WINK News

Media Production and Publishing • Fort Myers, Florida, United States • 101-200 Employees

Company overview

Headquarters	2824 Palm Beach Blvd, Fort Myers, Florida 33916, US
Phone number	+12393341111
Website	winknews.com
SIC	483
Employees	101-200
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Key Contacts at WINK News

Destini’ Prevo

Technical Director

Carolyn Dolcimascolo

Digital News Director & Special Projects Ep At Wink News

Scott Thomas

Art Director

Richard Garcia

News Director

Tommy Fox

Production/Imaging Director

Jasmin Faisal

Director

Karen Seiferth

Human Resources Director

Oscar Cruz

Director

Hector Velazquez Pitufo

Program Director

Daniel Diorio

Technical Director

WINK News Email Formats

WINK News uses 2 email formats. The most common is {first name}.{last name} (e.g., john.doe@winknews.com), used 87% of the time.

Format	Example	Percentage
{first name}.{last name}	john.doe@winknews.com	87%
{first initial}.{last name}	j.doe@winknews.com	13%

About WINK News

Many wonder how WINK News got its name. The quick answer would be that since we’re a CBS station, the name is reflective of the CBS logo. But interestingly, it’s not. WINK began as WFTM, a non-network affiliated radio station owned by Fort Myers Broadcasting Company, in 1939. WFTM was the first licensed radio broadcast station in Southwest Florida. Three years later, FMBC was purchased by Ronald B. Woodyard and Reginald B. Martin, and the call letters were changed from WFTM to WAAC. WAAC became a CBS radio station in 1943, and was renamed WINK the following year. The company was sold to the United Garage and Service Company, owned by the McBride family, of Lakewood, Ohio, in 1946. The McBride family continues to maintain ownership of the station. WINK-TV debuted on the air on March 18, 1954, becoming the first Southwest Florida television station. At the time, only about 52,000 people lived in the area. They previously relied on snowy images out of stations in Tampa and Miami. Now the region has over 900,000 residents. As Southwest Florida has grown, so has WINK-TV: Newsgathering shifted from film to video in the 1970s. In 1977, SWFL was market 138 out of 214. Currently, we’re market 54. Stereo broadcasts and live remote news reports were added in the 1980s. WINK News debuted its state-of-the-art studio in September 2015. WINK has grown from six hours of news per night to now 80 hours of news coverage a week.

WINK News revenue & valuation

Annual revenue	$30,792
Revenue per employee	$1,000
Estimated valuation?This valuation is estimated based on industry average for the Media Production and Publishing industry and current estimated revenues	$98,534
Total funding	No funding