WTLE-LP

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WTLE-LP
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 18 (UHF)
digital =
other_chs =
affiliations = TeleFutura
founded =
location = Fort Myers/Naples, Florida
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = W57CJ (1995-99)
WDPX-LP (1999-2005)
former_channel_numbers = 57 (1995-2000)
owner = Equity Media Holdings
"(sale to Luken Communications, LLC pending)"
licensee = EBC Southwest Florida, Inc.
former_affiliations = Pax
Univision
effective_radiated_power = 50 kW
HAAT =
class = Low-power television
facility_id = 36967
coordinates = coord|26|30|19|N|81|51|13|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage =

WTLE-LP is the TeleFutura affiliate for the Fort Myers-Naples, Florida television market. It is licensed in Fort Myers, owned by Equity Media Holdings, and operates on UHF channel 18, with no digital signal. The station has, in the past, carried programming from the Pax networkcite news |author=BIA Financial Networks |title=Changing Hands |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA440884.html |work=Broadcasting and Cable |date=2004-08-02 |accessdate=2008-03-16 ] ; it has also been a repeater for sister Univision affiliate WUVF-CA.

WTLE has previously been owned by Paxson Communicationscite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=428045&Service=TX&Form_id=345&Facility_id=36967 |title=APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE FOR TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION OR TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING TV OR FM TRANSLATOR OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION |accessdate=2008-03-16 |date=1999-11-18 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission ] and Tiger Eye Broadcasting; Equity bought the station in 2004.

On April 4,2008 Equity announced the sale of all five of its Southwest Florida stations (including WTLE) to to Luken Communications, LLC for $8 million. Equity has cited corporate financial losses as a reason for the sale. ( [http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6548102.html] )

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External links

*TVQ|WTLE