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  1. WINK-AM (1200 AM; "WINK News Radio") is a radio station which broadcasts an all-news radio format. Licensed to Pine Island Center, Florida, United States, the station serves the Fort Myers area. The station is owned by Fort Myers Broadcasting Company. Programming is also simulcast on WNPL (1460 AM) in Golden Gate, Florida, serving the Collier County and on an FM translator station, 97.3 W247CR in Pine Island Center.
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  3. WINK-AM signed on February 20, 1986 as WDCQ, offering an oldies format. It had changed to a talk format by 1992. Fort Myers Broadcasting Company bought the station in 1995, with the sale not being completed until October 1996; soon afterward, the call letters were changed to WTLQ.
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  5. In 1999, the station swapped call letters with 1240 AM and became WINK; four years later, WINK was moved back to 1240, and 1200 became WPTK, offering a separate talk lineup from that offered on WINK. The format was changed to tropical music in October 2005, with some of WPTK's programming being absorbed into WINK's schedule. Another format change, this time to sports talk, followed in August 2008; programming was largely provided by Fox Sports Radio.
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  7. WNPL signed on in 2009 to improve the station's coverage in the southern end of the market.
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  9. The news format was adopted August 2, 2010. To reflect the "WINK News Radio" branding, the WINK call sign was again moved from 1240 AM (which became WFSX) on August 26.
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  11. On weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., WINK-AM has an all-news format; the station also carries WINK-TV's 5 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. newscasts. The station also airs a local interview program, Southwest Florida Power Players. An audio simulcast of HLN is heard nights and several hours on weekends. Weekend programming includes WINK-TV's weekend morning newscasts, and Meet the Press.
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  13. During its all-news programming, WINK-AM uses the resources of WINK-TV, The News-Press, and the Naples Daily News for local news. It also carries CNN Radio newscasts, as well as financial reports from MarketWatch.
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  15. WPTK served as the flagship station for the Florida Everblades ECHL hockey team during the 2009-2010 season; the station dropped the team after determining that Everblades coverage did not fit the "WINK News Radio" identity. Other sports broadcasts carried by WPTK as a sports station include Florida State Seminoles football, South Florida Bulls football, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (all now on WWCN), the Florida Firecats, and spring training games of the Minnesota Twins.
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  18. WNPL (1460 AM) is a radio station simulcasting WINK-AM, an all-news radio station broadcasting out of Ft. Myers, Florida. Licensed to Golden Gate, Florida, it serves Collier County (including Naples). The station is owned by Fort Myers Broadcasting Company.
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  20. WNPL signed on in 2009 to improve coverage for WPTK (which at the time was affiliated with Fox Sports Radio) in the southern end of the market.
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