WJZY/WWWB Honored For Work With Wal-Mart’s Missing Children Network
WJZY/WWWB Honored For Work With Wal-Mart’s Missing Children Network WJZY-TV and WWWB-TV in Charlotte received special recognition for their work with Wal-Mart’s Missing Children’s Network through which the stations played a major role in the recovery of the 56th child reunited with his family through Wal-Mart’s network. The stations, UPN46 and WB55 respectively, were presented […]
CBC Stations To Air Telethon For Victims Of Terrorist Attacks
CBC Stations To Air Telethon For Victims Of Terrorist Attacks In a historic demonstration of cooperation, major U.S. television networks and radio stations are banding together to present “America: A Tribute To Heroes,” a two-hour telethon to raise money for the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. All of Capitol […]
UPDATE: The State Of Digital at CBC
UPDATE: The State of Digital at CBC As the HD conversion continues nationwide, Capitol Broadcasting Company (CBC) maintains its position as a leader in the field. From permanently converting its newcasts to digital in January 2001 to airing the first all-digital news broadcast from the N.C. State Fair in October John Greene CBC VP of […]
Charlotte Market Moves Up In Nielsen Rankings
Charlotte Market Moves Up In Nielsen Rankings CBC television stations WJZY (UPN46) and WWWB (WB55) are now a part of the nation’s 27th largest TV market. Nielsen Media Research recently announced that the 20-county Charlotte market has passed Hartford, CT, in the number of television households, thus moving from 28th to 27th in the rankings. […]
Linda Sherman Named General Manager Of WJZY-TV and WFVT-TV
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 7, 2000 For more information, contact Duncan Brown, Promotion Manager 704-944-3360 Linda Sherman Named General Manager Of WJZY-TV and WFVT-TV Charlotte, NC — Linda Sherman has been named General Manager, WJZY-TV (UPN46) and WFVT-TV (WB55), it was announced today by Tom Allen, Senior Vice President of Broadcasting for Capitol Broadcasting Company. […]
Rock Hill Partnership Award Presented to STV
Rock Hill Partnership Award Presented To STV STV (Student Television) at WJZY in Charlotte received the Rock Hill School District Community Partnership Award at the 15th Annual Partnership Breakfast on Friday, August 18, 2000. STV’s Coordinating Producer Dan Kerby and Promotions Manager Duncan Brown accepted the award on behalf of STV Host Jeff Johnson and […]
WJZY Hosts Sky Jam 2000
WJZY Hosts Sky Jam 2000 Thousands upon thousands of folks lined up at the Union County Fairgrounds in Monroe on June 19th for the UPN46-Carolina Ford Dealers Sky Jam 2000. This family event celebrated its eleventh year with the likes of country music stars Colin Raye, Aaron Tippon, Shedaisy, Andy Griggs and Chad Brock. The […]
UPN 46 Wins Promax Silver Award
UPN 46 Wins Promax Silver Award Promax is an international organization of promotion and marketing professionals in the electronic media, dedicated to advancing the role and increasing the effectiveness of promotion and marketing within the industry, related industries and the academic community. UPN46 in Charlotte, North Carolina received a Silver Award at the Promax convention, […]
UPN Awaits More Change
UPN Awaits More Change UPN Buys Lunch For WJZY Domino’s definitely delivered in Charlotte last Friday, as UPN sent cheese pizzas to its top 130-plus primary affiliates in the nation with the note, “Let’s do launch.” Capitol Broadcasting Company’s UPN affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina, WJZY, received 18 large pizzas as a part of the […]
UPN Becomes Paramount
UPN Becomes Paramount UPN46 will soon undergo a name change, becoming “Paramount 46” or some version thereof later this year. UPN President & CEO Dean Valentine announced last week that the United Paramount Television Group will drop the “U,” referring to former partner Chris-Craft, Inc., so the network can take advantage of the marketability of […]