WEFS

WEFS is a CBS affiliate serving Panama City, Florida and its surrounding areas. Broadcasting on channel 22, WEFS is owned and operated by Journal Media Group. WEFS signed on in 1968 and became a CBS affiliate, where they remain to this day. Journal Media Group bought the station from MIK LLC in 2000. WEFS is also a part of a duopoly because Journal Media also owns MyNetworkTV-affiliate WAQZ. In addition to running the CBS schedule, WEFS airs syndicated programming including The Pyramid, Press Your Luck and Double Dare. WEFS also operates three subchannels: 22.2 (for Nick Rewind), 22.3 (for Nick GAS), and 22.4 (for MeTV).

History
WEFS was launched on September 24, 1968 by MIK, LLC, and became the CBS affiliate. Before WEFS came along, WAKT was showing selected CBS programming. Even though CBS's ratings were solid, WEFS found themselves being the bottom in the market. It wasn't until 1980, when WEFS' ratings started to rise. In 1988, WEFS's ratings took a nosedive, and MIK, LLC fired the entire news division and cancelling the newscast. By 1995, MIK, LLC was having some money trouble and WEFS only aired barter shows on non-CBS programming schedule. Finally, on May 4, 2000, MIK, LLC sold WEFS sold the station to Journal Media Group. Two months later, Journal Media relaunched the news division and began to upgrade the station By 2005, WEFS, for the first time in their history, became the no. 1 station in the market.