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Is Trey Radel Behind New Political Website?

By Kevin Eck on Aug. 3, 2015 - 10:52 AM

BPM features a video interview with a former county commissioner who served six months in prison for wire fraud.

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Amy Wegmann Returns to WFTX

By Kevin Eck on Jul. 1, 2014 - 2:46 PM

Amy Wegmann is coming back to WFTX in Fort Myers, FL. After ten years with the Journal Broadcasting owned FOX affiliate, Wegmann left in 2012 to help her husband Trey Radel get elected to Congress. Radel later resigned from office ...

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Florida GOP Tells WINK to Stop Running Political Attack Ad

By Kevin Eck on Jan. 27, 2014 - 2:25 PM

Lawyers representing the Florida GOP told Fort Myers, FL, CBS affiliate WINK to stop airing an ad attacking Florida Senate majority leader Lizbeth Benacquisto (R). The letter tells WINK the ad makes false accusations that “S ...

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Rep. Trey Radel to Resign from House

By Kevin Eck on Jan. 27, 2014 - 9:15 AM

Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL) will resign from Congress today, according to Politico. The former anchor for CBS affiliate WINK in Ft. Myers, FL, recently completed a stint in rehab after being arrested for buying 3.5 grams of cocaine fro ...

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After Completing Rehab, Rep. Trey Radel Sits Down With His Former Station

By Merrill Knox on Jan. 9, 2014 - 10:36 AM

Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL) met with the media Wednesday for the first time since he completed his substance abuse program following an arrest for cocaine possession in November. Radel gave an emotional one-on-one interview to his form ...

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Rep. Trey Radel, Former WINK Anchor, Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Posession

By Merrill Knox on Nov. 20, 2013 - 10:25 AM

Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL), a former anchor at WINK, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession this morning, USA Today reports: “I’ve hit a bottom,” Radel said, as he appeared in District of Columb ...

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Rep. Trey Radel, Former WINK Anchor, Arrested for Cocaine Possession

By Merrill Knox on Nov. 19, 2013 - 4:45 PM

Representative Trey Radel (R-FL), a former WINK anchor, was arrested for possession of cocaine in Washington, D.C., Politico reports. Radel was charged with misdemeanor possession in Superior Court today and is scheduled to appear ...

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Former WINK Anchor Trey Radel Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

By Merrill Knox on Nov. 7, 2012 - 3:21 PM

Republican Trey Radel, a former anchor at WINK in Fort Myers, has been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Radel will represent the 19th congressional district of Florida, stepping into a seat vacated when Connie Mack an ...

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Wegmann Out, Dishnow In as Anchor for WFTX

By Kevin Eck on Sep. 13, 2012 - 10:25 AM

Amy Wegmann (pictured left) will not return to the anchor desk at Fort Myers’ FOX affiliate WFTX, choosing instead to focus full-time on her husbands run for Congress. Last December, the Fort Myers anchor left the stati ...

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WFTX Anchor Amy Wegmann Takes Leave as Her Husband Runs for Congress

By Andrew Gauthier on Jan. 26, 2012 - 10:46 AM

Anchor Amy Wegmann is taking a leave of absence from WFTX as her husband, Trey Radel, runs for congress. Wegmann, who anchors WFTX’s 10 and 11 p.m. newscasts, has been on maternity leave from the Fox-affiliate since giving b ...

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