WBBH-TV

WBBH-TV (channel 20, cable channel 2), branded as Gulf Coast NBC, is a television station licensed to Fort Myers, Florida, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for Southwest Florida. It is owned by Hearst Television and operated alongside Naples-licensed ABC affiliate WZVN-TV (channel 26). The two stations share studio facilities on Central Avenue in Fort Myers; WBBH-TV's transmitter is located along SR 31 in unincorporated southeastern Charlotte County. WBBH-TV went on the air in December 1968 as the second station in Fort Myers; it has been an NBC affiliate since its first day on air. Waterman Broadcasting owned WBBH from 1979 to 2023; WBBH took over most of the operations of what is now WZVN-TV in 1994. The two stations have separate newscasts with separate anchors, though they share reporters, news resources, and—as of 2025—a common news brand. In 1967, two companies petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to add channels in the ultra high frequency (UHF) band to the table of usable TV channels in Fort Myers. Acting on the proposals from Kenneth Schwartz and Hubbard Broadcasting, the FCC allotted channel 20 in January 1968. That May, Broadcasting-Telecasting Services, Inc., headed by former WMYR sales director and announcer Joseph Buerry Jr., applied for channel 20, proposing a station with an intensive focus on local programming, and an emphasis on local news. No other group applied, and Broadcasting-Telecasting Services received a construction permit in July.