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On October 8, 1964, WINK-FM signed on the air. [5] It was the FM counterpart to WINK (1240 AM, later WFSX) and WINK-TV. At first, WINK-FM simulcast the AM station's middle of the road format of adult pop music, news and sports. By the late 1960s, WINK-FM was playing beautiful music, as it ended the simulcast with the AM.
In 1954, Channel 11 WINK-TV went on the air. Because 1240 WINK was a CBS affiliate, WINK-TV also carried CBS programs, and still is Fort Myers' CBS affiliate today, even though it is under different ownership now. 96.9 WINK-FM signed on in 1964, and is still co-owned with the TV station, but not with 1240 WFSX.
The station began broadcasting on March 18, 1954, owned by the family of taxicab magnate and Cleveland Browns founder Mickey McBride along with WINK radio (1240 AM, later used on 1200 AM; and 96.9 FM). [1] [3] WINK-TV was the first television station in Southwest Florida and is the fifth-oldest
WNNK-FM (104.1 FM) is a commercial ... Although WHKF never approached Wink 104 in Arbitron ratings, it did cause Wink 104 to change formats from hot AC to AC in March ...
On September 2, 2013, WINK dropped the news/talk format and adopted their current Spanish adult Hits format as Juan 1200. "Juan" is basically the Spanish-language version of Jack FM, both distributed by SparkNet Communications. WINK also changed their callsign on September 3, 2013, to match the new format as WJUA. It also simulcast on WNPL 1460 AM.
WFSX (AM), a defunct radio station (1240 AM) formerly licensed to Fort Myers, Florida, United States, which used the call sign WINK from 1944 until 1999 and from 2003 until 2010 WINQ-FM ("WINK Country 98.7"), a radio station (98.7 FM) licensed to serve Winchester, New Hampshire, United States
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On September 8, 2011, WARM-FM officially changed its branding to "Wink 103". This was similar to co-owned WNNK-FM (104.1 FM), often the number one station in nearby Harrisburg, which has been known as "Wink 104" for many years. [7] As Wink 103, WARM-FM straddled the line between AC and hot AC.