Filmed programs ran from 6:30 pm to sign-off. The FCC grants WBTV the first commercial permit in the United States to construct a Digital Television Station. WBTV begins a new midmorning local live program called "Together.". A drug-free party for high school seniors in the WBTV viewing area. (Most electrical lines were knocked down due to the Hurricane.). WBTV-WBT-WBCY help to originate "Springfest". CBS affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina, Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. 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. 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. 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. In 1955, WBT and WBTV moved to a then state-of-the-art facility on a hill atop Morehead Street, where both stations are still based today. 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. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. 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). Maureen Jeralyn O'Boyle (born July 14, 1963) is an American television reporter and news anchor. WBTV premieres "PM Magazine" with hosts Bob Lacey and Moira Quinn. 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. Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Kristi solo-anchors the weekend morning shows on WBTV. The helicopter lost tail rotor control about 500 feet above farm land and Scott initiated an autorotation to bring the helicopter down in a controlled crash. Ranked in order from number one are the shows: "The Beverly Hillbillies", "The Arthur Smith Show", "Petticoat Junction", "Rawhide", and "Perry Mason". The test pattern is occasionally interrupted by the latest telenews and weather reports. CVS Pharmacies accepted donations at all 120 locations in the viewing and listening area, and the Salvation Army delivered the donated items. As a result, Child's Play, Press Your Luck, Card Sharks, and Now You See It never aired in Charlotte. At this time of this year there are 1,004,400 television sets in the Charlotte market. WBTV's helicopter, "Ranger 3" gets a new name, "Sky 3". WBTV becomes the home of the CBS News Southeast Regional Bureau. Underwood, Mike McKay, Lou Heckler, Clara Lowry, Dick Taylor and Jim Patterson. She grew up in Hendersonville, NC, and graduated from UNC. This studio is the home of commercial productions and special live programming. 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 begins airing color slides for the first time. Followed by "The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" at 6:30pm. SEPTEMBER 1952. Jennifer was born and raised in the United States. She joined the WPDE TV 15 team in November 2020. It is the only commercial television station in the market that has never changed its primary affiliation. The money will be used for the Char-Wheels group to participate in the National Wheelchair Games in Hawaii. This is the first of a number of visits by WBTV News reporters to the active war zone. 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). It was nominally an NBC affiliate, sharing a secondary ABC affiliation with channel 3. [14][15] As was the case with Raycom, WBTV became Gray's second-largest station by market size, after Cleveland's WOIO/WUAB. From 1958 to 1974, WBTV's studio facilities served as the home for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling telecasts. 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. National. Locally originated programming this week is "signed" for the deaf. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. 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. Charles Crutchfield is credited with giving the idea to Billy Graham to "televise" his crusades to reach a wider audience. former Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Jacksonville to discuss the USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), and November 2020 . He was 42. WBTV's parent company forms Jefferson Data Systems. The WBTV news helicopter crashed . Shevaun Bryan, WBTV's newest anchor, stopped by to play some get-to-know you trivia with fellow anchor Alex Giles. 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 When children's programs aren't considered, "Carolina Calling" is the 9th rated show in the USA for that time period. The deals closed in early 2008. WBTV reporter Abby Theodros shared her thoughts on Stacey's departure, "Say it ain't so! Over the . A lot! 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. 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 signal was broadcast on a sub-channel on the VHF 3. Television sets in the WBTV viewing area now stand at 415,313. Fred is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and WCNC Charlotte Main Evening Anchor, alongside Vanessa Ruffes. 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 conference will last two days. Only women's shows in Chicago and Cincinnati have more viewers. 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. It will help thousands of Carolinians find jobs with special programming and "job fairs" located in the viewing region's shopping malls. WBTV and WBT Radio present a "Salute to Our Heroes" telethon to raise money and awareness for the Mecklenburg county Vietnam Memorial. All local programming on WBTCV in 1990 will focus on Recycling garbage, preserving water resources and minimizing air pollution. . WBTV News in a partnership with First Union Bank becomes the first television station in the United States to develop computerized election returns projections. At the end of the program, a winner of a new HD - TV is chosen from contest entries. WBTV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 3, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. 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). Updated July 08, 2021 11:28 AM. Final Nielsen ratings for the year of 1963 show WBTV programming winning a majority of viewers in 18 of 20 times slots. Anchor/Reporter 1981-1997 formerly of WXIA-TV, now at HD Net Cheryl White Weekday morning meteorologist and Traffic Analyst 2006-2012 Kelly Wolf General Assignment Reporter Brenda Wood Anchor/Reporter 1988-1997 now at WXIA-TV: Judy Woodruff Anchor/Reporter 1970-1975 now on PBS's News Hour Remembering Rachele Scholes was a former reporter and news anchor at WPTV from 1986 to 1999 where she covered breaking news, criminal and civil. 's name for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Maureen O'Boyle July 14, 1963. WBTV begins thepopular feature called "On The Square". Courtney Cole is an anchor and reporter at WBZ-TV. Watch Live; Latest Video; News; First Alert Weather; Calendar; WBTV Investigates; On Your Side Tonight; QC Life; Sports; WBTV News. [27] On January 22, 2014, WBTV began producing a two-hour extension of its weekday morning newscast, airing from 7:009:00a.m. as well as an hour-long prime time newscast at 8:00p.m. for WBTV-DT2. Special programming and area events are created to raise awareness of opportunities and issues facing children and parents in the Carolinas. It is called "Newstar 3". And the WBTV Raleigh Bureau is expanded. Anchor of WBTV News at 6 and 7pm! There are still only about 30 HDTV stations on the air in the United States. WBTV is allowed by the FCC - the first time ever - to film and then televise FCC court proceedings on the application for a license for another charlotte television station to start on Channel 9. WSOC-TV gained a large lead in ratings for most other news timeslots beginning in 1990. (The event lasts three days.). 32K views, 612 likes, 76 loves, 134 comments, 40 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from WBTV News: GOODBYE LYNDSAY! WBTV celebrates its 50th Anniversary. A special "Toast and Roast" is held in the Patterson studio. WBTV in Charlotte said her husband Roger and her family . We, and yeahthe viewers especially are going to miss her. The FCC prohibits the stations' "Grade B" signals to overlap. TV-2 is now renamed The McLean Studio in memory of Clyde McLean. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. It will bring "cable" television to the Carolinas. WBTV premieres a locally produced newsmagazine called "Special Edition.". In 1965, the show was the third most-watched women's program in the United States. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. This studio is the home of the cooking set. It was completely installed and ready for on-air use in just 2 hours and 56 minutes. WBTV's only competition in its early years came from a UHF station on channel 36, known as WAYS-TV and then WQMC-TV, which broadcast briefly from 1953 to 1955. The show was known at various times as Tiny Town, Whistle Stop, Fred Kirby's Little Rascals and Kirby's Corral. CBS News anchorwoman Katie Couric hosts The CBS Evening News from Charlotte. @jsrontv is leaving us and on to an exciting adventure in Atlanta! 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 first program, "The Betty Feezor Show.". Jefferson Standard merged with Pilot Life in 1968 (although it had owned controlling interest since 1945) and became Jefferson-Pilot Corporation. ("Baby Aid" concluded with over one million dollars raised and six tractor-trailer loads of baby supplies donated.). WBTV meteorologist Eric Thomas, who covered the biggest weather stories in Charlotte's history during a 33-year career, told viewers on Wednesday . The helicopter is a total loss. WBTVforms its"Creative Services Group" to operate as part of the Programming Department in cooperation with the Sales Department. Charlotte Mayor John Belk proclaims this day as "WBTV Day" in honor of twenty years of community service to the people of Charlotte. WBTV turns off the analog channel "3" signal, and begins broadcasting only on over-the-air digital channel 23. WBTV, WBT, and WLNK continue to stay based in the same building at One Julian Price Place, as they have been since 1955. 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. It is the first production model of this newer recorder. 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. "She is the perfect fit alongside Alex Giles at 4 p.m.". WSOC-TV's commitment to news and information is helped by resources that include its sister station WAXN-TV, Action 64. WBTV premieres "Top O' the Day" hosted by Clyde McLean with segments by Vivian Harris, Ty Boyd, C.J. It is for The United Appeal fund. Charlotte is ranked as the seventh largest single-station market in the United States. It is WJZY-TV. 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. A genuine nice guy in a business where egos can run to the outsize, Knowles was known for his. However, WBTV still shares the Julian Price Place studio with its former radio sisters, and they also retain a news partnership. WBTV begins a high school student quiz show called "High Q." "WBTV" is the Grand Marshall of "The 52nd Annual Carolinas' Carrousel Parade." Top O' the Day ended in 1992, and was replaced by a conventional half-hour noon newscast. During the July 2013 ratings period, WBTV took the lead at noon and 11 p.m., while WSOC led at all other news timeslots. 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 premieres its own locally produced pop-music videos program. Jefferson Standard announces WBTV will begin carrying scheduled programs on July 15, 1949. Today is WBTV's Maureen O'Boyle's last day at WBTV News. All rights reserved. "WBTV News This Morning" begins at a new time, 5:00am. 5 TV market in the country, according to the 2020-21 . WBTV is the first television station in Charlotte to open a "Washington DC Bureau.". Channel 36 went dark in March 1955, and DuMont shut down roughly a year later in August 1956. "Doug Mayes was a true professional and outstanding broadcast journalist who inspired . Shevaun will be moving on to WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she will be an Anchor . Graham is a Christian evangelist whose indoor and outdoor rallies . Notre Dame won 14 to 7. Company President Charles Crutchfield is named Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on "American Values". It shifted to 11:30a.m. in 1982. And TV-3 is renamed The Patterson Studio in memory of Jim Patterson. Both have been produced by Raycom Sports after their acquisition of Lincoln Financial's sports division during the 20072008 season. After "Top O' The Day" ends its run the "WBTV News at Noon" begins on this day. Phil Agresta, Nelson Benton and Earl Wells are in charge of the broadcast. Many longtime friends and colleagues of C.J. Feezor retired in 1977 due to a brain tumor, an illness from which she died in 1978. Feezor gave viewers tips on cooking, sewing, floral arranging, and other topics of interest to housewives and mothers. WBTV also aired both of the Panthers' Super Bowl appearances locally, as CBS had the rights to Super Bowls XXXVIII and 50. It marks the first live demonstration of TV in Greenville and in the state of South Carolina. 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. After visiting the station and speaking with the staff, the newscast was broadcast from the top of the Charlotte School of Law building located next to the WBTV studios. Good Morning America correspondent Amy Robach announced Monday morning that she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer after undergoing . 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. WBTV becomes the first television station in the World to record and rebroadcast programs on color video tape. Boys Town of NC is a child care institution open to boys ages eight to sixteen. WBTW in Florence, SC signs on as a sister station to WBTV. Past Former WBTV Anchors Salary | WBTV News Anchor Dies. An addition to the WBTV studio and building is completed adding 7,500 square feet to the building. "[19] To this day, WBTV has been one of CBS' strongest affiliates. News Apps. 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. 3 Local TV Group", "Gray Closes On $3.6 Billion Raycom Merger", "Gray Completes Acquisition of Raycom Media and Related Transactions", "Initial investigative report released on WBTV helicopter crash that killed 2 people", "TV meteorologist, pilot die in news helicopter crash", "WBTV helicopter crashes on I-77 South, two killed", "Helicopter crash leaves TV meteorologist and pilot dead in Charlotte, North Carolina", "WBTV mourning the loss of meteorologist Jason Myers, pilot Chip Tayag", "Reaction to fatal WBTV helicopter crash - 2 dead in TV news helicopter crash", "Live Updates: Charlotte meteorologist and pilot from WBTV killed in helicopter crash off Interstate 77", "TV Meteorologist and Pilot Die in Helicopter Crash in North Carolina", "A final day of flying: hovering over uptown, South End and a deadly path along I-77", "Channel 3 Launched TV Era in East Tennessee | Bob Cox's Yesteryear", "Chronology of WBTV WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC", Louisville No. WBTV's parents company buys WRVA-TV in Richmond, VA. Charlotte, NC. I'm number 8 of 10 kids- mother of just one. . Starting Monday, Jan. 30, Giles will WBTV begins a public services fund raising drive called "Water for Africa". WBTV was purchased by Montgomery, Alabama based Raycom Media Inc. 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. Languages: Italian. Amazingly, a LIVE feed from the photographer's camera was being sent back to the station during the entire crash and the aftermath. WBTV does it first remote telecast from the Charlotte Coliseum, (now Bojangles' Coliseum) for the NCAA Eastern Regional basketball game. transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts, Channel 23 digital TV stations in the United States, Channel 3 virtual TV stations in the United States, Entercom To Swap Charlotte Stations To Radio One For WPHI, WTEM and St. Louis Duo, "Celebrating WBTV's anniversary WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC", "Lincoln Financial Press Releases LFG Announces Sale of Television, Sports, and Charlotte Radio Properties", Charlotte Observer | 17 November 2007 | Old TV-radio couple breaking up, "State dedicates historic marker to memorialize NC's oldest broadcast station", "Historical marker spotlights Wilder Building, broadcasting's Charlotte birthplace", "GRAY AND RAYCOM TO COMBINE IN A $3.6 BILLION TRANSACTION", "Gray Acquiring Raycom For $3.65B, Forming No. Channel 3 did not face a serious challenge by any other news-producing station in the market until 1981. 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]. WBTV begins a major public service campaign on Diabetes awareness. WBTV also airs any Panthers games carried on CBS' NFL package. 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. [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]. 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. 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. And by the end of 1949 the number had risen to 8,500 television sets.
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