Park Elementary School Memorial Elementary School Avon Park Middle School Avon Park High School Private schools Walker Memorial Academy Central Florida Academy Parkview Pre-K LLC Community Christian Academy Cornerstone Christian Academy Colleges South Florida State College Media Television Avon Park is located in a fringe viewing area; its television stations originate in distant cities. Local television services offer signals from WFTV, the ABC affiliate in Orlando; WINK-TV, the CBS affiliate in Fort Myers/Naples; WFLA-TV, the Tampa Bay area NBC affiliate; and WTVT, the Tampa Bay area Fox affiliate. Radio Avon Park is in the Sebring radio market, which is ranked as the 288th largest in the United States by Arbitron. Radio stations broadcasting from Avon Park include WAVP/1390 (Adult Hits), WAPQ-LP/95.9 (Religious), WWOJ/99.1 (Country) "OJ99.1" & WWMA-LP/107.9 (Religious). Newspapers Local print media includes the News-Sun, a newspaper published on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. Highlands Today, a daily local supplement to The Tampa Tribune that covered events in Highlands County, was bought by and merged into The Highlands News Sun in 2016. Points of interest Avon Park Air Force Range Avon Park Historic District Lake Adelaide Notable people Red Causey, was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants Dee Gordon, Major League Baseball, Seattle Mariners second baseman Nick Gordon, a professional MLB shortstop in the Minnesota Twins organization Tom Gordon, Major League Baseball pitcher Fred L. Lowery, Southern Baptist pastor and author, formerly resided in Avon Park Hal McRae, Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame Conrad Henry Moehlman, Baptist author and emeritus professor of church history Deanie Parrish, aviator The father of the perpetrator Melinda Loveless, accused of murdering Shanda Sharer lived there after he divorced Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and warm winters. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Avon Park has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). References External links City of Avon Park Highlands News-Sun Cities in Highlands County, Florida Populated places established in 1884 Cities in Florida 1884 establishments in Florida