The FCC approved the sale of WBTV on March 25, 2008, and Raycom formally took control of the station on April 1. 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. The H-D-T-V station will be called WBTV-DT and be on channel 23. 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. Prior to joining in 2004, evening anchor Maureen O'Boyle, a Charlotte native and graduate of West Charlotte High School, served as anchor of the syndicated newsmagazines A Current Affair and Extra. Viewers are encouraged to turn off all power to unnecessary lights and appliances when the symbol is used. Company President Charles Crutchfield is named Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on "American Values". This is the first of a number of visits by WBTV News reporters to the active war zone. WBTV broadcasts a telethon for Char-Wheels. That station actually dates back to a ham radio station that started in late 1920. The deals closed in early 2008. "[19] To this day, WBTV has been one of CBS' strongest affiliates. 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. It is renamed WWBT on November 28, 1968. WBTV's older brother, WBT Radio celebrates its 75th Anniversary of receiving those call letters. WBTV returned to a strong position in the late 1990s, culminating in wrestling the #1 spot at noon in 1998 from WSOC-TV. WBTV premieres a locally produced newsmagazine called "Special Edition.". Moving to6 to 7pm a year later. Lincoln Financial retained Jefferson-Pilot's broadcasting division, which was renamed Lincoln Financial Media, with WBTV retaining its status as the flagship station.[3]. 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. WBTV begins a letter writing campaign to help free American prisoners-of-war in North Vietnam the project is called "Write Hanoi". (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. WBTV's weather radar was previously shown on its third subchannel, but the subchannel itself was removed prior to the digital transition. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - With the uncertainty surrounding us amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), its challenging finding the positives in life. 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. 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. Most all of the staff is on duty in the entire JPC chain of TV and Radio stations. The added space houses Jefferson Productions and expands the WBTV, WBT offices. ), WBTV broadcasts the first locally produced NFL/Carolina Panther program. It will provide computerized business services to radio and television stations. Morning and midday anchor John Carter formerly served as a North Carolina state senator prior to joining the station. Reception reports were received from cities as far away as 150 miles. WBTV also airs any Panthers games carried on CBS' NFL package. WBTV announces a microwave system joining WBTV to sister station WBTW in Florence, SC had been completed. At this time, there were only 12 television stations on the air in the United States, four of the being in New York City. There are now 19,210 television sets in the WBTV viewing area. 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. Since the early 1990s, WBTV has generally cleared most of the CBS programming schedule in pattern, with the exception of ACC football and basketball games from Raycom Sports. The Charlotte television market is ranked 22nd in the United States. It was completely installed and ready for on-air use in just 2 hours and 56 minutes. (This is also the start of our building's recycling program.). 32K views, 612 likes, 76 loves, 134 comments, 40 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from WBTV News: GOODBYE LYNDSAY! Jennifer was born and raised in the United States. She formerly co-hosted Good Day New York on Fox 5 NY WNYW, with Rosanna Scotto.From April 2000 to August 2017, she co-anchored on WABC-TV's Eyewitness News This Morning, with Ken Rosato. Weather instruments and LIVE cameras are placed at schools and businesses around the WBTV viewing area displaying weather conditions. [31] On April 1, 2012, This TV was dropped and the third subchannel was once again removed to make room for WBTV's mobile DTV service, but was brought back on October 8, 2014, with the Grit network. He was 42. Twenty-one hours of programming dedicates to the telethon's two day run. 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. WBTV/WBT/107.9 The Link broadcast LIVE from various CVS locations in the viewing and listening area over the next two weeks. Many of WBTV's evening newscasts and sports specials originate from the site of the Super Bowl in Houston, Texas. The partnership was extended to football in 2004; Jefferson-Pilot/Lincoln Financial had been the sole producer of ACC football telecasts since 1984. WBTV, in cooperation with Duke Power begins displaying an electric light bulb symbol in the corner of the TV screen to alert Carolina viewers of an energy crisis situation. The show is hosted by John Kilgo and Lisa Cooley and is called "Live at Five". He last worked at WBTV News in 1982, but his legacy lives on. However, when Face the Nation was permanently expanded to an hour in 2012, WBTV moved the show to 10:30a.m. WBTV gained a major ratings windfall in 198182, when CBS won the television rights to the NCAA men's basketball tournament. 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. WBTV carries President Eisenhower's address from Freedom Park in Charlotte commemorating the 179th anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. The WBTV news helicopter crashed . WBTV in Charlotte said her husband Roger and her family . [35], In recent years, WBTV has been carried on cable in several areas outside of the Charlotte television market, including cable systems within the adjacent GreensboroWinston-SalemHigh Point and Asheville markets in North Carolina and South Carolina, and the Tri-Cities market in Tennessee and Virginia.[36]. She Flew the Coop follows four women who left something secure or stable to travel abroad and pursue a dream. WBT General Manager Charles H. Crutchfield also eyes Spencer Mountain as the site for a possible television transmitter he is persuading company President Joseph M. Bryan to look into. Can't wait to see all the great things you'll do!" WBTV anchor Mary King tweeted, "We may be smiling on the outside, but we're sad on the inside because it's @jsrontv last . Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. The FCC prohibits the stations' "Grade B" signals to overlap. WBTV launches the first "telethon" in the Carolinas. The editorials are written by a ten member station panel. It is the first building in the USA specifically built for color telecasting. Former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh is a suspect in . WBTV premieres "Top O' the Day" hosted by Clyde McLean with segments by Vivian Harris, Ty Boyd, C.J. When WBTV signed on the air there were an estimated 1,000 television sets in the area. 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. Lori Wilson joined the WSB-TV Channel 2 in 2017. During the 2016 February sweeps, WBTV surged to first place in all timeslots, including the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts, for the first time in 26 years. Morning Anchor Steve Johnson. Former Charlotte WBTV Reporters Starting A New Movement For Women Who "Flew The Coop". Former Channel 9 meteorologist Melissa Greer Polsky died Friday morning after a six-month-long battle with cancer. (WRVA-TV signed on April 29, 1956.). Television sets in the WBTV viewing area now stand at 415,313. The band shell at Freedom Park in Charlotte is dedicated to former WBTV/WBT personality and public affairs director, Alan Newcomb. Mayes said years later that channel 9 offered him a deal that was too lucrative for him to resist, considering that he had kids in college. WBTV's parent company forms Jefferson Data Systems. At the end of the program, a winner of a new HD - TV is chosen from contest entries. A special journalism scholarship is also announced in C.J. Today is WBTV's Maureen O'Boyle's last day at WBTV News. WBTV is first in the United States to broadcast "Extravision." It is for The United Appeal fund. 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. WBTV anchor Knowles dies at age 42: MARK WASHBURN Staff Writer WBTV anchor Bob Knowles died Tuesday, three years after he was diagnosed with a rare cancer that flared up again on his honeymoon two months ago. Her career started at WBOY in Clarksburg, WV and then she went to WFMZ in Allentown, PA less than a year later. WBTV and WBT personalities auction thousands of dollars of donated merchandise to Carolina viewers. WBTV, WBT, and WLNK continue to stay based in the same building at One Julian Price Place, as they have been since 1955. Channel 3 had originally operated from a converted radio studio in the Wilder Building, alongside its sister radio station. Feezor retired in 1977 due to a brain tumor, an illness from which she died in 1978. 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). WBTV joins CBS Inc. in support of its application to the FCC for development of "High Definition Television" and an HDTV satellite delivery system. WBTV and Charlotte Memorial Hospital team up for the first "Health Matters" medical show. WBTV begins airing color slides for the first time. WBTV's Lori Thomas and WBT Radio's Mike Collins begin a TV Radio morning show partnership and simulcast. Find out what former NEWS9 anchor Allison Latos has been up to since leaving the station. It will also later develop the first totally computerized newsroom in the World for WBTV. News Anchor/Reporter WBTV Jun 2017 - Aug 2021 4 years 3 months. WBTV is the first TV station in the World to use a LIVE camera and microwave equipment mounted in a race car. North Carolina has a statewide stay at home order, which means people have to limit their travel to essential places. The helicopter is a total loss. Marshall Scott's piloting skills are given credit for both men to be able to "walk away" from the crash. WBTV begins a monumental public service campaign focusing on Deafness. "Top O' The Day" is the idea of Executive Producer Pat Lee. C. J. Underwood represents the station as honorary Grand Marshall as part of WBTV's 50th Anniversary series of celebrations in 1999. WBTV begins an undated series based on the original "Spearhead" show. WBTV's Barbara Stutts begins hosting a daily information and entertainment program called "Barbara". WBTV also aired both of the Panthers' Super Bowl appearances locally, as CBS had the rights to Super Bowls XXXVIII and 50. From 2010 onward, the package was branded as the ACC Network. WBTV is the first station in the United Stated to produce a weeknight newscast for a local PBS station, WTVI-TV. It will bring "cable" television to the Carolinas. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. CVS Pharmacies accepted donations at all 120 locations in the viewing and listening area, and the Salvation Army delivered the donated items. 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). WBTV broadcasts the first "Lou Rawls Parade of Stars for UNCF". Ratings come out for various local programs on WBTV. Maureen O'Boyle July 14, 1963. Today is Meteorologist Lyndsay Tapases WBTV's last day here in Charlotte. "She is the perfect fit alongside Alex Giles at 4 p.m.". This is the highlight of "Fulfillment Week", a week-long celebration if the move to a new building for WBTV. The mindset may get even more difficult as time goes on, with people . WBTV is awarded the rights as "Official Television Station" of the NFL's Carolina Panthers. 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-DT broadcasts the first nationally televised HDTV program, the launch of the Space Shuttle with John Glenn returning to space. 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 forms "Spearhead", a local television series consisting of ideological and philosophical programs. Over $86,000 was raised to buy well drilling equipment and install water systems in several African villages. Hurricane Hugo strikes the Carolina coastline and moves inland while retaining its Hurricane force winds to batter Charlotte and the Western Piedmont of NC and the Upstate section of SC. 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. This is the Panthers first visit to the Super Bowl. WBTV increases power to the maximum allowed for channel 3 on the VHF dial - 100,000 watts. WBTV begins local live television programming from a converted radio studio in the Wilder Building. Owned by Branson Visitors TV; Gray holds a 50.1% interest in this company. On June 25, 2018, Atlanta-based Gray Television announced it had reached an agreement with Raycom to merge their respective broadcasting assets (consisting of Raycom's 63 existing owned-and/or-operated television stations, including WBTV), and Gray's 93 television stations) under Gray's corporate umbrella. (Jefferson Production was later renamed Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions and in 1990 names Jefferson Pilot Sports and Entertainment.). SC. Those rights passed to Lincoln Financial after its merger with Jefferson-Pilot in 2006. In the 7:00am hour weekday mornings, Arthur Smith's "Carolina Calling" program tops all shows in viewers airing at that time in Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Washington, Seattle, Baltimore and others. WBTV keeps viewers who have battery powered TV's informed with life saving advice and news. . A Live program, "WBTV: The First 50 Years," is anchored by Paul Cameron and Denise Dory, with special guest Loonis McGlohon. ABC programming continued to be split among the three stations until 1967, when WCCB became a full-time ABC affiliate. WBTV and CBS News begin broadcasting "all-night" news and information programming. Viewers also saw for the first time on Carolina television the personalities they had heard so often, and for so long, on WBT Radio. WBTV announces development of a sister company, Jefferson-Carolina Corporation, a major community antenna television company. [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. Erika Schmitt Wilmington, NC. Updated September 22, 2021 3:46 PM. WBTV received one of the last construction permits issued before the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) "freeze" on new television licenses, which lasted until the Commission released its Sixth Report and Order in 1952. Charles Crutchfield is credited with giving the idea to Billy Graham to "televise" his crusades to reach a wider audience. Copyright 2020 WBTV. The test pattern is occasionally interrupted by the latest telenews and weather reports. SEPTEMBER 1952. Thousands of potential viewers pack into the Armory, "from the pin-striped to the barefooted", to see demonstrations of various TV sets. WGBA-TV wptv Join to Connect WJAC TV. The money will be used for the Char-Wheels group to participate in the National Wheelchair Games in Hawaii. The station claims credit for a number of television "firsts", among them being the construction of the first building in the United States built specifically for color television broadcasting. WBTV airs the continuous coverage from CBS News of the terrorist Attacks on America. Also this month, "Boy Scout Ben" premiers as a voice of conservation of natural resources in a major WBTV/WBT public service campaign. News. WBTW in Florence, SC signs on as a sister station to WBTV. The Rev. Jefferson pilot Communications buys WCSC-TV 5 in Charleston, SC. And by the end of 1949 the number had risen to 8,500 television sets. But he's not calling it 'retirement.'. Maureen Jeralyn O'Boyle (born July 14, 1963) is an American television reporter and news anchor. Charles Crutchfield 'invented' "The Briarhoppers" for WBT Radio in 1934. WBTV returns to broadcasting local Editorials. The updated "WBTV Morning Report" premieres with anchors Lori Ogilvie and Jim Patterson. The station aired a tribute at their 4:30 p.m. newscast where the anchors shared their grief. A special "Toast and Roast" is held in the Patterson studio. Stacey joined WBTV in August 2019 from WJXT in Jacksonville, Fla., where he worked as a meteorologist and environmental reporter, according to the station. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. WBTV originates for ABC TV Network the "Circus Spectacular" featuring Ernie Kovacs and the entire Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus from the Charlotte Coliseum (now Bojangles' Coliseum). by Marathi.TV Editorial Team; Feb 10, 2023 Feb 20, 2023; 6 Comments; Maureen O'Boyle July 14, 1963. Tower SkyscraperPage.com, sorted by primary channel network affiliations, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WBTV&oldid=1138068495, Television stations in Charlotte, North Carolina, Television channels and stations established in 1949, Articles with dead external links from December 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with dead external links from June 2016, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles using infobox television station, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 7 February 2023, at 21:39. She was also the weather . WBTV begins a public services fund raising drive called "Water for Africa". Lori Stokes (born September 16, 1962) is an American former journalist and news anchor. Introduction : Maureen O'Boyle is an American news anchor and presenter, Fred Shropshire. The program's original host is Lester Strong. Over the . WBTV installs a satellite Earth Station enabling instant television coverage from anywhere in the world. Steve Ohnesorge, photographed in 2015 at App . WBTV begins thepopular feature called "On The Square". All rights reserved. Send us your photos! All local programming on WBTCV in 1990 will focus on Recycling garbage, preserving water resources and minimizing air pollution. 's name for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. WBTV's first "Children's Miracle Network Telethon" is broadcast. 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. In 2008, for instance, NCAA games on WBTV attracted a 13.4 rating and a 24 share, the third-highest in the nation (behind only WLKY-TV in Louisville and WREG-TV in Memphis).[21]. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 23. Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Kristi solo-anchors the weekend morning shows on WBTV. A genuine nice guy in a business where egos can run to the outsize, Knowles was known for his. WBTV turns off the analog channel "3" signal, and begins broadcasting only on over-the-air digital channel 23. Cabarrus County. The Charlotte News headlines its editorial page with the title, "And Now Television." Courtney Cole is an anchor and reporter at WBZ-TV. (The First Union computer was one of the first giant computers in Charlotte.). The first Carolinas edition of "TV Guide" appears at newsstands. WBTV is the first TV Station in Charlotte to premiere a 10p, newscast on another TV station. Following the 2005 retirement of longtime WSOC anchorman Bill Walker, WBTV began billing lead anchorman Paul Cameron as "The Voice of Experience." There are still only about 30 HDTV stations on the air in the United States. To make room for Top O' the Day, WBTV aired The Price Is Right on a one-day delay at 10:30a.m., preempting whatever game show CBS aired at that time. WBTV reunited members of WBT Radio's "Briarhoppers" for a television reunion show. The enterprise website will focus on employment opportunities and recruitment. Due to North Carolina's status as a college basketball hotbed and local teams North Carolina and Duke being mainstays in the tournament, NCAA tournament games are consistently among the highest-rated programs in the market during playoff season. Cameron served as the station's top male anchor until his retirement on December 31, 2018. By August 1, 1949, there are already 2,000 sets in Carolina households. WBTV's new 2,000 foot tall tower begins transmitting at 5:53pm. Charlotte Mayor John Belk proclaims this day as "WBTV Day" in honor of twenty years of community service to the people of Charlotte.
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