WCNC then temporarily took over production of the late-evening newscast on WCCB until the launch of the station's in-house news department on January 1, 2000, with the debut of a half-hour 10:00p.m. newscast. Stephen Kaliski is a theatre artist and educator. WCCB affiliated with the network when it launched on October 6 of that year. Used to be my go to, fun, entertaining & engaging live stream between the cast. 60 talking about this. Q: Why should people watch or pitch to WCCB over other news stations? [12] Bill Walker served as WSOC's main anchor from 1971 until his retirement in 2005, the longest tenure of any news anchor in Charlotte television history. Public Relations, Event Planning, Media Relations, Public Speaking, Writing, Government Relations, ENPS, Edius, Breaking News, Non-linear Editing, News Writing, Avid, Television, Broadcast, Studio Host/Play-By-Play at ESPNU/ESPN Networks. Weve got the news, weather and traffic covered by an ensemble cast that is high on personality and fun. Under the JSA, much of channel 9's inventory of syndicated programming was acquired by WAXN. [23] WSOC previously operated a displacement translator for WAXN-TV in China Grove, on WAXNTV1 (UHF channel 30), which also carried a widescreen standard definition feed of WSOC-TV on virtual channel 9.7, until it was shut down on October 15, 2012. WCCB-TV News Anchors and Reporters Coverage: Charlotte Affiliation: CW * Dao Vu WCCB-TV Anchor * Anna Kooiman WCCB-TV * No longer with Network. WCCB Charlotte's CW is your home for local news & weather and hit shows like All American, Walker, The. Uninstall!! Even with the stronger signal, WUTV would have still been all but unviewable in most of the market. However, in 1981, the station scored a major coup when longtime WBTV anchorman Doug Mayes moved to WSOC as its noon anchor, where he stayed until his retirement in 1992. Channel 36 had a very weak 132,000-watt signal which was spotty further than 10 miles (16km) from the transmitter, making it virtually unviewable even in some parts of Mecklenburg County. Prior to that, she worked ArkLaTex where she spent three years forecasting. [32] Given the station's strong performance as a Fox affiliate and its half-century of service to the area (in its current incarnation), WCCB was expected to become one of the ten strongest CW affiliates in the nation when it formally joined that network. A:There is no one biggest challenge, but our industry is facing such fragmentation that accurate ratings measurement has become more and more complicated. [5] However, Deadwyler was unable to get the station back on track. WSOCTV2, Statesville went on the air on June 23, 2012, at 5:58p.m., broadcasting on VHF channel 12 (virtual channel 9.9). The translator was licensed to Marion as W08BJ. It surpassed WBTV in most other timeslots beginning in 1990, but lost the lead in the noon time period to WBTV in 1994. On February 4, 2013, Ken White, who had served as WCCB's news director since the 2000 inception of its current news department, was reassigned to Jackson, Tennessee sister station WBBJ-TV as its interim news director; assistant news director Angela Robbins was appointed as White's replacement at WCCB.[36]. The upgrade included the debut of a brand new HD-ready news set. Both stations share studios on North Tryon and West 23rd streets north of uptown Charlotte, while WSOC-TV's transmitter is located near Reedy Creek Park in the Newell section of the city. WCCB presently broadcasts 30 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5 hours each weekday, 1 hours on Saturdays and one hour on Sundays); in addition, the station produces WCCB News Got Game, a half-hour sports highlight program that airs on Sunday evenings following the 10 p.m. newscast. ", "Soap Opera Star And Pickles Pitch in For Charity Drives", CBS, NBC Battle for AFC Rights // Fox Steals NFC Package, "Fox Affiliate Switch in Works for Charlotte", "Charlotte Move Puts Fox Affiliates on Edge", "Fox Affiliate WCCB Charlotte Shifts to CW", Charlotte stations revealing branding strategies. [26] It bought a large chunk of syndicated programming from WRET, including cartoons and older sitcoms. A: Getting to the decision makers is the key. [7][8] Although the group planned to operate under the name Terrier Media, it was later announced in June 2019 that Apollo would also acquire Cox's radio and advertising businesses, and retain the Cox Media Group name. FunctioningDerelict 1 yr. ago. WCCB NEWS @ TEN Project Scientist Aims to Reduce STEM Gender Gap Comic Store Owner Becomes Real-Life Hero Saving Woman From Attacker Video Footage Captured From Fire Set At Strip Mall In Gastonia National Weather Service Confirms Southern Iredell Tornado Massive Wildfire Burning in Croatan National Forest Man Arrested In Murder Of Rock Hill Mother The second subchannel was removed in December 2013, as well as the SAP/DVS feed from the main channel which was unused at that time by the CW (it has since returned due to FCC description and weather warning read-out requirements, along with it being utilized by the CW for One Magnificent Morning and a Spanish dub of Jane the Virgin); digital subchannel 18.2 would return in April 2014 carrying QVC's "Over the Air" simulcast service. With the decision, WCCB became an independent station. WCCB's studio facilities served as a production facility for WOLO-TV's newscasts from 2002 to 2005 in one of the first instances of centralcasting; studio segments for WOLO's newscasts returned to Columbia afterward. During the February 2011 ratings period, the station's newscasts won in every time slot except noon and 11 p.m., which were won by WBTV. On DirecTV, WSOC has been carried in several counties that are part of the GreensboroWinston-SalemHigh Point market.[26]. However, WCCB's signal was scarcely stronger than that of its predecessor, at 200,000 watts, essentially limiting its coverage area to Charlotte proper and its inner suburbs. WCCB was forced to settle for a secondary affiliation with all three networks, airing most of the network shows that WBTV and WSOC chose to turn down. [13], By the February 2016 sweeps, however, the departure of a number of key reporters in 2015 resulted in WSOC-TV falling to second place in all timeslots. 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