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. All winners must bring a photo ID with them in order to claim their prize. Prizes will NOT be mailed under any circumstances. A prize may be picked up by someone other than the winner providing they have a photocopy of the winners picture ID. Prize may be picked up ONLY at the WINK News Radio studios located at 2824 Palm Beach Blvd in Ft. Myers between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm Monday through Friday, excluding Holidays. The business offices are NOT open on the weekends. 3
. You are only eligible to win a HUGE prize (ie: car, big collective cash prize, fly-away, vacation, etc.) once in a LIFETIME! For exampleif you win the Harley Davidson V-Rod or Rock & Row, you are NOT eligible to PARTICIPATE in that particular giveaway in ANY future WINK News Radio contests/giveaways. 6
Watching Geraldo Rivera and NBC News learn to dance together brings to mind the old line about the luckier pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers: She gave him sex, he gave her class. This is not meant as a compliment to Mr. Rivera, whose relentless self-promotion based on little substance makes him more the journalistic equivalent of Ginger Spice than Ginger Rogers. But the ratings success of ”Rivera Live,” the talk show about court cases that earns CNBC’s highest ratings, has led NBC News to make a devilish bargain. 2
The station began broadcasting on August 14, 1986 as WNPL-TV. It was the second independent station in Southwest Florida. Channel 46 was been with problems early on, most notably finding programming. As late as 1993, station personnel were often going to a local video store & renting public domain videos to play on the station. Often, the station’s graphics were misplaced & the status of WNPL was constantly in doubt. From 1993-1998, the station carried Florida Marlins baseball games from WBFS-TV in Miami. It also aired Orlando Magic basketball during much of this time. 4
Starting on March 26, 2007, WINK-TV began to produce a nightly 10 o’clock news on WXCW. This was the third 10 P.M. On May 25, the WZVN-produced news on WNFM stopped airing. This was due to Comcast’s frequent technical difficulties, which hindered the show’s ratings, as well as the popularity of the WINK NEWS production on WXCW-TV at 10pm. 10
. If a listener wins a prize that is worth $600.00 or more, or if a listener wins a combination of prizes that is valued at $600.00 or more throughout the course of any calendar year, you will be responsible for any taxes that may accrue as a result of winning such prize(s). All winners are REQUIRED at the time they win a prize to provide the WINK News Radio personality with the following informationfull name, address (house number, street, city and zip code), phone number, date of birth and Social Security number. Failure to provide the listed information will result in forfeiture of any and all prizes. Social Security numbers are required for tax purposes.for both the winners and for WINK News Radio/Meridian Broadcasting. 8
WINK-TV was the only station in the area for 14 years and is still the only full-powered VHF station in the market. Due to Fort Myers being sandwiched between Miami and Tampa Bay, WINK-TV was fortunate to gain the only VHF license allocated to the area. As such, it originally carried programming from NBC, ABC and DuMont along with CBS (DuMont folded in 1956). It lost NBC when WBBH-TV signed on in 1968 but continued to share ABC with WBBH until WEVU-TV (now WZVN-TV) signed on in 1974. 7
WINK-TV has been the dominant news station in Fort Myers for nearly all of its history. This is largely because it is the market’s only VHF station. Until cable television came to the area in the 1970s, WINK-TV was the only station that put a clear signal to much of the area. Due to the duopoly of WBBH & WZVN, WINK-TV primarily competes with WBBH. 9
. If winner receives a prize valued at $500 or greater, they must wait 90 days before winning another prize on WINK News Radio. These prizes also will be forfeited back to WINK News Radio if not picked up after 30 days. 5
