Wink News, a privately owned company headquartered in the US, was founded in 1954 and operates with approximately 160 employees. The company reported $106.7M in revenue as of 2023. Functioning as a tier 1 media tech buyer, its main product is broadcast television and radio. Its primary asset, WINK-TV (channel 11), is a television station licensed to Fort Myers, Florida, serving as the CBS affiliate for Southwest Florida. WINK-TV is owned by the McBride family and their Fort Myers Broadcasting Company. Fort Myers Broadcasting also provides certain services to three Naples-licensed stations under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Sun Broadcasting, including CW affiliate WXCW (channel 46), low-power Univision affiliate WUVF-LD (channel 2), and low-power WANA-LD (channel 18). The associated stations share studios on Palm Beach Boulevard (SR 80) in northeast Fort Myers, with WINK-TV's transmitter located north of Fort Myers Shores, near the Charlotte–Lee county line.
WINK News helped an Arcadia woman recover $569 from AT&T on May 18, 2026, after she faced months of billing issues stemming from a phone hacking incident in October. Previously, on February 28, 2026, the organization concluded its month-long "March to a Million Meals" campaign, which aimed to grow and enhance Meals of Hope's support for local families in Collier County. This followed WINK News' investigation into the Elevate Florida program on January 21, 2026, scrutinizing how many residents applied, were approved, and were denied after obtaining data from the city of Bonita Springs. Earlier, on January 12, 2026, WINK-TV unveiled a new studio and building, centrally located in Gateway, designed with the latest technology to strengthen its news, weather, and information coverage in Southwest Florida.
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