WBTV forms "Spearhead", a local television series consisting of ideological and philosophical programs. WBTV becomes the home of the CBS News Southeast Regional Bureau. Cross joined CBS in 1971, becoming the first Black network sports show anchor. 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). C. J. Underwood represents the station as honorary Grand Marshall as part of WBTV's 50th Anniversary series of celebrations in 1999. Also this month, "Boy Scout Ben" premiers as a voice of conservation of natural resources in a major WBTV/WBT public service campaign. The added space houses Jefferson Productions and expands the WBTV, WBT offices. WBTV begins televising its first regularly scheduled local live color program. WBTV installs a satellite Earth Station enabling instant television coverage from anywhere in the world. KCRG in Cedar Rapids Promotes Kristin Rogers to Morning Anchor. She Flew the Coop follows four women who left something secure or stable to travel abroad and pursue a dream. Partners in this massive community service effort are CVS Pharmacies and the Salvation Army. WBTV carries President Eisenhower's address from Freedom Park in Charlotte commemorating the 179th anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. WBTV's "QC . As of 2023, she is around 60 years old. WBTV begins a monumental public service campaign focusing on Deafness. Three Atlanta Police Department recruits are being praised for their quick action in helping a mom whose son had become locked in a hot car. WBTV/WBTW could have been "grandfathered" into the FCC law but would be restricted in improving the signal coverage of either station because of the overlap. And the WBTV Raleigh Bureau is expanded. He was married to Liz for 34 years when he died. WBTV televises a "Star Salute" from the NC Trade Fair honoring North Carolinians who have gained national prominence. WBTV and WJZY return to a partnership for "WBTV News at 10 on WJZY." Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. WBTV also airs any Panthers games carried on CBS' NFL package. The WeatherNet network is available worldwide on TV stations and the Internet. WBTV was purchased by Montgomery, Alabama based Raycom Media Inc. In a statement on WBTV.com, station vice president and general manager Michelle Robinson Harper said WBTV is excited about the energy, experience, and value that these new teams will give viewers each day.. Twenty-one hours of programming dedicates to the telethon's two day run. WBTV turns off the analog channel "3" signal, and begins broadcasting only on over-the-air digital channel 23. The first Carolinas edition of "TV Guide" appears at newsstands. Bonanza Productions NBC's Revolutionsince Jul 2012 Fox 26/WECTTV6 Former TV News Anchor/Producer and Investigative Reporter2008 - 2010. Big changes in store for two WBTV news anchors in Charlotte. 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. It will provide computerized business services to radio and television stations. [14][15] As was the case with Raycom, WBTV became Gray's second-largest station by market size, after Cleveland's WOIO/WUAB. 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. It aired on February 4, 1960. On July 12, 2010, the simulcast was replaced with This TV. My buddy @JohnCarterWBTV is headed to the other side of 5 oclock with the fabulous @finessebryan & all smiles @AlexGilesNews will be on the desk for your mornings! Shes excited to be back in Atlanta where her parents and siblings now also reside. Pilot Marshall Scott and photographer David Little are only slightly injured. Christine comes to Atlanta after spending 11 years as morning anchor at WBTV in Charlotte, NC. 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 . Sarah has always dreamed of becoming a documentary film director and after much hard work and perseverance her dream is becoming a reality! A Live program, "WBTV: The First 50 Years," is anchored by Paul Cameron and Denise Dory, with special guest Loonis McGlohon. However, area viewers could watch those preempted shows on WSPA-TV in Spartanburg or WFMY through a strong antenna (WFMY and WSPA were and still are available on some cable systems in the Charlotte market, although non-local programming is subject to blackout due to network non-duplication and syndication exclusivity rules). WBTV welcomes CBS newsman Eric Sevareid to Charlotte as guest on "The Spearhead Group". Albert Rivenburgh, a 20-year retired New York state volunteer firefighter, helped 18 school kids and their bus driver escape after a dangerous crash. New Orleans New $1.1 Billion Medical Center Is About To Open, Lake Norman Chamber Protesting $650 Million i77 Toll Lane Project. Feezor gave viewers tips on cooking, sewing, floral arranging, and other topics of interest to housewives and mothers. Christine Sperow joined Fox 5 News in March 2020. WBTV premieres "PM Magazine" with hosts Bob Lacey and Moira Quinn. The third subchannel resumed operations upon the launch of Bounce TV on September 26, 2011. WBTV increases power to the maximum allowed for channel 3 on the VHF dial - 100,000 watts. WBTV originates the broadcasts of "The Billy Graham Crusade" from the Charlotte Coliseum (now Bojangles' Coliseum). WBTV introduces "Radar Plus" the most advanced weather radar system in the television industry. The WBTV Studios are dedicated to three of the station's most beloved personalities. Underwood, Mike McKay, Lou Heckler, Clara Lowry, Dick Taylor and Jim Patterson. 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. And TV-3 is renamed The Patterson Studio in memory of Jim Patterson. Locally originated programming this week is "signed" for the deaf. tonia bendickson.com, Brotha Fred (birth name Christopher Frederick) moved his popular A.M. Mayhem morning show from 96.1 FM in Charlotte to Chicagos 103.5 KISS FM in January, taking David L. (Livingston) with him and adding Chicagoan Angi Taylor to the team. Steve Ohnesorge, photographed in 2015 at App . 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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". WBTV begins airing color slides for the first time. WBTV's late-night newscast is expanded to cover the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000. WBTV and CBS News begin broadcasting "all-night" news and information programming. Before the arrival of the Carolina Panthers, WSPA was also known to air a different NFL game than what aired on WBTV, giving most Charlotte-area viewers a second option for NFL games. WBTV begins a public service project called "WBTV On the Job". The program is called "Mike McKay's Newscope.". Video unavailable. 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. The WBTV news helicopter crashed . WBTV is the first television station in Charlotte to open a "Washington DC Bureau.". WBTV begins a public services fund raising drive called "Water for Africa". Introduction : Molly Grantham is an Emmy Award-Winning news anchor, currently working for WBTV News. WBTV-WBT-WBCY help to originate "Springfest". WBTV begins a high school student quiz show called "High Q." WBTV's parents company buys WRVA-TV in Richmond, VA. Remembering Jason & Chip. He then continued filing stories.) 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. During the first year of operation, WBTV ran a test pattern with news and weather announcements from 12:00 noon to 6:30 pm. Without them, making your voices heard at the ballot box would not be possible. What was your worst fear? Friday, April 20, 2007. WBTV begins a new midmorning local live program called "Together.". Tyler Nicole First at 4 Multimedia Journalist. 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). In 2009, he received the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. 4 p.m. newscast. CHARLOTTE, N.C. Former ABC 36 Chief Meteorologist Jason Myers was one of two people who died in a helicopter crash in North Carolina on Tuesday, according to WBTV.Myers started at ABC 36 in . WBTV acquires a second and more advanced video tape recorder. WBTV sign-on, July 15, 1949. 69-year-old suffers stroke in his N.C. home; Realtor showing house leaves him there. Molly Grantham has been an award-winning anchor and reporter at WBTV Charlotte, N.C., for the past 15 years. Hosted by Alan Ryan. Constitutional carry bill aims to eliminate handgun permits, Medic: 1 dead, 1 seriously injured in crash on I-485 in west Charlotte. 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. Christine anchored coverage of many breaking news events in Charlotte, from devastating hurricanes and winter storms, to news events that made national headlines like the funeral of Reverend Billy Graham, the Charleston church shooting, even the citys sendoff when the Carolina Panthers went to Super Bowl 50. WBTV is first in the United States to broadcast "Extravision." 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 As a result, Child's Play, Press Your Luck, Card Sharks, and Now You See It never aired in Charlotte. The equipment manufactures gave priority to the bigger cities.) The merger coincided with the start of the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference basketball season. Jefferson Standard had purchased WBT from CBS in 1947. WBTV begins transmitting color test patterns, the first television station in the southeastern United States to do so. WBTV announces development of a sister company, Jefferson-Carolina Corporation, a major community antenna television company. : Combatting the Rattiest Cities, 9 Things to Do and See in Charlotte: February 2023, Where to Eat in Charlotte's South End: 2023, A Guide to Charlotte's Top Bar Food Spots: 2023. Mathis, whose antics have made him a YouTube star, landed a gig out west on Good Day Sacramento for the CW affiliate by the end of the year. by Marathi.TV Editorial Team; Feb 10, 2023 Feb 20, 2023; 6 Comments; Maureen O'Boyle July 14, 1963. The H-D-T-V station will be called WBTV-DT and be on channel 23. Watch Live. WBTV was granted the first full-power construction permit for a digital television signal in the United States in 1998, which went on the air that year operating at 1 million watts[20]equivalent to 5 million watts for an analog transmitter. As a family they play and watch lots of sports, and love rooting for the Dawgs during college football season! 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. Jefferson Standard merged with Pilot Life in 1968 (although it had owned controlling interest since 1945) and became Jefferson-Pilot Corporation. [23] Jefferson-Pilot management, who only a few years earlier had touted Mayes as part of the station's campaign, "Turn to People You Know," wanted to make its newscasts appeal to a younger audience and made little effort to retain him. 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. Melissa Greer Polsky. [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. At the end of the program, a winner of a new HD - TV is chosen from contest entries. WBTV's Mike McKay begins hosting a local news magazine program weekdays at 5:30pm. 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). The first television station in the Carolinas, and among the first few in the southeastern United States to do so. Lately, the job of a poll worker has become more polarizing but for some that is not swaying their desire to serve. Web Extra Links. It is the North Carolina - Notre Dame football game from South Bend, Indiana. WBTV reporter Abby Theodros shared her thoughts on Stacey's departure, "Say it ain't so! She was also the weather . 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. The station's studios are located off Morehead Street, just west of Uptown Charlotte, and its transmitter is located in north-central Gaston County. "[19] To this day, WBTV has been one of CBS' strongest affiliates. WBTV's Lori Thomas and WBT Radio's Mike Collins begin a TV Radio morning show partnership and simulcast. For most of the 1980s, WBTV aired the CBS Evening News on a half-hour delay at 7 p.m., due to its 6:00p.m. newscast lasting an hour. By using this website, you accept the terms of . Cameron joined WBTV in 1981 as the station's sports director, and then succeeded longtime anchor Bob Inman upon his retirement in 1996. Erika Schmitt Wilmington, NC. For most of its first 30 years on the air, WBTV's newscasts dominated the Nielsen ratings in the Charlotte market. 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. The events that played out when a Gwinnett County police officer went into cardiac arrest is the reason why hes alive to tell his story, and give a special thank you to some deserving Everyday Heroes. WBTV begins sponsorship of "Project Graduation". It was completely installed and ready for on-air use in just 2 hours and 56 minutes. She Flew the Coop followsfour women who left something secure or stable to travel abroad and pursue a dream. Languages: Italian. 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. WBTV opens the "Western Bureau" in Morganton with reporters Steve Ohnesorge and Cecile Bost. It is the first production model of this newer recorder. 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. Phil Agresta, Nelson Benton and Earl Wells are in charge of the broadcast. It is hosted by C.J. WBTV premieres "Top O' the Day" hosted by Clyde McLean with segments by Vivian Harris, Ty Boyd, C.J. Company President Charles Crutchfield is named Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on "American Values". [5] The sale of the radio stations was finalized on January 31, 2008. WBTV begins news at noon with "The Noon Report" hosted by Don Robertson and Pat Lee. When WBTV signed on the air there were an estimated 1,000 television sets in the area. At this time of this year there are 1,004,400 television sets in the Charlotte market. The Jefferson Standard Convocation program brings nationally known speakers to Charlotte. WBTV favored the Redskins while WSPA favored the Falcons, in tandem with most CBS affiliates in their respective states. However, WBTV still shares the Julian Price Place studio with its former radio sisters, and they also retain a news partnership. There are now 19,210 television sets in the WBTV viewing area. tabindex="0" title=Explore this page aria-label="Show more">. Sure, she adds to the long list of attractive blondes on Rupert Murdochs conservative network, but she has nearly twenty years experience and the Chapel Hill degree to back it up. WBTV broadcasts a telethon for Char-Wheels. If you give your opinion, label it as a commentary. And it was the nation's biggest news event of the last decade-9/11-that served as an ominous backdrop for the . National. However, WBTV has always been a primary CBS affiliate, owing to WBT radio's long affiliation with the CBS Radio Network. Those rights passed to Lincoln Financial after its merger with Jefferson-Pilot in 2006. (This is also the start of our building's recycling program.). [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 reunited members of WBT Radio's "Briarhoppers" for a television reunion show. CVS Pharmacies accepted donations at all 120 locations in the viewing and listening area, and the Salvation Army delivered the donated items. (WRVA-TV signed on April 29, 1956.). The stations will move from the Wilder Building to a hilltop on West Morehead Street. He still lives in California and is pursuing an acting career. WBTV is making big changes to its morning and afternoon-evening news anchor teams, giving longtime station personalities Alex Giles and John Carter new roles. Feezor retired in 1977 due to a brain tumor, an illness from which she died in 1978. WBTV News reporters are sent to Iraq and Afghanistan to cover local National Guard troops on deployment in the War On Terror. WBTV is the first television station in the Carolinas to broadcast in stereo sound. WBTV begins consistently running test patterns from 12:00 noon to 7:00 pm. WBTV and WBT personalities auction thousands of dollars of donated merchandise to Carolina viewers. But he lasted only four months there and was let go in March. WBTV begins the operation and broadcasting of the local "WeatherNet" information. 2014 - 2023 Marathi.TV - All Rights Reserved. Jefferson pilot Communications buys WCSC-TV 5 in Charleston, SC. [6] With the purchase, WBTV became Raycom's second-largest station by market size, behind the Cleveland, Ohio duopoly of WOIO and WUAB. Ranked in order from number one are the shows: "The Beverly Hillbillies", "The Arthur Smith Show", "Petticoat Junction", "Rawhide", and "Perry Mason". It will also later develop the first totally computerized newsroom in the World for WBTV. 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. Celeste Gessner As of 2023, she is around 60 years old. Christine is married to William and they have two children: Daughter, Camryn, son, William III, and pet Yorkie, Georgia II. [24] Soon after Raycom took control of the station, WBTV began airing local newscasts and CBS programs in high definition. WBTV and Charlotte Memorial Hospital team up for the first "Health Matters" medical show. Doug Mayes, Former WBTV, WSOC Anchor, Dies at 93. Over $86,000 was raised to buy well drilling equipment and install water systems in several African villages. Mack's award-winning journalism career spans . An awards program to honor the highest ideals and achievements in the field of public services in the United States. Among those present are Andy Griffith, Edward R. Murrow, Shepherd Strudwock, John Scott Trotter, Norman Cordon, Anne Jeffreys, David Brinkley, Sydney Blackmer and Governor Terry Sanford. Underwood. WBTV anchors Molly Grantham and Jamie Boll covered the incident live on the air, before receiving confirmation it was their own station's helicopter and crewmen involved in the crash; the station released a statement citing the incident as a "terrible loss" to the WBTV family. WBTV inaugurates a new Internet business venture, called "ClickCarolina.com." (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It claims to have been the first station in the country to develop computerized election return projections, to broadcast CBS' ExtraVision teletext service, and to produce a local newscast for a PBS member station (WTVI, channel 42). Channel 3 did not face a serious challenge by any other news-producing station in the market until 1981. 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. Notre Dame won 14 to 7. Jefferson-Pilot sold WBTW in 1968 because WBTW provided a fairly strong grade B signal to the eastern portion of the Charlotte market, and neither station would have been able to expand their signals as long as Jefferson-Pilot owned both of them. But he's not calling it 'retirement.'. [22] The ACC syndication package moved to cable's ACC Network in 2019. The FCC approved the sale of WBTV on March 25, 2008, and Raycom formally took control of the station on April 1. 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. An addition to the WBTV studio and building is completed adding 7,500 square feet to the building. The conference will last two days. WBTV carried the Live telecast via coaxial cable of General Eisenhower's report in the state of the Atlantic Pact nation's defenses. 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. In the full documentary, Sarah documents her own restlessness, fears and life-changing decision to downsize her life, sell her home and most of her belongings in Charlotte, NC to travel and interview three other women who Flew the Coop at one time or another. // ]]>[/one_third] [one_third_last] //

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