WBTV's late-night newscast is expanded to cover the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000. Channel 3 did not face a serious challenge by any other news-producing station in the market until 1981. When children's programs aren't considered, "Carolina Calling" is the 9th rated show in the USA for that time period. During the month of the letter writing campaign WBTV received 372,000 letters from viewers in the Carolinas. During the July 2013 ratings period, WBTV took the lead at noon and 11 p.m., while WSOC led at all other news timeslots. WBTV and CBS News begin broadcasting "all-night" news and information programming. Location: Wilmington, North Carolina Area. This newscast places weather coverage at the start of the program, and continues with rapid paced stories, and new viral video segments sent in by viewers. Two years later, after KPIX-TV in San Francisco became a CBS owned-and-operated station (due to owner Westinghouse Electric Corporation's merger with CBS), WBTV became the second longest-tenured affiliate that was not owned by the network, behind only Washington's WUSA. This station is part of Cox Media Group Television. Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Kristi solo-anchors the weekend morning shows on WBTV. The Wilder Building, which was demolished in 1983, served as WBTV's studio facilities from 1949 to 1955.[7][8]. Many of WBTV's evening newscasts and sports specials originate from the site of the Super Bowl in Houston, Texas. WBTVforms its"Creative Services Group" to operate as part of the Programming Department in cooperation with the Sales Department. (WRVA-TV signed on April 29, 1956.). Katie then moved to the WBTV evening news team, reporting the traffic. WBTV's digital TV station, WBTV-DT Channel 23 is the first digital television station in the United States to broadcast at the fill power of one million watts. Courtney Cole is an anchor and reporter at WBZ-TV. [14][15] As was the case with Raycom, WBTV became Gray's second-largest station by market size, after Cleveland's WOIO/WUAB. When WBTV signed on the air there were an estimated 1,000 television sets in the area. "Doug Mayes was a true professional and outstanding broadcast journalist who inspired . This studio is the home of commercial productions and special live programming. A project which he founded with the purpose to create and support a positive program among broadcasters to overcome the increasing spiritual and moral decay in the country. WBTV begins local sponsorship of "The Jefferson Awards." She helps Georgians get ready for their day as the anchor for Channel 2 Action News This Morning from 4:30 a.m. - 7 a.m. Lori has covered . Charlotte Mayor John Belk proclaims this day as "WBTV Day" in honor of twenty years of community service to the people of Charlotte. WBTV is the first TV station in Charlotte to begin a rebroadcast of its 6:00pm newscast at 10:00pm on Cablevision of Charlotte's Channel 15. WBTV keeps viewers who have battery powered TV's informed with life saving advice and news. Her exact date of birth is currently under review and will soon be updated. The band shell at Freedom Park in Charlotte is dedicated to former WBTV/WBT personality and public affairs director, Alan Newcomb. WBTV begins news at noon with "The Noon Report" hosted by Don Robertson and Pat Lee. It will help thousands of Carolinians find jobs with special programming and "job fairs" located in the viewing region's shopping malls. WBZ-TV created the first female anchor team when Gail Harris joined Shelby Scott on First Four News. Meet the WBTV News Team! Introduction : Maureen O'Boyle is an American news anchor and presenter, most popular for the segment "Stretching Your Dollar," which broadcasts on WBTV News in Charlotte, NC. WBTV inaugurates regular LIVE field news coverage with a fully portable microwave and relay point on the NCNB tower in downtown Charlotte. On November 15, 2013, both WBTV and WBT were dedicated with a North Carolina historical marker at the corner of Tryon and Third Streets (reading "WBT/WBTV Oldest broadcast stations in North Carolina established 1922. Untitled Document News Anchors Bob Juback Meghan Miller Patsy Kelly Annette Peagler Aaron Rhody Melissa Meyers Manny Martinez Taylor Maresca Nicole Boone Reporters Maya Lockett Claire Purnell Taylo The stations will move from the Wilder Building to a hilltop on West Morehead Street. The third subchannel resumed operations upon the launch of Bounce TV on September 26, 2011. Jefferson Standard Broadcasting buys land on top of Spencer Mountain in Gaston County to serve as the transmitter site for WBT-FM radio. WBTV, the Charlotte Radio Appliance Association, the Charlotte News and The Charlotte Observer host a TV preview gathering at the Charlotte Armory for anyone interested in seeing the new thing called "television". Most ACC games that were not televised by WBTV aired on either WJZY (channel 46) or WMYT-TV (channel 55). WBTV is only the second television station in the United States to have the antenna setup required for this increase. He then continued filing stories.) WBTV's older brother, WBT Radio celebrates its 75th Anniversary of receiving those call letters. WBTV begins airing color slides for the first time. Thousands of potential viewers pack into the Armory, "from the pin-striped to the barefooted", to see demonstrations of various TV sets. In 1994, WBTV entered into a news share agreement to produce a 10:00p.m. newscast for then-independent station WJZY; the newscast later moved to PBS member station WTVI, before returning to WJZY in 2003 and then to that station's duopoly partner, MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYT-TV in April 2012. "She is the perfect fit alongside Alex Giles at 4 p.m.". . WBTV begins the all-day "Boys Town Auction". Morning Anchor Steve Johnson. TV-2 is now renamed The McLean Studio in memory of Clyde McLean. "The Carolina Camera" premieres on WBTV News. "High Q" is later hosted by Jim Patterson and Mike McKay. She was the lead anchor for WBTV News 3 in her hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina and used to anchor the weekly "Stretching Your Dollar" report. A Live program, "WBTV: The First 50 Years," is anchored by Paul Cameron and Denise Dory, with special guest Loonis McGlohon. For starters, she's won two Emmys for her work; she was named the RTDNAC TV News Reporter of the Year for both Carolinas in 2011; she's reported on issues from gangs and terrorism to kids facing uphill medical battles; and she anchors the evening newscasts for WBTV. Hampton made a guest appearance on WBTV QC Life via Zoom to talk about how changing the way we speak can really make a positive difference in our lives. It shifted to 11:30a.m. in 1982. She Flew the Coop follows four women who left something secure or stable to travel abroad and pursue a dream. WBTV, WBT, and WLNK continue to stay based in the same building at One Julian Price Place, as they have been since 1955. 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(The teams formation was announced on October 26, 1993 at an NFL owners meeting in Chicago.). The partnership was extended to football in 2004; Jefferson-Pilot/Lincoln Financial had been the sole producer of ACC football telecasts since 1984. WBTV originates Edward R. Murrow's interview with Charlottean Harry Golden for the CBS Network program, "Person to Person.". The updated "WBTV Morning Report" premieres with anchors Lori Ogilvie and Jim Patterson. It is WJZY-TV. Dr. George Heaton of Myers Park Baptist Church has the program. It will bring "cable" television to the Carolinas. Web Extra Links. The conference will last two days. The WBTV news helicopter crashed . From 2010 onward, the package was branded as the ACC Network. [22] The ACC syndication package moved to cable's ACC Network in 2019. WBTV-WBT-WBCY help to originate "Springfest". The program is called "Mike McKay's Newscope.". In early 2008, Raycom Sports and Lincoln Financial Sports officially merged under the Raycom Sports banner. She was the evening news anchor for the 5, 6, and 10 O'Clock news at Fox 5 NY WNYW in New York City from 2021 to 2022. The day has come. WBTV begins thepopular feature called "On The Square". It is a Robinson R44 Raven II. However, channel 36's signal was severely weak, and NBC continued to allow WBTV to cherry-pick its stronger programming. Cameron served as the station's top male anchor until his retirement on December 31, 2018. Many are devoted to examining the lives of hearing-impaired Carolinians. 2023 Cox Media Group. WBTV upgraded to ATSC 3.0 on July 7, 2021. TV-1 is now renamed The Feezor Studio in memory of Betty Feezor. [28] The morning newscast ended in spring 2018, and the 8 p.m. newscast ended on August 17, 2018. I'm number 8 of 10 kids- mother of just one. WBTV presently broadcasts 38 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 hours each weekday, four hours on Saturdays and two hours on Sundays). Between them, the five stations cover almost all of South Carolina. In times like this, it is so easy to say, I have to mow the lawn, I have to do the laundry, I have to go to work. When you change that one word, I have to to I get to, Hampton said. An awards program to honor the highest ideals and achievements in the field of public services in the United States. Wacky weatherman Mark Mathis was fired as cohost of FOX News Rising at the end of August 2010, leaving FOX Charlotte for the second time. Here's what that means for viewers", "SVTV Stations - the things you care that others won't", FCC WBTV-Tower's Antenna Structure Registration, Drawings of Jefferson Pilot Comm. By Joe Marusak. The studio address, One Julian Price Place, is named in honor of the executive who effectively founded Jefferson Standard/Jefferson-Pilot through an early-20th century merger. Kristi solo-anchors the weekend . On November 22, 2022, at 11:57 a.m.,[16] a 1999 Robinson R44 helicopter nicknamed "WBTV Sky3" crashed onto the grass verge of I-77 in south Charlotte. Twenty-one hours of programming dedicates to the telethon's two day run. Since 2008, WBTV has partnered with its sister stations in South CarolinaWCSC, WIS in Columbia and WMBF-TV in Myrtle Beach and WHNS in Greenvilleto cover stories in South Carolina. WBTV in Charlotte said her husband Roger and her family . All rights reserved. Notre Dame won 14 to 7. In 1965, the show was the third most-watched women's program in the United States. On November 12, 2007, Lincoln Financial announced its intention to sell WBTV, sister stations WWBT in Richmond and WCSC-TV in Charleston, South Carolina, and Lincoln Financial Sports, to Raycom Media for $583 million. WBTV inaugurates a new Internet business venture, called "ClickCarolina.com." Continue with Recommended Cookies, Maureen OBoyle July 14, 1963. WBTV opens the "Western Bureau" in Morganton with reporters Steve Ohnesorge and Cecile Bost. "Top O' The Day" is the idea of Executive Producer Pat Lee. WBTV begins transmitting color test patterns, the first television station in the southeastern United States to do so. At the time, the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company also had a 16.5% interest in the Greensboro News Company, licensee of WFMY-TV, which signed on from Greensboro two months after WBTV. WSOC-TV gained a large lead in ratings for most other news timeslots beginning in 1990. You can watch Fred and Vanessa Ruffes at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. The first television station in the Carolinas, and among the first few in the southeastern United States to do so. The quintessential anchorman, Tom Ellis got behind the Channel 4 news desk and was soon joined . WBTV begins construction on a new 2,000 foot tower in Dallas, NC a few miles north of Spencer Mountain. ), WBTV broadcasts the first locally produced NFL/Carolina Panther program. WBTV is the first television station in the Carolinas to broadcast in stereo sound. Followed by "The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" at 6:30pm. [6] With the purchase, WBTV became Raycom's second-largest station by market size, behind the Cleveland, Ohio duopoly of WOIO and WUAB. Steve Ohnesorge, photographed in 2015 at App . It is the only commercial television station in the market that has never changed its primary affiliation. By Thoden Janes. A news anchor who " punched out " at WIS TV-10 (NBC - Columbia, S.C.) last fall after only one year at the station has been hired as to anchor the news in her home state of Minnesota. WBTV airs the first Live network Color program. Channel 3 took on secondary affiliations with NBC and ABC until Charlotte's second VHF station, WSOC-TV (channel 9), took the NBC affiliation when it signed on in April 1957. Reception reports were received from cities as far away as 150 miles. In 1970, the media interests were folded into a new subsidiary, Jefferson-Pilot Communications. @jsrontv is leaving us and on to an exciting adventure in Atlanta! Programming included "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", "The Arthur Godfrey Show", "Perry Como"," Fred Waring", and "Hopalong Cassidy". Viewers also saw for the first time on Carolina television the personalities they had heard so often, and for so long, on WBT Radio. At this time of this year there are 1,004,400 television sets in the Charlotte market. A look back at TV anchors who have publicly battled cancer. WBTV also originates another CBS "Person to Person" program with Edward R. Murrow and former South Carolina Governor and U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. The WeatherNet network is available worldwide on TV stations and the Internet. Updates of evacuations and changes in security to buildings in Uptown Charlotte are broadcast in addition to the CBS News coverage from around the world. WBTV and CBS broadcast "Super Bowl XXVIII," as the Carolina Panthers take on the New England Patriots. WBTV had been Charlotte's home station for ACC sporting events since C.D. The cash-and-stock merger transaction valued at $3.6 billionin which Gray shareholders would acquire preferred stock currently held by Raycomresulted in WBTV gaining new in-state sister stations, including NBC affiliates WECT in the Wilmington, North Carolina market and WITN-TV in the Washington-Greenville market, in addition to its current Raycom sister stations. WBTV News in the evening expands to an hour long program from 5:30 to 6:30om. And by the end of 1949 the number had risen to 8,500 television sets. WBTV joins CBS Inc. in support of its application to the FCC for development of "High Definition Television" and an HDTV satellite delivery system. Bryan is moving to the Queen City from WHNT in Huntsville, Ala. "Shevaun is a true professional and has a magnetic personality," WBTV News Director Molly Kelleher said. The two stations have gone back and forth at first place in most timeslots since then. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - With the uncertainty surrounding us amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), its challenging finding the positives in life. In mid-May 2008, the former Jefferson-Pilot/Lincoln Financial stations launched redesigned websites, powered by the Local Media network division of WorldNow (which operates nearly all of the websites of Raycom's stations), assuming web platform operations from Broadcast Interactive Media. The first time television cameras were allowed in operating rooms. Diana Williams (later at WABC-TV in New York City; now retired) served as an anchor at WBTV during the early 1980s; she was succeeded as the station's main female anchor by Sara James (now a reporter for Dateline NBC). The editorials are written by a ten member station panel. But he's not calling it 'retirement.'. WBTV becomes the home of the CBS News Southeast Regional Bureau. WBTV is the first station in Charlotte to expand news coverage to 5:00pm. At this time, there were only 12 television stations on the air in the United States, four of the being in New York City. But he lasted only four months there and was let go in March. Channel 36 went dark in March 1955, and DuMont shut down roughly a year later in August 1956. Medical Marijuana bill passes NC Senate; some cannabis supporters against bill, 8-year-old helps raise money for favorite Waffle House worker in need of car, PLAN AHEAD: Latest Weather Forecast Video. Jennifer Abney WPDE is an American Murrow Award-Winning journalist working as the co-anchor of the 5, 6, 7 & 11 pm news with Trey Paul. WBTV forms "Spearhead", a local television series consisting of ideological and philosophical programs. She was also the weather . C. J. Underwood represents the station as honorary Grand Marshall as part of WBTV's 50th Anniversary series of celebrations in 1999. She grew up in Hendersonville, NC, and graduated from UNC. WGBA-TV wptv Join to Connect WJAC TV. During the first year of operation, WBTV ran a test pattern with news and weather announcements from 12:00 noon to 6:30 pm. Transcontinental television was inaugurated with President Truman's address to the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco. He was only the third main anchor in the station's history, following Mayes and Inman. The first was WBTW in Florence, South Carolina, which was built and signed on in 1954; indeed, the call letters were chosen specifically because "W" is the next letter in the alphabet after "V." The two stations were separately programmed, but shared a microwave system from 1959 onward. [32] On January 1, 2020, Circle, a country music and lifestyle channel was launched and added as a fourth subchannel at 3.3, moving Grit to subchannel 3.4.[33]. WBTV begins consistently running test patterns from 12:00 noon to 7:00 pm. The event is held at the Carowinds theme park and is the largest celebration of high school seniors in the United States. C.J. Shevaun Bryan, WBTV's newest anchor, stopped by to play some get-to-know you trivia with fellow anchor Alex Giles. However, WBTV still shares the Julian Price Place studio with its former radio sisters, and they also retain a news partnership. (The First Union computer was one of the first giant computers in Charlotte.). It is the second time that WBTV has had a sister station in the Florence/Myrtle Beach market; as mentioned above, Jefferson-Pilot was the founding owner of WBTW from 1954 to 1968. Patterson was killed in a single-car accident in Charlotte in 1986; Kirby died in 1996 at age 85. [24] Soon after Raycom took control of the station, WBTV began airing local newscasts and CBS programs in high definition. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. Lincoln Financial also sold its Charlotte radio stations to Braintree, Massachusettsbased Greater Media, effectively breaking up Charlotte's last co-owned radio/television station combination. Hosted by Alan Ryan. The permanent switchover occurred at 5:55am on June 12, 2009. After "Top O' The Day" ends its run the "WBTV News at Noon" begins on this day. ABC programming continued to be split among the three stations until 1967, when WCCB became a full-time ABC affiliate. She has also been WBTV's Consumer reporter who has interviewed well-known figures including the former First Lady Michelle Obama, country music superstar Dolly Parton, CBS News Anchor Charlie Rose, Oprah Winfrey, and country singer/North Carolina native Scotty McCreery among others. Purchased by Cox Broadcasting in 2000, Action 64 is committed to providing . The merger coincided with the start of the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference basketball season. Cabarrus County. Giving the "hi-sign" to his young fans, Kirby was a fixture for many years at the western-themed park Tweetsie Railroad in Blowing Rock (an hour northwest of Charlotte). (A series of reports aired in July of 1985 showing the results of the fund raising project.). Stacey joined WBTV in August 2019 from WJXT in Jacksonville, Fla., where he worked as a meteorologist and environmental reporter, according to the station. Lincoln Financial retained Jefferson-Pilot's broadcasting division, which was renamed Lincoln Financial Media, with WBTV retaining its status as the flagship station.[3]. (He was one of the main news anchors on WBTV till he stepped down from the anchor desk in late 1974. We wish her. The deals closed in early 2008. WBTV begins a monumental public service campaign focusing on Deafness. The mindset may get even more difficult as time goes on, with people cooped up at home. Charlotte is ranked as the seventh largest single-station market in the United States. This is the Panthers first visit to the Super Bowl. Other former GMA stars who visited their old TV home included David Hartman, 80, who co-hosted the first show under its existing name in 1975, Joan Lunden, 65, his co-anchor in the '80s, and Josh . WBTV is Charlotte's first TV station to use mounted cameras on towers throughout the city for LIVE sky views of highway traffic, skyline shots and weather scenes. That is one of the most common questions we receive about WTOV9 alums. Dallas-Fort Worth is the No. The equipment manufactures gave priority to the bigger cities.) Charles Crutchfield is credited with giving the idea to Billy Graham to "televise" his crusades to reach a wider audience. WBTV's parent company begins "The Jefferson Standard Foundation" to add financial support to many area community organizations. (Construction of WBT-TV was delayed quite a few months due to the flurry of TV stations going on-the-air in larger U.S. cities. Studios here until 1955"). And the WBTV Raleigh Bureau is expanded. Chesley piped in North Carolina's historic win in the 1957 NCAA tournament to channel 3 and several other television stations in the state. He started his career in Lynchburg, Virginia in 2010, and joined NBC12 in 2013. Doug Mayes begins WBTV's first regularly scheduled news programs as "The Esso Reporter" a ten minute newscast airing at 6:30 pm Monday - Friday. (Jefferson Production was later renamed Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions and in 1990 names Jefferson Pilot Sports and Entertainment.). Raycom Sports has rights to the ACC until at least the 202627 season. WBTV's helicopter, "Sky 3," crashes near Dallas, NC while covering a house fire. Manage Settings WBTV begins a major public service campaign on Diabetes awareness. Watch Live; Latest Video; News; First Alert Weather; Calendar; WBTV Investigates; On Your Side Tonight; QC Life; Sports; WBTV News. It claims to be the first station in the Southern U.S. to air color test patterns and color ID slides. The FCC informs WBT-TV's Chief Engineer M.J. Minor, that permission is granted to WBT to change the name of its telestation from WBT-TV to WBTV. It featured the always popular segment "product testing". News Apps. Final Nielsen ratings for the year of 1963 show WBTV programming winning a majority of viewers in 18 of 20 times slots. The H-D-T-V station will be called WBTV-DT and be on channel 23. It was fed to other TV stations on the air in the Carolinas region.). The station didn't air the CBS version of Wheel of Fortune until late in that show's run. WBTV installs a satellite Earth Station enabling instant television coverage from anywhere in the world. The first program features open heart surgery. Channel 3 had originally operated from a converted radio studio in the Wilder Building, alongside its sister radio station. Former Charlotte WBTV Reporters Starting A New Movement For Women Who "Flew The Coop". However, if there is one person who knows how to find the good in anything, it is WBTV friend Kristen Hampton, a former WBTV reporter. Celebrations around Charlotte and the World are covered on the news. WBTV premieres "PM Magazine" with hosts Bob Lacey and Moira Quinn. Feezor gave viewers tips on cooking, sewing, floral arranging, and other topics of interest to housewives and mothers. North Carolina has a statewide "stay at home" order, which means people have to limit their travel to essential places. As such, it was Charlotte's only VHF station for eight years, carrying affiliations with all four major networks of the timeCBS, NBC, ABC and DuMont. It is the first production model of this newer recorder. WBT radio long hosted live country music. Underwood. Since Raycom Sports is headquartered in Charlotte, WBTV had a very important role in Raycom Media's operations, and it shared its flagship status with NBC affiliate WSFA, located in the company's homebase of Montgomery, Alabama. For its first five years, the show aired at 12:00p.m., preempting The Young and the Restless. Bonanza Productions NBC's Revolutionsince Jul 2012 Fox 26/WECTTV6 Former TV News Anchor/Producer and Investigative Reporter2008 - 2010. Morning and midday anchor John Carter formerly served as a North Carolina state senator prior to joining the station. Veteran Charlotte broadcaster Jim Patterson was the first person seen on the station, and remained employed there until his death in 1986. WBTV launches the first "telethon" in the Carolinas. By August 1, 1949, there are already 2,000 sets in Carolina households. Underwood retires. The journey starts with Sarah Batista, a single mom and former TV news reporter who left behind a decade-long career in 2013 to follow her "gut . WBTV's Lori Thomas and WBT Radio's Mike Collins begin a TV Radio morning show partnership and simulcast. WBTV originates the broadcasts of "The Billy Graham Crusade" from the Charlotte Coliseum (now Bojangles' Coliseum). "Extravision" was received with set-top decoder boxes. Past Former WBTV Anchors Salary | WBTV News Anchor Dies. As of 2023, she is around 60 years old. It was seen for several years at 11:30p.m. on Fridays, preempting the CBS late-night shows which competed poorly against The Tonight Show. "Where are they now?". It is for The United Appeal fund. Channel 36 returned to the air in November 1964 as WCCB (later moving to channel 18 in November 1966), carrying whatever CBS programs that WBTV turned down in order to carry ABC programs. (He was one of the main news anchors on WBTV till he stepped down from the anchor desk in late 1974. In addition to Fred and Uncle Jim, viewers were treated to classic episodes of The Little Rascals (Hal Roach's Our Gang) as well as frequent appearances by the local bluegrass band The Br'arhoppers. Make sure you make a point to watch her final newscast tonight at 7pm. Languages: Italian. 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Shevaun will be moving on to WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she will be an Anchor . Love family, great friends, delicious food, and feeling fit over 55! To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. On January 1, 2012, WBTV switched the subchannels for This TV and Bounce TV, due to a contractual obligation to carry Bounce TV on the station's second subchannel. It is a Christmas tree with tags of the name, sizes and age of needy boys and girls. Segments on the program included On the Square, in which Doug Mayes solicited opinions from various Charlotte-area residents about current news topics, as well as C. J. Underwood's Down Home with the Carolina Camera, where otherwise unknown or low-profile Carolinians were temporarily given celebrity status for their whimsical talents, novel collections, or for the way they impacted their communities. In addition to its legacy as the state's first television station, it also benefited from its ties to WBT, one of the most respected radio news operations in the Southeastern United States.