View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Longtime Charlotte Photographer Dies of Cancer By Kevin Eck on Jan. 29, 2015 - 3:50 PM "Brad had been a friend and colleague of us at WBTV for 41 years," said WBTV News Director Dennis Milligan.
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Mother of Murder Suspect Attacks Charlotte News Crews By Mark Joyella on Aug. 4, 2014 - 2:15 PM Reporters and photographers gathered for the first appearance in court of a murder suspect Monday were attacked by the mother of the suspect. WBTV reporter Steve Ohnesorge tweeted a photo of his face, with a bloody injury beneath ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk WBTV Cancels ‘Carolina Camera’ By Merrill Knox on May. 23, 2014 - 10:38 AM Charlotte CBS affiliate WBTV has canceled primetime series “Carolina Camera,” the Charlotte Observer reports: WBTV (Channel 3), which reincarnated its traveling feature program four years ago and made it into a monthly ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Charlotte Station to Expand News on Digital Subchannel By Kevin Eck on Jan. 3, 2014 - 10:59 AM Charlotte CBS affiliate WBTV is adding to its morning and evening newscasts on its digital subchannel. The Charlotte Observer reports the morning news will begin airing from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. on the digital channel showing ...
View Post Anchors | CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Charlotte Anchor to Make Comeback at 91 By Kevin Eck on Sep. 27, 2013 - 11:48 AM Sixty one years after launching the WBTV news, 91-year-old Doug Mayes will take another turn as anchor for the Charlotte, NC, CBS affiliate. Mayes will sit in for the vacationing Paul Cameron on tonight’s 11pm news. Accordin ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk Kristy Etheridge Says Goodbye to WBTV By Merrill Knox on Feb. 22, 2013 - 9:50 AM Kristy Etheridge, a general assignment reporter at WBTV, is leaving the Charlotte CBS affiliate. She is joining the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which is headquartered in Charlotte. Etheridge began her television career ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz John Humphries Named General Manager at WGAL By Merrill Knox on Nov. 30, 2012 - 11:20 AM John Humphries has been named president and general manager at WGAL, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Lancaster, Pa. Humphries comes from WYFF, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Greenville, S.C., where he has been director of sales s ...
ShopTalk | TV Biz After 19 Years at the Helm of WGAL, General Manager Paul Quinn to Retire By Merrill Knox on Sep. 14, 2012 - 11:03 AM Paul Quinn will retire later this year after almost two decades as president and general manager of WGAL, the Hearst-owned NBC affiliate in Lancaster, Penn. “It has been a great run,” Quinn said in a statement. “ ...
CBS Affiliates | Politics | ShopTalk Mitt Romney Rephrases Stance on Gay Adoption in WBTV Interview By Andrew Gauthier on May. 14, 2012 - 11:01 AM Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney used a recent one-on-one interview with WBTV as an opportunity to clarify his position on gay adoption. Following President Obama’s declaration of support for same-sex marriage las ...
CW Affiliates | MyNetworkTV | ShopTalk WJYZ’s 10 p.m. Newscast Moving to WMYT By Merrill Knox on Apr. 9, 2012 - 5:29 PM The 10 p.m. newscast on Charlotte CW-affiliate WJZY is moving to sister station WMYT, a MyNetworkTV affiliate. The newscast has been produced for WJZY by Charlotte CBS-affiliate WBTV since 2003. It will air this week on both stati ...