In 1994, WBTV entered into a news share agreement to produce a 10:00p.m. newscast for then-independent station WJZY; the newscast later moved to PBS member station WTVI, before returning to WJZY in 2003 and then to that station's duopoly partner, MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYT-TV in April 2012. It is called "Spectrum" and hosted by Jim Patterson and Barbara Bender. The station claims credit for a number of television "firsts", among them being the construction of the first building in the United States built specifically for color television broadcasting. On July 12, 2010, the simulcast was replaced with This TV. WBTV and WJZY return to a partnership for "WBTV News at 10 on WJZY." WBTV's new 2,000 foot tall tower begins transmitting at 5:53pm. WBTV's Barbara Stutts begins hosting a daily information and entertainment program called "Barbara". Big changes in store for two WBTV news anchors in Charlotte. The merger coincided with the start of the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference basketball season. WBTV and WBT personalities auction thousands of dollars of donated merchandise to Carolina viewers. WBTV returned to a strong position in the late 1990s, culminating in wrestling the #1 spot at noon in 1998 from WSOC-TV. Fred Shropshire. However, area viewers could watch those preempted shows on WSPA-TV in Spartanburg or WFMY through a strong antenna (WFMY and WSPA were and still are available on some cable systems in the Charlotte market, although non-local programming is subject to blackout due to network non-duplication and syndication exclusivity rules). Christine comes to Atlanta after spending 11 years as morning anchor at WBTV in Charlotte, NC. . January 10, 2021. TV-2 is now renamed The McLean Studio in memory of Clyde McLean. // ]]>[/one_third] [one_third] //