WBTV

==1949–1958==
The station first signed on the air on July 15, 1949. When it debuted, WBTV was the 13th television station in the United States and the first in the Carolinas; it is the oldest television station located between Richmond and Atlanta. It was originally owned-and-operated by the Greensboro-based Jefferson Standard Insurance Company, owners of WBT (1110 AM), the city's oldest radio station and the first fully licensed station in the South. At the time, the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company also had a 16.5% interest in the Greensboro News Company, licensee of WFMY-TV, which signed on from Greensboro two months after WBTV. Jefferson Standard had purchased WBT from CBS in 1947. Shortly before the television station went on the air, its call letters were modified from WBT-TV to WBTV. Jefferson Standard merged with Pilot Life in 1968 (although it had owned controlling interest since 1945) and became the Jefferson-Pilot Corporation. In 1970, the media interests were folded into a new subsidiary, Jefferson-Pilot Communications.
==1958–1963==
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WBTV1962.jpg|WBTV News truck
==1963–1969==
==1969–1970==
==1970–1978==
==1978–1983==
WBTV3 (1978 Blue).svg|Blue variant
WBTV3 (1978 Red).svg|Red variant
WBTV News 1.jpg|"WBTV News" open
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==1983–1990==
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WBTV-1985-86.jpg|"We've Got the Touch" (1985–1986)
WBTV.jpg|"Share the Spirit" (1986–1987)
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Screenshot 2016-04-07-11-55-07 kindlephoto-10603292.jpg|"Get Ready" #1 (1989–1990)
WBTV 1989-90.png|"Get Ready" #2 (1989–1990)
==1990–1998==
===1990–1991===
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===1991–1998===
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==1998–1999==
==1999–2023==
===1999–2001===
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===2001–2023===
Wbtv-logo.svg|Alternative on-air logo
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WBTVStationID2003.png|Station ID (2003)
WBTV5PMPromo.png|5 PM News Promo (2003)
WBTV11PMPromo.png|11 PM News Promo (2003)
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WBTV 3 web- OYS logo.jpg|Website logo
Bounce Charlotte_WBTV.png|WBTV-DT2 (2011–present)
169267 CS.jpg|WBTV 60th anniversary (2009)
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In 2006, Jefferson-Pilot merged with the Philadelphia-based Lincoln National Corporation. Lincoln Financial retained Jefferson-Pilot's broadcasting division, which was renamed Lincoln Financial Media, with WBTV retaining its status as the flagship station. On November 12, 2007, Lincoln Financial announced its intention to sell WBTV, sister stations WWBT in Richmond and WCSC-TV in Charleston, South Carolina and Lincoln Financial Sports, to Raycom Media for $583 million. Raycom was later acquired by Atlanta-based Gray Television on January 2, 2019.
==2023–present==
WBTVNewsOpen2023.jpg|"WBTV News" generic open
WBTV 11p 2023.jpg|"WBTV News" 11pm open
==External links==
Category:Television stations in the United States
Category:CBS network affiliates
Category:Charlotte, North Carolina
Category:North Carolina
Category:Gray Television
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1949
Category:South Carolina
Category:1949