(No last name required for this TV star.) Everyone was tuned in on the same wavelength.. At the time, the FCC forbade any broadcasting company from owning two commercial television stations in the same market; in addition, the concurrent acquisitions of the Argyle and Citicasters stations put New World three stations over the national television ownership cap that the agency enforced at the time, which allowed broadcasters to own a maximum of twelve stations nationwide. N.Y. Anchor (1989-1992) unknown episodes Penny Crone . People feel nostalgic for this time on TV, but those people are becoming fewer and fewer, said Tim Hollis, an Alabama author and pop-culture historian. Kelvin Reynolds Brendan Cullerton joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist after spending four years covering state, local, and federal politics for the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee. It has been my honor to share your stories, your heartbreak and your joy. "And then they (Fox 6 management) later pulled me off the story, and I totally understand. On May 5, 1994, Great American Communications (which would later be renamed Citicasters following the completion of its restructuring) agreed to sell WBRC and three other television stations WDAF-TV in Kansas City, KSAZ-TV in Phoenix and WGHP in High Point, North Carolina to New World Communications for $350million in cash and $10million in share warrants. In 1983, Bev Montgomery made history as the first African American to anchor a newscast in the Birmingham market when he was appointed anchor of the station's weekend evening newscasts. President of my company & Senior Contributing Editor for Heavy Duty Trucking Mag. Birmingham TV newscaster Karen Church is no longer employed at Fox 6/WBRC-TV, where she had been a reporter and weekend news anchor for the past 17 years. She is a long-standing volunteer and supporter of The Komen Foundations Race for the Cure, The Hoover School Systems Finley Awards, and Oak Mountain Missions. In 1957, Storer sold the WBRC stations to Radio Cincinnati Inc., the forerunner of what would become Taft Broadcasting, for $2.3million. Lee leads Gray Televisions National Investigative Team. I didn't get the right answers, at least the accurate answers.". We compiled dozens of pictures from Janets TV family and her own family to share: No doubt about it, we owe a large debt of gratitude to Janet for all shes done on behalf of WBRC over the years that has allowed this station to succeed and lead in Alabamas largest market, said WBRC FOX6 News Vice President and General Manager, Collin R. Gaston. A lawsuit has been filed against Kraft Heinz Foods, claiming the company is misleading customers about the amount of lemonade its powder drink mixes can make. He was the epitome of the stern, no-nonsense, never-crack-a-smile-on-the-air kind of guy, Hollis said. [32], The station would not begin producing half-hour evening newscasts until 1979, eleven years after ABC expanded its national evening newscast to 30 minutes. Channel 6 also launched a prime time newscast at 9:00p.m. to compensate for the lack of prime time programming provided by Fox during that hour; however, it filled the 9:30p.m. half-hour with syndicated programs (originally reruns of Seinfeld, then from 1997 afterward, Jeopardy!) 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Most Read Gadsden woman charged with promoting prison contraband Morgan joined WBRC FOX6 News "On Your Side Investigators" in September 2019. Past and present reporters of WBRC-TV Published: Jul. Viewers knew her simply as Rosemary, the reliable and smiling weather girl who also hosted a weekday talk show in the 1960s and 70s. Weekend Anchor/Reporter at FOX6 WBRC Title: Weekend Anchor/ Reporter at FOX6 WBRC Location: Birmingham, Alabama Area Industry: Broadcast Media Work history: FOX6 WBRC Weekend Anchor /Reporter since Oct 2007 14 WFIE Reporter/Fill-In Anchor Sep 2005 - Sep 2007 Full Profile Michael Royer Birmingham, AL Professions & Specialties Tom York, a mainstay at WBRC-TV/Channel 6 from 1957 to 1989, became a household name in Birmingham as the host of "The Tom York Morning Show." "I was the last one hired," York recalled in a 2017. In May 2014, WBRC added an additional subchannel on virtual channel 6.3, which served as a charter affiliate of the male-oriented multicast network, Grit. Be sure to look at other states near here to locate the records of more service providers. On September 17 of that year, the WBRC stations moved to a new, much larger studio facility located on Red Mountain that was built by Storer, where channel 6 continues to operate from to this day. The grandfather picked the 2-year-old boy up, went to work and left the him in his truck, according to an affidavit. 3 Local TV Group", "Gray Completes Acquisition of Raycom Media and Related Transactions", "EXCLUSIVE: Fox 6 has another round of layoffs, drops Saturday 5 p.m. newscast", "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds", Huntsville Rewound-Huntsville AL TV Memories, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WBRC&oldid=1137117005, This page was last edited on 2 February 2023, at 22:11. Woman arrested after refusing to let children leave sleepover, police say. Theres going to be a time when none of this means anything to anyone. The Trustoria Service Professional Directory gives people all the professional records needed to find the right person for any need. Fiddler, guitarist and vocalist Eddie Burns was invited to bring his musical group to serve as The Morning Show's house band and act as the program's bandleader; however, within a few months, station management offered Burns his own morning program on channel 6. Her story series include The Alabama Spotlight, Every Now and Then, and most recently Doing Good. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - General Manager, Collin R. Gaston, and News Director, Shannon Isbell, today announced a new weekday anchor lineup to the evening and late newscasts, as well as the addition of a new traffic anchor on Good Day Alabama. FOX6 News anchor Janet Hall takes us back to the early days of Channel 6. Pat Gray, one of the most recognizable faces at WBRC-TV/Channel 6, was a high-profile figure on the station for two decades, 1959-1979. I now leave that legacy in the safe hands and hearts of the WBRC family.. In October 1987, Taft was restructured into Great American Communications following the completion of a hostile takeover of the group. WBRC - News Operation - News Team - Former On-air Staff. [8][9] However, three weeks later, New World agreed to purchase four stations owned by Argyle Television Holdings, WVTM being among them, in a purchase option-structured deal for $717million[10] (although the transfer/assignment applications for the stations involved in the Argyle purchases were not filed with the FCC until after New World's acquisition of the four Citicasters stations was completed); this posed a problem for New World on two counts. [34] The station denied any wrongdoing, and began defending the lawsuit. N.Y. Reporter (1990-) unknown episodes Jillian Barberie . (Times Mirror Co. to sell four stations to Argyle Communications Inc.)", "Argyle socks away profit. New World formally filed an application with the FCC to transfer WBRC to the trust on October 12, 1994, one month after it filed transferred WGHP on September 9; the FCC approved the transfer on April 3, 1995. Bill Bolen was an elder statesman of Birmingham newscasters and a reliable, rock-solid presence on camera. The puppeteers were doing all of this funny stuff, and Neal was a good straight man for them. Miller also was a celebrity in the Birmingham radio world. "NBC Nightly News" as you know it today wasn't formally created until 1970, but for more than 20 years prior, a series of news programs slowly evolved into the 30 . The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 50. The station first signed on the air on July 1, 1949, originally broadcasting on VHF channel 4 as WBRC-TV (standing for Bell Radio Company, after Fountain Heights physician J. C. 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