[6] With the purchase, WBTV became Raycom's second-largest station by market size, behind the Cleveland, Ohio duopoly of WOIO and WUAB. WBTV begins first use, on a regular basis, of helicopter-supported news coverage. Anchor of WBTV News at 6 and 7pm! Fred is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and WCNC Charlotte Main Evening Anchor, alongside Vanessa Ruffes. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. For its first five years, the show aired at 12:00p.m., preempting The Young and the Restless. WBTV begins the all-day "Boys Town Auction". It featured the always popular segment "product testing". 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. Meet the WBTV News Team! In the evening, WBTV's 6:00pm "Early News" attracts more audience than 53 of the 81 local early evening news programs aired in the top 25 markets. She will co-anchor the weekday 10 p.m. news on KXAS beginning on Sept. 22, KXAS announced earlier this month. The program's original host is Lester Strong. WBTV begins televising its first regularly scheduled local live color program. Jefferson Standard announces WBTV will begin carrying scheduled programs on July 15, 1949. About WBTV. WBTV and WJZY return to a partnership for "WBTV News at 10 on WJZY." After her return from New York in 2009, Katie began working as the Traffic Producer for Triangle Traffic Network, a radio station out of Raleigh, NC. You can watch Fred and Vanessa Ruffes at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. WBTW in Florence, SC signs on as a sister station to WBTV. Lincoln Financial retained Jefferson-Pilot's broadcasting division, which was renamed Lincoln Financial Media, with WBTV retaining its status as the flagship station.[3]. From 1982 to 2019, WBTV was the flagship station of syndicated over-the-air coverage of Atlantic Coast Conference sports. Following Fox's purchase of WJZY and WMYT, the WBTV-produced newscast returned to WJZY when it became the market's Fox owned-and-operated station on July 1, 2013, which continued to air until the station launched its own news department (and hour-long 10:00p.m. newscast) on January 1, 2014. The stations will move from the Wilder Building to a hilltop on West Morehead Street. 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. This studio is the home of the cooking set. Witnesses also claim that Tayag, a pilot with over 20 years of experience, deliberately steered the falling helicopter into the grass to avoid crashing into nearby buildings or onto the Interstate itself, which was crowded with Thanksgiving week traffic at the time. WBTV's C.J. WBTV airs the continuous coverage from CBS News of the terrorist Attacks on America. The station airs at least two games a year, typically when the team plays host to an AFC opponent at Bank of America Stadium; starting in 2014, through the NFL's new "cross-flex" broadcast rules, games that would normally air on Fox (locally on WJZY) can be moved arbitrarily to CBS and vice versa. [5] The sale of the radio stations was finalized on January 31, 2008. The first show is emceed by Jim Patterson and includes the President of Jefferson Standard Broadcasting Company, Mr. Joseph M. Bryan, Charlotte mayor Victor Shaw, and Dr. George Heaton of Myers Park Baptist Church. WBTV is the first television station in Charlotte to broadcast Live from a helicopter in flight. WBTV's first programs aired that night. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. The editorials are written by a ten member station panel. Both have been produced by Raycom Sports after their acquisition of Lincoln Financial's sports division during the 20072008 season. He was 42. The band shell at Freedom Park in Charlotte is dedicated to former WBTV/WBT personality and public affairs director, Alan Newcomb. Watch Live; Latest Video; News; First Alert Weather; Calendar; WBTV Investigates; On Your Side Tonight; QC Life; Sports; WBTV News. Remembering Rachele Scholes was a former reporter and news anchor at WPTV from 1986 to 1999 where she covered breaking news, criminal and civil. It is the only commercial television station in the market that has never changed its primary affiliation. . 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. WBTV underwrites the cost of the trip for the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte to sing at the National Christmas Tree Lighting at the White House, at the invitation of President Johnson. Trivia. Most ACC games that were not televised by WBTV aired on either WJZY (channel 46) or WMYT-TV (channel 55). The Charlotte television market is ranked 22nd in the United States. Hosted by Doug Mayes, viewers would meet Doug and tell him their opinion on various issues for later broadcast on the nightly news. On May 2, 2022 she announced that she will be leaving WBTV in June, 2022. This makes WBTV the first TV station in Charlotte to have a two hour news block in the evening. Courtney Cole is an anchor and reporter at WBZ-TV. Dallas-Fort Worth is the No. WBTV later forms a "network" of radio station for the simulcast. Maureen O'Boyle July 14, 1963. However, WBTV still shares the Julian Price Place studio with its former radio sisters, and they also retain a news partnership. Charles Crutchfield 'invented' "The Briarhoppers" for WBT Radio in 1934. It claims to be the first station in the Southern U.S. to air color test patterns and color ID slides. Boys Town of NC is a child care institution open to boys ages eight to sixteen. As of 2023, she is around 60 years old. General Manager Charles H. Crutchfield was notified that the FCC had granted WBT a permit to construct a television station. Gainesville News - FOX 51 Gainesville Meteorologist Prior to relocating to Atlanta, Jonathan worked at WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina as a lifestyle show host, anchor, and meteorologist. WBTV's weather radar was previously shown on its third subchannel, but the subchannel itself was removed prior to the digital transition. When children's programs aren't considered, "Carolina Calling" is the 9th rated show in the USA for that time period. It is called "Newstar 3". Transcontinental television was inaugurated with President Truman's address to the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco. WBTV is the first TV Station in Charlotte to premiere a 10p, newscast on another TV station. WBTV also claims to have been the first station in the world to record and rebroadcast programs on color videotape; to use a live camera and microwave relay inside a race car; and to have a fully computerized news operation. 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". As of 2023, she is around 60 years old. WBTV does it first remote telecast from the Charlotte Coliseum, (now Bojangles' Coliseum) for the NCAA Eastern Regional basketball game. Hosted by Alan Ryan. [28] The morning newscast ended in spring 2018, and the 8 p.m. newscast ended on August 17, 2018. WBTV's Lori Thomas and WBT Radio's Mike Collins begin a TV Radio morning show partnership and simulcast. By August 1, 1949, there are already 2,000 sets in Carolina households. Following the 2005 retirement of longtime WSOC anchorman Bill Walker, WBTV began billing lead anchorman Paul Cameron as "The Voice of Experience." 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. 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. Jefferson Standard Broadcasting buys land on top of Spencer Mountain in Gaston County to serve as the transmitter site for WBT-FM radio. [20] Feezor's show was also carried on Richmond sister station WWBT after Jefferson-Pilot bought the station in 1968. Today is Meteorologist Lyndsay Tapases WBTV's last day here in Charlotte. WGBA-TV wptv Join to Connect WJAC TV. Marshall Scott's piloting skills are given credit for both men to be able to "walk away" from the crash. WBTV credited its strong social media presence and its talent continuity for the ratings win, while WSOC lost much of its main talent in the previous year. Location: Wilmington, North Carolina Area. "The Betty Feezor Show" each weekday afternoon at 1:00pm is the third watched woman's show in the United States. Maureen Jeralyn O'Boyle (born July 14, 1963) is an American television reporter and news anchor. This was in part due to being the only reliably viewable station in town for nine years, as well as the station's long tradition of strong local news coverage. Stacey joined WBTV in August 2019 from WJXT in Jacksonville, Fla., where he worked as a meteorologist and environmental reporter, according to the station. WBTV keeps viewers who have battery powered TV's informed with life saving advice and news. He started his career in Lynchburg, Virginia in 2010, and joined NBC12 in 2013. It will help thousands of Carolinians find jobs with special programming and "job fairs" located in the viewing region's shopping malls. Over the . WBTV's parent company begins "The Jefferson Standard Foundation" to add financial support to many area community organizations. In 1970, the media interests were folded into a new subsidiary, Jefferson-Pilot Communications. [4] According to Charlotte Observer TV critic Mark Washburn, Lincoln Financial decided soon after taking over the former Jefferson-Pilot properties that it would never really be able to integrate them with the rest of the company's assets, and had decided to sell them as soon as possible. And by the end of 1949 the number had risen to 8,500 television sets. It is the North Carolina - Notre Dame football game from South Bend, Indiana. O'Boyle has been the anchorwoman for the TV shows A Current Affair and Extra. The station didn't air the CBS version of Wheel of Fortune until late in that show's run. WBTV's helicopter, "Sky 3," crashes near Dallas, NC while covering a house fire. At the end of the program, a winner of a new HD - TV is chosen from contest entries. He was only the third main anchor in the station's history, following Mayes and Inman. Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. Raycom had produced ACC basketball games in partnership with Jefferson-Pilot/Lincoln Financial since 1982. Most all of the staff is on duty in the entire JPC chain of TV and Radio stations. WBTV News in a partnership with First Union Bank becomes the first television station in the United States to develop computerized election returns projections. WBTVforms its"Creative Services Group" to operate as part of the Programming Department in cooperation with the Sales Department. WBTV turns off the analog channel "3" signal, and begins broadcasting only on over-the-air digital channel 23. The FCC denies a request by WBTV to increase the antenna height and move its transmitter to a site near Denver, NC. Channel 36 went dark in March 1955, and DuMont shut down roughly a year later in August 1956. Morning Anchor Steve Johnson. Locally originated programming this week is "signed" for the deaf. 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. 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. WBTV premieres the station's new $75,000 mobile television truck at the N.C. Republican convention, held in Charlotte. Top O' the Day ended in 1992, and was replaced by a conventional half-hour noon newscast. 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. In addition, WBTV's studios continue to house the operations of its former sister radio stations currently owned by Urban One: WBT-AM/FM and WLNK, as well as WFNZ, which was previously owned by CBS Radio prior to its acquisition by Beasley Broadcast Group in 2014, followed by Entercom (now known as Audacy) in late 2017 and then Urban One in 2020 under a local marketing agreement.[1].