He did not look at me as a black person," Al Bell said. He was a charter member of the Thursday morning Has Been Coffee Club. During the years Langston worked, his voice could be heard by callers navigating the school's voicemail system. [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. Langston moved to Birmingham and began working at WBRC in 1963 as a co-host of the Tom York Morning Show alongside Tom York and Fannie Flagg. KFMB, the CBS station in San Diego, debuted an updated news set, which the station described as a major renovation, with a new look and more tec Bri Eggers is joining Boston NBC affiliateWHDH. [2] Although WBRC-TV was the first television station in Birmingham to be granted a license by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), it is the second-oldest television station in Alabama, signing on just over one month after WAFM-TV (channel 13, now WVTM-TV), which debuted on May 29. Thanks for watching Fox6 Good Day Alabama from 4:30 to 9 each week day morning. Birmingham-area television legend Joe Langston is being remembered this week, not only for his work in the anchor chair, but also what he did afterwards in the front of a classroom. He was named news director in 1969. He began his broadcasting career in 1950 while a student at the University of Alabama. For a time, it incorporated the ABC circle logo inside its own "6" logo (just as it had done with the CBS eye in the 1950s). Later that year, Hanna also sold the WBRC television and radio stations to Storer Broadcasting for $2.3milliona handsome return on her first husband's purchase of WBRC radio 25 years earlier. She was a pioneer who helped build our station into . "And I remember several times just sitting in his class, just listening to the things that he's done, and you know, they learn a lot more from real life experience then reading out of a textbook.". 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. Main Menu. "I think that is what made him special. Joe Langston was born in Tuscaloosa in 1932. [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. 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. Joe Langston - anchor (1955-1981 and 1983-1987; retired) Andrea Lindenburg - weekend anchor, later weekday evening anchor (1993-2004; now at WVTM-TV) Harry Mabry - anchor (1960s-1970s; deceased) Brandy Malone - general traffic reporter (2005-2008; last at WZTV in Nashville) Linda Mays - daybreak and noon anchor (1988-1996; now at WBMA/WCFT/WJSU) During his years in television, he received every major award from the Associated Press and United Press International Broadcasters Association. Includes Address (5) Phone (2) See Results. 530 News (Joe Langston) - [WBRC's world cast; ABC News not cleared until 1972] 545 News, Sports, Weather - [a/k/a "Alabama Newsreel"] 600 Zane Grey Theater 630 It Takes a Thief 730 Movie - "How To Steal a Million" 1000 News 1030 Viewpoint (interview with Mrs. Kate Wood of Montgomery, woman's director of NAACP in Detroit) 1100 Alfred Hitchcock He returned to Channel 6 in 1982, and then retired in 1987. WBRC has been the ratings leader in the market for most of the last half-century, dating back to its tenure as an ABC affiliate. Langston started at Birminghams WBRC in 1963 as the first reporter/anchor hired at the station. Joe Langston (1932) was born in Tuscaloosa county. He also appeared on the Tom York Morning Show. WBRC television's news operations began with the launch of the station in 1949, originally consisting of five-minute-long newscasts at sign-on and sign-off that were originally anchored by operations manager M.D. Veteran WBRC anchor Joe Langston died Saturday. Call for Action "You got to know him and you got to love the guy," he said. He just had a good time but was a smart fellow, too, and I loved him," Bolen said. His funeral was held on Monday afernoon. Officials say the boaters had been drinking, so pinpointing exactly where Franklin went under has been challenging. He was inducted into the Alabama Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2009. Langston was a native of Tuscaloosa County and attended the University of Alabama. He graduated from the University in 1954. 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. He was also a member of the Alabama Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. Langston eventually managed the student radio station, WLJS-FM, and became department head over the communications department until his retirement in 1998. Visitation will follow in Hudson Hall. "I don't think he worried about anything. Karen Church Out at WBRC After 17 Years By Mark Joyella on Dec. 29, 2015 - 3:28 PM "I paved the way for people who are now becoming my replacements, which I don't appreciate." [6] This was very unusual for a market with only two commercial stations; usually, one or both stations carried ABC as a secondary affiliation, since that network would not be on anything resembling an equal footing with CBS and NBC until the 1970s. Copyright 2014 WBRC. At that time, WBRC phased out its longstanding "Channel 6" brand and began branding itself as "Fox 6", becoming one of three Fox stations affected by the affiliation deal between the network and New World to adopt Fox's standardized station branding conventions prior to the group's 1996 merger with Fox Television Stations (WGHP and WJBK in Detroit, which became a sister station to WBRC as a result of the New World merger, were the only others to comply with the network's branding techniques; the remaining ten stations did not incorporate network branding until after the merger was finalized). Joe Langston was promoted to Director of News and Editorial Policy in 1969. WBRC's Channel 6 Joe Langston News Anchor Promo from 1985 Station ID (1985) WBRC-TV's Channel 6's Alabama's Great video image promo from 1985 WBRC-TV's BRC6 News video opening from 1985 WBRC 6 News open (1985-1989) WBRC-TV's WBRC 6 News' Scott Richards Video Promo From 1986. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. He also appeared on the Tom York Morning Show. This type of programming began in the late 1940's and continued into the 1970s. And somehow the two merged into this one persona that we call Joe Langston," Chandler said. Langston was also an Army veteran. He was named news director in 1969. The following is a list of local children's television shows in the United States. He graduated from the University in 1954. I highly recommend Joe. Birmingham, Alabama: (6) WBRC. 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. WBRC is a more news-intensive Fox station with 45 hours a week of locally-produced newscasts, as well as first-run prime time, sports and Saturday late night programming from Fox. Langston briefly switched over to WVTM-TV in 1980, sharing the anchor desk with Pam Huff. He was named news director in 1969. The station operated its digital transmission facilities under special temporary authorization at a lower effective radiated power until October 2009, when its transmitter was upgraded to full power at 1 megawatt at a position on the tower at 373 meters (1,224ft). WBRC (channel 6) is a television station in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. We are also following a developing story in east Alabama. [3] WBRC-TV originally operated from WBRC radio's facilities on 19th Street and 2nd Avenue, near downtown Birmingham, which originally only housed business and master control operations; the station originally relied mainly on network and film content for much of the programming it broadcast. In 1978, WBRC became the first television station in the Birmingham market to acquire a microwave truck for electronic news-gathering purposes, and became the first to provide live breaking news coverage on-scene. In 1984, the station became one of the first television stations in the region to adopt a 24-hour-a-day programming schedule. In 1969 Langston was promoted to "Director of News and Editorial Policy" for the station. Joe Langston, whose voice was a signature of Alabama broadcasting news for three decades, died early today. Joe was born in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1954. Langston started at Birmingham's WBRC in 1963 as the first reporter/anchor hired at the station. According to al.com, he was best known as t An error has occurred, please try again later. TV Guide, Northern Alabama edition--cover, cast of "Mission Impossible": Greg Morris, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, Lynda Day George NOTE: Listings are through 6 p.m. May 18, 2022 . Former FOX6 News anchor Bill Bolen worked with Langston and continued their friendship into retirement. In lieu of flowers, his family suggests giving donations to Mountain Brook Baptist Church. Portions of this story were prepared with information obtained from the Alabama Broadcasters Association, www.al-ba.com. Langston started working at WBRC in 1963. AAA says the average price of a gallon of regular in Alabama is $3.48. During Langston's time as anchor and news director at WBRC, he hired the first African-American to go on the air as a reporter in 1969. [22] Raycom which is controlled by the Retirement Systems of Alabama is headquartered in Montgomery (the market to the adjacent south of the Birmingham DMA), and also owns that market's NBC affiliate WSFA as well as Huntsville NBC affiliate WAFF. Langston, a well-known and respected journalist, died early Saturday morning. Channel 6 could make a plausible claim to be not only the most-watched station in the Birmingham market but in the entire state of Alabama, thanks in part to unusually weak competition. These were locally produced commercial television programming intended for the child audience with unique hosts and themes. BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - Longtime WBRC news anchor Joe Langston has passed away. In 1964, Joe joined the staff of WBRC TV in Birmingham as a news reporter/news anchor. Instead, Bowen accidentally splattered Langston's jacket with water. When a tanker truck exploded in west Nashville, some of the fuel leaked into the citys storm drains. While in TV, Langston received every major award from the Associated Press and United Press International Broadcasters Associations. Several members of the news department staff in its early years started at WBRC radio including news anchors Harry Mabry and Joe Langston (the latter of whom would also take on a management role as its director of news and editorial policy in 1969), and sports anchor Tom York. As a Fox station, WBRC has continued to maintain higher viewership than the other television news outlets in the market, although it has experienced tighter competition since the early 2000s against WBMA-LD and a resurgent WIAT (both of which currently engage in a spirited competition for second place); WBRC's 9 p.m. newscast has consistently ranked as one of the most-watched prime time newscasts in the U.S. for most of its run since its debut in 1996. [23], On June 25, 2018, Atlanta-based Gray Television announced it had reached an agreement with Raycom to merge their respective broadcasting assets (consisting of Raycom's 63 existing owned-and/or-operated television stations, including WBRC), and Gray's 93 television stations) under the former's corporate umbrella. The station's transmitter was originally purposed as the transmitter facilities for radio station WBRC-FM (102.5, now WBPT at 106.9 FM; original frequency now occupied by WDXB), which signed on in 1947 with the highest radiated power of any radio station worldwide, operating at 500,000 watts; after the FM station suspended operations in June 1948 due to continued revenue losses due to the lack of radios equipped with FM tuners, Hanna borrowed $150,000 to build a new studio facility and transmitter atop Red Mountain for the television station. JACKSONVILLE, AL (WBRC) - Birmingham-area television legend Joe Langston is being remembered this week, not only for his work in the anchor chair, but also what he did afterwards in the front of a classroom. This gave ABC a sufficient amount of time to find another station to replace channel 6 as its central Alabama affiliate. In doing so, he made the school's communication students privy to the behind-the-scenes stories of his career. Langston started at Birmingham's WBRC in 1963 as the first reporter/anchor hired at the station. Color did not matter. Joe Langston remembered for his years at JSU, Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley report to prison, Langston, longtime WBRC-TV anchor and reporter, died Friday. He was 82. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your California Privacy Rights (User Agreement updated 1/1/21. The school made the most of its association with the longtime television news anchor. 2023 SCI SHARED RESOURCES, LLC. [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. In a follow-up interview with AL.com this evening, Royer said he has a standard six-month non-compete clause in his contract with NBC 13, but he won't rule out the opportunity to come back at another station in the Birmingham market after those six months expire in mid-December. WBRC was the first Birmingham station to use a microwave-transmitting live news truck for newsgathering in 1978. He also served on the boards of the Tuscaloosa County Tuberculosis Association, the Alabama Arthritis Foundation, and the Alabama Multiple Sclerosis Society, and served as a deacon for Mountain Brook Baptist Church. Joe was an active member and Deacon at Mountain Brook Baptist Church. ", Flagg called Langston "just an all-around good guy. In addition, the station produces Fox 6 Sideline, a high school football program that debuted in September 1989 as an ABC affiliate, which airs Friday nights after the 10 p.m. newscasts during the fall. Joe Langston in Texas. 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=1134262498, This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 20:17. He went on the air soaking wet that night," Bowen recalled. I'm Sarah Verser. 44 people named Joe Langston found in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria and 12 other cities. Langston retired from WBRC in 1987 to work in the communications department at Jacksonville State University, where he retired as Chair of the department in 1998. He was 82 Langston, a native of Tuscaloosa County and a graduate of the University. Taft later bought ABC's former syndication arm, Worldvision Enterprises, in 1979 (ABC spun off this division in 1973 as a result of fin-syn laws, which have since been repealed). In 1979, channel 6 became the first television station in Alabama to acquire a helicopter for newsgathering, "Chopper 6". 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. 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). 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. ", "He was on TV back in an era where he had to do everything," Royer added. In lieu of flowers the family suggest that donations be given to Mountain Brook Baptist Church. According to . All rights reserved. Langston's funeral will take place at 2 p.m. on Monday at Mountain Brook Baptist Church. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Following graduation, he joined the Army and served two years in Special Warfare at Fort Bragg, NC. WBRC began to clear the first hour of GMA in the early 1980s, and began airing the two-hour program in its entirety after York retired from the station in 1989. We used to play jokes on one another, do silly things. He was so funny. He graduated in 1954 and served in the U.S. Army as a Radio Broadcast and Propaganda Officer at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He graduated and soon after went on to join the army. BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - Family and friends said goodbye to Birmingham broadcast legend Joe Langston on Monday. Like many network affiliates, WBRC-TV would preempt ABC programming occasionally or regularly, in some cases. Monica Thomas was robbed of her purse. Joe Langston. Okay so you need it in the mornings, but your Starbucks latte could cost you more starting tomorrow! The group's affiliation deal with Fox also gave New World a chance to solve its ownership problem by reaching an agreement with Citicasters to sell WBRC and WGHP directly to the network's owned-and-operated station group, Fox Television Stations. Veteran WBRC anchor Joe Langston died Saturday. Lived In Ocala FL, Flagstaff AZ, Greenville SC, Spartanburg SC. The cause of death is not known and funeral arrangements are pending. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - WBRC FOX6 News pioneer, Pat Gray, has passed away. I asked Joe one time if he ever thought about going to the big time and he said, 'I'm from Brownsville, Alabama. BREAKING: legendary @WBRCnews broadcaster Pat Gray has died. The call letters were immediately changed to WAAY-TV. He was genuine, a Real Joe in the best sense of the word, and was a gentleman," Richards said. After retiring she returned to Birmingham, the Magic City, where she is fondly remembered as a trailblazing pioneer for women in broadcasting. Langston's voice could be heard narrating that video, and he even appeared on camera for part of it. > I seem to recall Channel 6 airing "Marshal Dillon" in place of "Bewitched" at one time. The 63-year-old Royer's contract runs through June 14. (Times Mirror Co. to sell four stations to Argyle Communications Inc.)", "Argyle socks away profit. On July 14, 2009, the station eliminated its Saturday evening 5:00p.m. newscast due to budget cutbacks at the station spurred by the economic downturn. After it suffered significant structural damage due to an ice storm that affected the Southeastern U.S. in the winter of 1985, the station's original transmitter tower was replaced in 1986, with a new tower on Red Mountain 3 miles (4.8km) east of the original tower's location. Click a location below to find Joe more easily. Smith III, who read wire copies of local news headlines over a slide of the station's logo. Resides in Kingsland, GA. 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. The price change will be different in different areas of the country. "He would talk about his real life experiences. Later he joined the news team at WVTM TV, but returned to WBRC as News Director. Copyright 2014 WBRC. . Joe Langston joined WBRC in 1963. The company estimates that only about 20% of orders will be affected. In 1982, WBRC began receiving ABC network and syndicated programming, and news footage via satellite. On February 19, 1953, WBRC-TV moved to channel 6 as part of a frequency realignment ordered by the FCC, resulting from the Sixth Report and Order issued the year prior in 1952. He had a great sense of humor.". Langston started at Birmingham's WBRC in 1963 as the first . Then he listed our home and walked us through the whole process. The station began clearing Fox NFL Kickoff for the 2016 season. 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