News defined the careers of Clyde Lee and Diane Willis for a combined five decades. Underwood. The FCC grants WBTV the first commercial permit in the United States to construct a Digital Television Station. WBTV is the first station in the United Stated to produce a weeknight newscast for a local PBS station, WTVI-TV. brofro.com, A Conversation With Angie HarmonActress, Producer, and Charlotte Resident, Meet the Groups Breaking Barriers for Women in Construction, The Making of Childrens Theatre of Charlottes Production of The Night Diary, How Being on Summer Camp Staff Impacted My Life, Oh, Rats! WBTV's helicopter, "Sky 3," crashes near Dallas, NC while covering a house fire. WBTV carried the Live telecast via coaxial cable of General Eisenhower's report in the state of the Atlantic Pact nation's defenses. A genuine nice guy in a business where egos can run to the outsize, Knowles was known for his. The conference will last two days. "[19] To this day, WBTV has been one of CBS' strongest affiliates. WBTV in Charlotte said her husband . About WBTV. The FAA and NTSB began an investigation into the incident, only releasing their preliminary findings to the public; these and the RadarBox findings indicate the helicopter was initially traveling at 80 miles per hour (129km/h), and made three 360-degree turns just before it crashed.[18]. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WBTV had previously carried a standard-definition simulcast of the station's main channel on its second digital subchannel. However, WBTV and WWBT retain their Jefferson-Pilot/Lincoln Financial-era logos and branding (WCSC has since changed its logo and graphics, following its switch to high definition newscasts). WBTV announces that it will begin transmissions of color test patterns in May of this year. 4 p.m. newscast. 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. WBTV (channel 3) is a television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Gray Television.The station's studios are located off Morehead Street, just west of Uptown Charlotte, and its transmitter is located in north-central Gaston County.In addition, WBTV's studios continue to house the operations of its former sister radio stations currently owned . WBTV begins a public services fund raising drive called "Water for Africa". CBS News anchorwoman Katie Couric hosts The CBS Evening News from Charlotte. [20] Feezor's show was also carried on Richmond sister station WWBT after Jefferson-Pilot bought the station in 1968. WBTV begins a public service project called "WBTV On the Job". The article tells Charlotteans television would be on the air before August. The partnership was extended to football in 2004; Jefferson-Pilot/Lincoln Financial had been the sole producer of ACC football telecasts since 1984. It is WJZY-TV. A much-remembered women's/homemaker's show, The Betty Feezor Show, aired on channel 3 from the 1950s until 1977 (usually after the soap opera Search for Tomorrow, and in its 15-minute format, Guiding Light). January 10, 2021. Christine comes to Atlanta after spending 11 years as morning anchor at WBTV in Charlotte, NC. Jefferson Standard Broadcasting buys land on top of Spencer Mountain in Gaston County to serve as the transmitter site for WBT-FM radio. The first time television cameras were allowed in operating rooms. WBTV's new 2,000 foot tall tower begins transmitting at 5:53pm. (WRVA-TV signed on April 29, 1956.). Meet the WBTV News Team! WBTV begins a major public service campaign on Diabetes awareness. 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. This was especially true if the Washington Redskins and Atlanta Falcons played at the same time. WBTV begins airing color slides for the first time. It is the first production model of this newer recorder. WBTV begins news at noon with "The Noon Report" hosted by Don Robertson and Pat Lee. What brings you the most joy? WBTV celebrates its 50th Anniversary. Meet the WBTV News Team! WBTV was originally owned by the Greensboro-based Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, owners of WBT (1110 AM), the city's oldest radio station and the first fully licensed station in the South. WBTV's older brother, WBT Radio celebrates its 75th Anniversary of receiving those call letters. WBZ-TV created the first female anchor team when Gail Harris joined Shelby Scott on First Four News. A special "Toast and Roast" is held in the Patterson studio. WBTV increases power to the maximum allowed for channel 3 on the VHF dial - 100,000 watts. Kannapolis has been getting great reviews for, CONCORD The Cabarrus County Sheriffs Office has released details about a major drug investigation that has just wrapped up, resulting in th. This makes WBTV the first TV station in Charlotte to have a two hour news block in the evening. WBTV, WBT, and WLNK continue to stay based in the same building at One Julian Price Place, as they have been since 1955. But in May, after not being able to agree on contract terms with the station, Ace & TJ signed off Charlotte radio. WBTV begins operation of a more energy efficient "Sky 3." By using this website, you accept the terms of . Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. 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. Veteran local news anchor Brigida Mack signed off for the last time as a member of the Good Day Charlotte morning newscast. 2023 Cox Media Group. WBTV begins a new midmorning local live program called "Together.". 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. 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. This is the Panthers first visit to the Super Bowl. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By this time all local live programs are presented in color on WBTV. WBTV reporter Abby Theodros shared her thoughts on Stacey's departure, "Say it ain't so! The station didn't air the CBS version of Wheel of Fortune until late in that show's run. ("Baby Aid" concluded with over one million dollars raised and six tractor-trailer loads of baby supplies donated.). It was a relatively short assignment, as she joined the station in January 2019. 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. The first program, "The Betty Feezor Show.". 69-year-old suffers stroke in his N.C. home; Realtor showing house leaves him there. For many years, WBTV was one of the country's most dominant television stations. WBTV begins local live television programming from a converted radio studio in the Wilder Building. As a family they play and watch lots of sports, and love rooting for the Dawgs during college football season! The truck carries three cameras, monitor and replay equipment, cables, lighting and spare parts. Christine is married to William and they have two children: Daughter, Camryn, son, William III, and pet Yorkie, Georgia II. "WBTV" is the Grand Marshall of "The 52nd Annual Carolinas' Carrousel Parade." She Flew the Coop follows four women who left something secure or stable to travel abroad and pursue a dream. As of 2023, she is around 60 years old. WBTV and WBT Radio host the inaugural "Blood Give-In" at the stations' studios at One Julian Price Place. The deals closed in early 2008. WBTV launches the first "telethon" in the Carolinas. WBTV introduces to Charlotte and the Carolinas the most advanced weather radar system available. By Thoden Janes. Jefferson Standard/Jefferson-Pilot acquired several other radio and television stations across the country, with WBTV serving as the company's flagship station. For many years, WBTV occasionally preempted some of CBS' Saturday morning cartoons as well. WBTV News returns to the 6:30pm time slot with the first local 6:30pm news in Charlotte for that time period in a "stand-alone" format. Feezor retired in 1977 due to a brain tumor, an illness from which she died in 1978. 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. Full Profile. As of 2023, she is around 60 years old. It is the first building in the USA specifically built for color telecasting. WBTV's late-night newscast is expanded to cover the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000. The program is called "Mike McKay's Newscope.". KCRG in Cedar Rapids Promotes Kristin Rogers to Morning Anchor. The permanent switchover occurred at 5:55am on June 12, 2009. WBTV keeps viewers who have battery powered TV's informed with life saving advice and news. For its first five years, the show aired at 12:00p.m., preempting The Young and the Restless. SC. If you give your opinion, label it as a commentary. It will help thousands of Carolinians find jobs with special programming and "job fairs" located in the viewing region's shopping malls. 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. [26] It placed third among local newscasts during the July 2013 ratings period, behind the WSOC-produced newscast on WAXN, and WCCB's in-house newscast.[24]. 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. When one man found himself in a desperate situation he got more than the jolt he needed from the local Starbucks! Industry: Broadcast Media. 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. After graduation, Christine lived in Atlanta for a few years before hopping around the country to start her journalism career. 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. 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. A Live program, "WBTV: The First 50 Years," is anchored by Paul Cameron and Denise Dory, with special guest Loonis McGlohon. Jefferson Standard Broadcasting breaks ground at a site located west of downtown Charlotte to build a new broadcast home for WBTV and WBT. WBTV airs a number of special Carolina Panthers programs saluting the run to the playoffs for the second time in five years. Hosts Paul Cameron and Maureen O'Boyle will take a look at the growth of the station over the past 60 years. Amazingly, a LIVE feed from the photographer's camera was being sent back to the station during the entire crash and the aftermath. WBTV's brand new "Sky 3" helicopter returns to daily operation. WBTV received an immediate outpouring of support from the community, sister stations, and other media outlets; Governor Roy Cooper and Pastor Franklin Graham posted condolences on social media, and the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC delayed their 2022 Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Bank of America Stadium for a moment of silence in honor of Tayag and Myers. Prior to WBTV, Christine was an anchor/reporter at KLTV in Texas and WABG in Mississippi. 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 television station in the Carolinas, and among the first few in the southeastern United States to do so. Contests. WBTV acquires a second and more advanced video tape recorder. Jefferson Standard had purchased WBT from CBS in 1947. Television sets in the WBTV viewing area now stand at 415,313. Top O' the Day ended in 1992, and was replaced by a conventional half-hour noon newscast. This studio is the home of the cooking set. 32K views, 612 likes, 76 loves, 134 comments, 40 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from WBTV News: GOODBYE LYNDSAY! WBTV News makes the switch to color news film. WBTV and WBT Radio were sold to different companies, ending one of the longest running radio and television station ownership groups in the nation. WBTV viewers raised money for African communities hit hard by the worst drought of the 20th century. WBTV begins thepopular feature called "On The Square". 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. When WAGA-TV in Atlanta, which signed on the air four months before WBTV, switched to Fox in December 1994, WBTV became the longest-tenured CBS affiliate located south of Washington, D.C. WFMY-TV in Greensboro, the second-oldest station in the Carolinas, is the network's second-longest tenured affiliate south of the capital; it signed on three months after WBTV. [CDATA[ The name "Sky 3" was chosen in a contest among viewers. Christine Sperow joined Fox 5 News in March 2020. [one_third] //