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), but that station was taken silent on August 14, 2009 — three days before the completion of the sale to Silver Point.
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
affiliate for the Fort Myers
Fort Myers, Florida
Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 62,298 in the 2010 census, a 29.23 percent increase over the 2000 figure....
-Naples, Florida
Naples, Florida
Naples is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States. As of July 1, 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 21,653. Naples is a principal city of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated total population of 315,839 on July 1, 2007...
television market. It is licensed in Naples, owned by Silver Point Capital, and operates on VHF
Very high frequency
Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
channel 2, with no digital signal. WUVF's programming can also be seen on WLZE-LP, channel 51, in Fort Myers. Both stations operate at a low-power
Low-power broadcasting
Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area.The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same...
.
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, LLC for $8 million. Equity has cited corporate financial losses as a reason for the sale.
At one point, WUVF aired local newscasts at 6 and 11 p.m.; they were produced out of Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...
, with reports produced in Southwest Florida. The newscasts were canceled in June 2008, after Equity instituted a companywide suspension of news programs.
Equity Media Holdings has been in chapter 11 bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....
since December 2008 and offers by Luken Communications to acquire Equity-owned stations in six markets have since been withdrawn.
WUVF and WLZE were sold at auction to Silver Point Capital on April 16, 2009. The sale closed on August 17, 2009. WUVF has since surrendered its previous class A
Class A television service
The class A television service is a system for regulating some low-power television stations in the United States. Class A stations are denoted by the broadcast callsign suffix "-CA" or "-CD" , although very many analog -CA stations have a digital companion channel that was assigned the -LD...
classification.
WLZE began to be carried on Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
on October 7, 2009; Dish Network 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), but that station was taken silent on August 14, 2009 — three days before the completion of the sale to Silver Point.