"WBTV News This Morning" begins at a new time, 5:00am. (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 presents a patriotic musical "Our Country Tis of Thee" with Ty Boyd, Pat Lee and Clara Lowry. WBTV begins a public services fund raising drive called "Water for Africa". WBTV expands "the Early Report" at 6:00 pm to a full 30 minutes. WBTV becomes the first television station in the World to record and rebroadcast programs on color video tape. [17], Witnesses to the crash claim the helicopter was visibly faltering, and in a steeply-banked spiral as it came down. Charlotte, NC. WBTV meteorologist Eric Thomas, who covered the biggest weather stories in Charlotte's history during a 33-year career, told viewers on Wednesday . The permanent switchover occurred at 5:55am on June 12, 2009. WBTV-DT broadcasts the first nationally televised HDTV program, the launch of the Space Shuttle with John Glenn returning to space. WBTV announces development of a sister company, Jefferson-Carolina Corporation, a major community antenna television company. Katie then moved to the WBTV evening news team, reporting the traffic. WBTV's late-night newscast is expanded to cover the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - With the uncertainty surrounding us amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), it's challenging finding the positives in life. Thousands of potential viewers pack into the Armory, "from the pin-striped to the barefooted", to see demonstrations of various TV sets. The Jefferson Standard Convocation program brings nationally known speakers to Charlotte. It marks the first live demonstration of TV in Greenville and in the state of South Carolina. From 2010 onward, the package was branded as the ACC Network. Cabarrus County. A genuine nice guy in a business where egos can run to the outsize, Knowles was known for his. Contests. The quintessential anchorman, Tom Ellis got behind the Channel 4 news desk and was soon joined . Copyright 2020 WBTV. CVS Pharmacies accepted donations at all 120 locations in the viewing and listening area, and the Salvation Army delivered the donated items. 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. WBTV carried the Live telecast via coaxial cable of General Eisenhower's report in the state of the Atlantic Pact nation's defenses. This is the Panthers first visit to the Super Bowl. CBS News anchorwoman Katie Couric hosts The CBS Evening News from Charlotte. During the July 2013 ratings period, WBTV took the lead at noon and 11 p.m., while WSOC led at all other news timeslots. For starters, she's won two Emmys for her work; she was named the RTDNAC TV News Reporter of the Year for both Carolinas in 2011; she's reported on issues from gangs and terrorism to kids facing uphill medical battles; and she anchors the evening newscasts for WBTV. He was only the third main anchor in the station's history, following Mayes and Inman. This studio is the home of the news set. Filmed programs ran from 6:30 pm to sign-off. WBTV televises a "Star Salute" from the NC Trade Fair honoring North Carolinians who have gained national prominence. He last worked at WBTV News in 1982, but his legacy lives on. It is renamed WWBT on November 28, 1968. Weather instruments and LIVE cameras are placed at schools and businesses around the WBTV viewing area displaying weather conditions. WBTV is the first TV Station in Charlotte to premiere a 10p, newscast on another TV station. CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Doug Mayes, a Charlotte broadcaster and beloved WBTV anchor, has passed away at the age of 93. Evening News: Traffic Anchor at WBTV Charlotte. It shifted to 11:30a.m. in 1982. "Extravision" was received with set-top decoder boxes. The station aired a tribute at their 4:30 p.m. newscast where the anchors shared their grief. Traffic. WBTV in Charlotte said her husband Roger and her family . At 8:00 pm the "54th Street Review" was broadcast. WBTV's parent company forms Jefferson Data Systems. It was completely installed and ready for on-air use in just 2 hours and 56 minutes. Moments later viewers heard the first voice on television in the Carolinas', that of Jim Patterson signing on to WBTV and announcing the evenings programming. WBTV is the first station in Charlotte to feature Traffic reports in morning news programs including live "Sky 3" helicopter traffic reports. Following the 2005 retirement of longtime WSOC anchorman Bill Walker, WBTV began billing lead anchorman Paul Cameron as "The Voice of Experience." Steve Ohnesorge, photographed in 2015 at App . Jefferson pilot Communications buys WCSC-TV 5 in Charleston, SC. WBTV and WBT personalities auction thousands of dollars of donated merchandise to Carolina viewers. Since its completion in 1984, WBTV's signal has been transmitted from a 2,000-foot (610m)-high guy-wired aerial mast transmitter tower located in north-central Gaston County, North Carolina, which is also shared with former radio sister WLNK. WBTV begins a new midmorning local live program called "Together.". 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 added space houses Jefferson Productions and expands the WBTV, WBT offices. Chesley piped in North Carolina's historic win in the 1957 NCAA tournament to channel 3 and several other television stations in the state. WBTV begins thepopular feature called "On The Square". 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. You can watch Fred and Vanessa Ruffes at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. Ranked in order from number one are the shows: "The Beverly Hillbillies", "The Arthur Smith Show", "Petticoat Junction", "Rawhide", and "Perry Mason". WBTV forms "Spearhead", a local television series consisting of ideological and philosophical programs. 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". 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. The first time television cameras were allowed in operating rooms. At the end of the program, a winner of a new HD - TV is chosen from contest entries. [28] The morning newscast ended in spring 2018, and the 8 p.m. newscast ended on August 17, 2018. 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. ("Baby Aid" concluded with over one million dollars raised and six tractor-trailer loads of baby supplies donated.). By August 1, 1949, there are already 2,000 sets in Carolina households. Morning and midday anchor John Carter formerly served as a North Carolina state senator prior to joining the station. WBTV announces the formation of Jefferson Productions, a division of the Broadcasting Company to specialize in commercial production and program syndication. Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. WBTV's new building is dedicated on the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. 32K views, 612 likes, 76 loves, 134 comments, 40 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from WBTV News: GOODBYE LYNDSAY! WBTV upgraded to ATSC 3.0 on July 7, 2021. WBTV and WBT Radio host the inaugural "Blood Give-In" at the stations' studios at One Julian Price Place. The helicopter uses aviation fuel, rather than jet fuel. That is one of the most common questions we receive about WTOV9 alums. The first Carolinas edition of "TV Guide" appears at newsstands. WBTV hosts a "Habitat for Humanity" telethon to raise money and awareness for the group. (Most electrical lines were knocked down due to the Hurricane.). Dallas-Fort Worth is the No. WBTV airs a number of special Carolina Panthers programs saluting the run to the playoffs for the second time in five years. For many years, WBTV aired Face the Nation on Sundays at 11:30a.m.; most CBS affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone air it at 10:30a.m. A lot! Traffic. 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. WBZ-TV created the first female anchor team when Gail Harris joined Shelby Scott on First Four News. WBTV begins a monumental public service campaign focusing on Deafness. WBTV acquires a second and more advanced video tape recorder. Twenty-one hours of programming dedicates to the telethon's two day run. In early 2008, Raycom Sports and Lincoln Financial Sports officially merged under the Raycom Sports banner. 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. It is the North Carolina - Notre Dame football game from South Bend, Indiana. Fred is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and WCNC Charlotte Main Evening Anchor, alongside Vanessa Ruffes. The WBTV news helicopter crashed . The partnership was extended to football in 2004; Jefferson-Pilot/Lincoln Financial had been the sole producer of ACC football telecasts since 1984. 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 is the first television station in the Carolinas to simulcast its audio of the 6:00pm news on a radio station, WBT Radio. WBTV's new 2,000 foot tall tower begins transmitting at 5:53pm. The first television station in the Carolinas, and among the first few in the southeastern United States to do so. The mindset may get even more difficult as time goes on, with people . Good Morning America correspondent Amy Robach announced Monday morning that she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer after undergoing . 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. . 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). 's name for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Introduction : Maureen O'Boyle is an American news anchor and presenter, We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Hosted by Doug Mayes, viewers would meet Doug and tell him their opinion on various issues for later broadcast on the nightly news. The FCC grants WBTV the first commercial permit in the United States to construct a Digital Television Station. By Thoden Janes. 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. (Jefferson Production was later renamed Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions and in 1990 names Jefferson Pilot Sports and Entertainment.). [14][15] As was the case with Raycom, WBTV became Gray's second-largest station by market size, after Cleveland's WOIO/WUAB. North Carolina has a statewide stay at home order, which means people have to limit their travel to essential places. 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). Carol Wonsavage was the inaugural producer for the show. 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. The stations will move from the Wilder Building to a hilltop on West Morehead Street. Studios here until 1955"). TV-2 is now renamed The McLean Studio in memory of Clyde McLean. Hosts Paul Cameron and Maureen O'Boyle will take a look at the growth of the station over the past 60 years. "[19] To this day, WBTV has been one of CBS' strongest affiliates. The enterprise website will focus on employment opportunities and recruitment. 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]. Jennifer Abney Age and Birthday. The money will be used for the Char-Wheels group to participate in the National Wheelchair Games in Hawaii. And the WBTV Raleigh Bureau is expanded. "Top O' The Day" is the idea of Executive Producer Pat Lee. WSOC-TV gained a large lead in ratings for most other news timeslots beginning in 1990. WBTV and Charlotte Memorial Hospital team up for the first "Health Matters" medical show. Marshall Scott's piloting skills are given credit for both men to be able to "walk away" from the crash. Cameron joined WBTV in 1981 as the station's sports director, and then succeeded longtime anchor Bob Inman upon his retirement in 1996. WBTV returns to broadcasting local Editorials. The program's original host is Lester Strong. The FCC denies a request by WBTV to increase the antenna height and move its transmitter to a site near Denver, NC. WBTV, WBT, and WLNK continue to stay based in the same building at One Julian Price Place, as they have been since 1955. The journey starts with Sarah Batista, a single mom and former TV news reporter who left behind a decade-long career in 2013 to follow her "gut . It is for The United Appeal fund. It was nominally an NBC affiliate, sharing a secondary ABC affiliation with channel 3. WBTV premieres the station's new $75,000 mobile television truck at the N.C. Republican convention, held in Charlotte. Pilot Marshall Scott and photographer David Little are only slightly injured. WBTV/WBT/107.9 The Link broadcast LIVE from various CVS locations in the viewing and listening area over the next two weeks. Historically, WBTV has dominated the market west of the Catawba River, a legacy from its nine-year head start.[25]. 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. Former WBTV Good News reporter Kristen Hampton provides a positive message amid uncertain times, 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, North Carolina Supreme Court to revisit school funding, Vigil to be held Saturday in memory of three men killed in Rock Hill 25 years ago, Re-using the cheater beans from breakfast for dinner with Chef Elizabeth, Product Test: Elissia and Caroline try out bundt cake pan with removable bottom, PLAN AHEAD: Latest Weather Forecast Video. Channel 36 went dark in March 1955, and DuMont shut down roughly a year later in August 1956. O'Boyle has been the anchorwoman for the TV shows A Current Affair and Extra. In response to the devastating floods due to Hurricane Floyd in Eastern North Carolina, WBTV/WBT/107.9 The Link announced a joint project called "Flood Relief - Baby Aid." WBTV's helicopter, "Sky 3," crashes near Dallas, NC while covering a house fire. Programming included "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", "The Arthur Godfrey Show", "Perry Como"," Fred Waring", and "Hopalong Cassidy". Transcontinental television was inaugurated with President Truman's address to the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco. 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. 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. "Where are they now?". WBTV is the first television station in the Carolinas to broadcast in stereo sound. Many are devoted to examining the lives of hearing-impaired Carolinians. Lori Wilson joined the WSB-TV Channel 2 in 2017. WBTV opens the "Western Bureau" in Morganton with reporters Steve Ohnesorge and Cecile Bost. Lori Stokes (born September 16, 1962) is an American former journalist and news anchor. WBTV's C.J. WBTV later forms a "network" of radio station for the simulcast. Location: Wilmington, North Carolina Area. WBTV's Lori Thomas and WBT Radio's Mike Collins begin a TV Radio morning show partnership and simulcast. At this time of this year there are 1,004,400 television sets in the Charlotte market. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. It is called "The Spearhead Group" and is hosted by Alan Newcomb. WBTV is the Observer's news partner. National. The equipment manufactures gave priority to the bigger cities.) The WeatherNet network is available worldwide on TV stations and the Internet. News Anchor/Reporter WBTV Jun 2017 - Aug 2021 4 years 3 months. WBTV's brand new "Sky 3" helicopter returns to daily operation. Former Charlotte WBTV Reporters Starting A New Movement For Women Who "Flew The Coop". 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. The N A B adopts "American Values" as a nationwide project. The FCC approved the sale of WBTV on March 25, 2008, and Raycom formally took control of the station on April 1. Celebrations around Charlotte and the World are covered on the news. Company President Charles Crutchfield is named Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on "American Values". 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. It claims to be the first station in the Southern U.S. to air color test patterns and color ID slides. It is the first production model of this newer recorder. WBTV begins airing color slides for the first time. WBTV will host a LIVE primetime program saluting the 60th Anniversary of the station. easier, and happier," former WBTV journalist Maddie Garnder . It was seen for several years at 11:30p.m. on Fridays, preempting the CBS late-night shows which competed poorly against The Tonight Show. Raycom had produced ACC basketball games in partnership with Jefferson-Pilot/Lincoln Financial since 1982. For most of its first 30 years on the air, WBTV's newscasts dominated the Nielsen ratings in the Charlotte market. 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).