", Flagg called Langston "just an all-around good guy. "You got to know him and you got to love the guy," he said. [34] The station denied any wrongdoing, and began defending the lawsuit. Longtime WBRC news anchor Joe Langston passed away early Saturday morning. Citicasters then decided to put most of its television stations up for sale. Storer may have used his leverage to secure a primary CBS affiliation for WBRC-TV, which joined the network on July 4, 1954. These were locally produced commercial television programming intended for the child audience with unique hosts and themes. He served on the Board of Directors for numerous broadcasting organizations and served as President of the University of Alabama School of Communication Alumni Association. Langston was also an Army veteran. Birmingham, Alabama: (6) WBRC. (Times Mirror Co. to sell four stations to Argyle Communications Inc.)", "Argyle socks away profit. [5] Storer had to sell its broadcast holdings in Birmingham after it purchased radio station WIBG (now WNTP) in Philadelphia and its television sister, WPFH (later WVUE) in Wilmington, Delaware (whose frequency is now occupied by WHYY-TV) to comply with the FCC's ownership limits of that time period. He went on the air soaking wet that night," Bowen recalled. WBRC: Birthday Party (with Joe Langston) WBRC: Bozo the Clown (Bart Darby, Ward McIntyre) WBRC: The Bugs Bunny Show (with Benny Carle) WTTO, WDBB: 'Cartoon Clubhouse (with Cliff Holman) WVTM-TV, WABT: Channel 13 Theatre (Bill Wright) WBRC: Circle Six Ranch (with Benny Carle) WIAT, WBMG: The Dick Tracy Show (with Neal Miller) Here's something else affecting your wallet: the situation in Iraq is not helping with gas prices here at home. Over time, Burns added novelty acts to the show's format and did most of the commercials himself in the studio live. "He was the best newsman I ever knew, always a stickler for using the right words. Thanks for watching Fox6 Good Day Alabama from 4:30 to 9 each week day morning. And the kids just ate that up," Hathcock said. "Without missing a beat, Joe said, 'Go get another pot of water' and I did and he said, 'Pour it slowly over my jacket' and he made it the same color as his water specks were. Langston is survived by his wife Margaret, two children and three grandchildren. He graduated from the University in 1954. Service areas (0) Professional Information Broker address: Langston-Shaw Realty Group 308 W Tabernacle Street Saint George, UT 84770 Cell phone: (435) 625-1654 Websites ABC had very few full-time affiliates south of Washington, D.C. at the time, but now it had the full benefit of one of the South's strongest signals, best antenna locations and largest coverage areas. These were locally produced commercial television programming intended for the child audience with unique hosts and themes. The following year, he went to work at Jacksonville State University as an instructor in the Ayers Chair in the college's school of communication. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Margaret Lollar Langston and children Susan Langston Morris of Birmingham and Joe L. Langston, Jr. (Melissa) of Raleigh, NC and beloved grandchildren Margaret Whitney Morris, Sarah Evelyn Langston, and Joseph Owens Langston. It also has three bureaus: Decatur, Sand Mountain After New World merged with Fox in 1997, WBRC was reunited with four of its sister stations from the Storer era: WJBK, WAGA-TV in Atlanta, WJW in Cleveland and WITI in Milwaukee . We are remembering Birmingham broadcaster Joe Langston, this morning. "He was like a father figure to me," Royer said of Langston this morning. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. His funeral was held on Monday afernoon. WBRC currently carries the majority of the Fox network schedule, though it delays the network's Saturday late night block (currently a repeat of a prime time reality show) one hour due to the station's 10:00p.m. newscast and its carriage of the syndicated sports interview program In Depth with Graham Bensinger; in addition, following the program's move from Fox Sports 1 to Fox in September 2015, WBRC formerly was one of several Fox affiliates that has declined carriage of the Sunday pre-game show Fox NFL Kickoff during the NFL regular season due to existing programming contracts (unlike in other markets where a Fox station has declined carriage of Fox NFL Kickoff, the program was not broadcast by any other station in the BirminghamTuscaloosaAnniston market). His son, M. D. Smith IV later organized Smith Broadcasting, which purchased WAFG-TV, Channel 31 in Huntsville, Alabama in 1963, with himself as operations manager. We lost a pioneer," Winches said. We used to play jokes on one another, do silly things. Even still, due to signal impairment in mountainous areas of northeastern Alabama, WBRC operated two low-power translators to extend its programming to that part of the state, W29AO (channel 29) in Anniston in W15AP (channel 15) in Gadsden. In May 2008, David Neal (who had been with WBRC since 1997) filed a breach of contract and fraud lawsuit against WBRC and members of the station's management team, after he was fired as chief meteorologist of the station's weather department without explanation that March. Langston was president of the Alabama Associated Press Broadcasters Association and on the board of directors of the Birmingham Press Club and University of Alabama School of Communication Alumni Association. 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. The terms of the settlement were not immediately disclosed. The two stations studios atop Red Mountain (between Vulcan Trail and Valley View Drive) in southeastern Birmingham, where WBRC's transmitter is also located. Unusual for a commercial broadcaster, Storer supported educational television, and the company donated two transmitters and frequencies in the Birmingham market (channels 7 and 10, which were respectively occupied by WCIQ and WBIQ when both stations signed on in 1955) to Alabama Educational Television (now Alabama Public Television). The company's chairman was a personal friend of ABC's president Leonard Goldenson, and several of Taft's other stations, including flagship WKRC-TV in Cincinnati (which would rejoin CBS in 1995), had recently switched to ABC. [1] [2] He had a great sense of humor.". WBRC: Birthday Party(with Joe Langston) WBRC: Bozo the Clown(Bart Darby, Ward McIntyre) WBRC: The Bugs Bunny Show(with Benny Carle) WTTO, WDBB: Cartoon Clubhouse(with Cliff Holman) WVTM-TV, WABT: Channel 13 Theatre(Bill Wright) WBRC: Circle Six Ranch(with Benny Carle) WIAT, WBMG: The Dick Tracy Show(with Neal Miller) However, in what would be the catalyst to a change in the carriage policies for Fox Kids that allowed stations the option of either airing the block or being granted the right to transfer the rights to another station in the market, Sinclair Broadcast Group approached WBRC about retaining the rights to Fox Kids for WTTO, which became an independent station on September 1; Fox allowed WTTO to retain the local rights to the block. 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WBRC would become the only remaining station in the BirminghamTuscaloosaAnniston market that was owned by a major commercial broadcast television network, after Media General completed its acquisition of WVTM from NBC Television Stations on June 26, 2006. This email address is already subscribed to the selected list(s). [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. Eggers wrote on her facebook page, I am moving to Boston at the beginning of October! Stay Connected. As weve reported, a mother has sued Houston CBS station KHOU, claiming she was falsely accused in a news story of locking her child in a hot car while she got a haircut: KHOU reported on the incident July 15 based on a witn Charleston, WV, ABC affiliate WCHS has reportedly told newsroom staff to ignore congressional candidate Ed Rabel because of an op-ed he wrote last year. He began his broadcasting career in 1950 while a student at the University of Alabama. Funeral held for Birmingham broadcast legend Joe Langston, Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley report to prison. Resides in Kingsland, GA. In October 1987, Taft was restructured into Great American Communications following the completion of a hostile takeover of the group. Copyright 2014 WBRC. Longtime Buffalo meteorologist Andy Parker is switching stations, returning to ABC affiliate WKBW after 11 years at NBC affiliate WGRZ. In 1966, WBRC-TV began broadcasting local programming in color, after the station purchased two color cameras; among the first local programs to be produced in color was the Alabama Crimson Tide football coaches' program, The Bear Bryant Show (originated from CBS affiliate WCOV-TV (now also a Fox affiliate) in Montgomery, the first television station in the state to begin color broadcasts), which aired on WBRC until 1970, when it moved to WAPI-TV. That fuel started smaller explosions throughout the city. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. The transfer closed on March 31, 2009. The four stations also comprise the Raycom Weather Network and the Raycom Alabama Weather Blog, where meteorologists from all four stations post forecasts and storm reports, and which provide live feeds from cameras and Doppler weather radar systems that each of the stations operate (the only Raycom-owned station in Alabama that did not participate in the arrangement was fellow Fox affiliate WDFX-TV in Dothan, whose news programming was produced by WSFA under a news share agreement and is no longer a sister station to those other stations). He was preceded in death by his parents Mr. and Mrs. J.H. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Alabama broadcasting pioneer, Pat Gray, has died. . Langston had a brief stint at Channel 13 before returning to Channel 6, where he retired in 1987. Langston graduated from Tuscaloosa County High School and began his career in broadcasting at WJRD-AM in 1950 while a student at the University of Alabama. Then he listed our home and walked us through the whole process. In addition to compensating for the absence of daily national morning and evening newscasts on Fox's schedule, the expansion of WBRC's news lineup also filled timeslots vacated by the departures of Good Morning America and World News Tonight through the discontinuance of its ABC affiliation. The search was called off sunday because the weather. After New World merged with Fox in 1997, WBRC was reunited with four of its sister stations from the Storer era: WJBK, WAGA-TV in Atlanta, WJW in Cleveland and WITI in Milwaukee. Langston died in 2014 at his home in Liberty Park. 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!) ", "He was such a sweet and funny guy," she said from her home in California. Veteran WBRC anchor Joe Langston died Saturday. We are thrilled to have Andy Parker co Those set-builders have been busy this week, havent they? Veteran WBRC anchor Joe Langston died Saturday. There are plenty of things in this world that step out of the abyss and scare the hell out of you like Bozo the Clown. Click a location below to find Joe more easily. Langston, longtime WBRC-TV anchor and reporter, died Friday at the age of 82. In 1988, the station acquired satellite news-gathering vehicles, "Skylink 6", to conduct and beam live remote footage transmitted to the studio via satellite.[32]. to buy three stations; affiliation shuffle continues", "The FCC last week approved New World's plans to transfer WGHP-TV Greensboro, N.C., and WBRC-TV Birmingham, Ala., into a trust for eventual sale to Fox", "Citicasters, Inc., announces completion of sale of three television stations", "Fox Television Stations last week closed its deal to acquire WBRC-TV Birmingham", "Allbritton takes another route to Birmingham", "Allbritton Communications Co. and ABC have signed a 10-year affiliation agreement", "News Corporation Completes Sale of Eight Television Stations", "The New York Times Company Announces Plan to Sell Its Broadcast Media Group", "News Corp. to Sell U.S. TV Stations for $1.1 Billion", "Oak Hill Capital Partners Completes Acquisition of 8 TV Station sales", "GRAY AND RAYCOM TO COMBINE IN A $3.6 BILLION TRANSACTION", "Gray Acquiring Raycom For $3.65B, Forming No. Langston briefly switched over to WVTM-TV in 1980, sharing the anchor desk with Pam Huff. In 1979, channel 6 became the first television station in Alabama to acquire a helicopter for newsgathering, "Chopper 6". . WBRC Fox 6 Chief Meteorologist JP Dice Leaving Fox 6 in July By David Smith. Sign up for service and obituary updates. 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. Color did not matter. "He was one of them. He was named news director in 1969. I asked Joe one time if he ever thought about going to the big time and he said, 'I'm from Brownsville, Alabama. "My heart breaks to report that my friend, mentor and the most solid broadcaster I've ever known, Joe Langston passed away early this morning," Royer wrote on Facebook. A service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Mountain Brook Baptist Church, with visitation to follow in Hudson Hall. Refine Your Search Results. The station began clearing Fox NFL Kickoff for the 2016 season. He began his broadcasting career in 1950 while a student at the University of Alabama. In 1984, the station became one of the first television stations in the region to adopt a 24-hour-a-day programming schedule. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - WBRC FOX6 News pioneer, Pat Gray, has passed away. Langston was a native of Tuscaloosa County and attended the University of Alabama. In lieu of flowers, his family suggests giving donations to Mountain Brook Baptist Church. [28][29], In May 2011, WBRC launched a digital subchannel on virtual channel 6.2, which initially carried a standard definition simulcast of the station's main channel. Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley report to prison, Rescue teams will be back in the water in three hours searching for a Talladega man, keep your umbrella handy for scattered showers today. In 1969 Langston was promoted to "Director of News and Editorial Policy" for the station. All rights reserved. Help tell the story of your loved ones unique life. 1 network nationwide by the late 1970s, because of WBRC's status as central Alabama's dominant station. The third result is Joe Bennie Langston age 50s in Chiefland, FL. May 18, 2022 . Okay so you need it in the mornings, but your Starbucks latte could cost you more starting tomorrow! This email address is already subscribed to the selected list(s). as a tentpole between the 9:00 and 10:00p.m. newscasts from the September 1996 switch until September 2002, when it expanded the prime time newscast to one hour (WBRC is one of several Fox stations that offer newscasts in both the final hour of prime time and the traditional late news timeslot, one of the few affiliated with the network that runs a nightly newscast in the latter slot and one of the few to continue its Big Three-era late-evening newscast after switching to Fox). 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