WTLE-LP,

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channel 18, was a low-power Telefutura-

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, United States. The station was owned by

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. The station has, in the past, carried programming from the

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network; it has also been a repeater for sister

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affiliate

WUVF-LP WUVF-LD, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 18), is a low-powered Univision-affiliated television station serving Fort Myers, Florida, United States, that is licensed to Naples. Locally owned by Sun Broadcasting, it is sister to two other N ...

. WTLE has previously been owned by

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, and

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. On April 4, 2008, Equity announced the sale of all five of its Southwest Florida stations (including WTLE) to

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for $8 million. Equity has cited corporate financial losses as a reason for the sale. Equity Media Holdings has been in

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bankruptcy since December 2008 and offers by Luken Communications to acquire Equity-owned stations in six markets have since been withdrawn. Silver Point Capital acquired WTLE at auction on April 16, 2009. The sale closed on August 17, 2009. Three days before the completion of the sale to Silver Point, WTLE was taken silent. On March 10, 2011, its license was cancelled by the FCC, and its call sign was deleted from the FCC's database. After the stations sign-off, the Fort Myers market could only receive Telefutura/ UniMas programming via the network's national feed until 2014, when

(channel 2) signed on a second digital sub-channel affiliated with the network.

References

Equity Media Holdings TLE-LP Defunct television stations in the United States Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011 Television channels and stations established in 1995 1995 establishments in Florida 2011 disestablishments in Florida TLE-LP {{Florida-tv-station-stub