For most of its first 30 years on the air, WBTV's newscasts dominated the Nielsen ratings in the Charlotte market. We woke up to below-freezing temperatures for the last time within the 7-day forecast Tuesday morning. The station first signed on the air on July 15, 1949. Lucky for her, six months later she was hired as a traffic reporter for WBTV. The weekend will start off nice before rain moves in Sunday morning. So where are Brotha Fred, Vince Coakley, Mark Mathis, and a slew of other on-air personalities? To make room for Top O' the Day, WBTV aired The Price Is Right on a one-day delay at 10:30a.m., preempting whatever game show CBS aired at that time. 4 p.m. newscast. Other notable on-air personalities include Western bureau chief Steve Ohnesorge, who started as a photographer at WBTV in 1975. You probably saw Tonia Bendickson, who anchored WBTV newscasts for ten years, more than your neighbor. Updated: 20 hours ago. 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 merger coincided with the start of the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference basketball season. Morning and midday anchor John Carter formerly served as a North Carolina state senator prior to joining the station. Kelly chose to have her surgery in Durham, at Duke, and just one week after the tumor was successfully removed, she was home in Charlotte. WBTV sign-on, July 15, 1949. 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. After starting in the low 30s, temperatures will rebound into the 60s by Thursday afternoon. Rain coverage and intensity will pick up Thursday afternoon and evening. Eric Thomas is an American Emmy Award-winning Meteorologist known for having worked for WBTV as a Chief Meteorologist.
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