WINK-TV was this area’s first television station. It began broadcasting on March 18, 1954, and is the fifth-oldest station in the state.

The Southwest Florida Regional Hamfest returns to Fort Myers Friday, Jan. 16 (noon to 5 p.m.) and Saturday, Jan. 17 (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.), when the air-conditioned halls of Florida Southwestern State ...