"I can't put into words how much I'll miss my friend.". Langston, longtime WBRC-TV anchor and reporter, died Friday at the age of 82. Copyright 2014WBRC. Joe R Langston, 59. 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. Send a note, share a story or upload a photo. WBRC also runs off-network syndicated sitcoms, talk shows, reality shows and court shows. Social Media Community ManagerSuccessful AD Partnership, LLCRemote, Remote, Strategic PlannerSuccessful AD Partnership, LLCRemote, Remote, Account DirectorFuture Today Inc.Los Angeles, California, WriterGarfinkel + AssociatesBethesda, Maryland, Multimedia Marketing CoordinatorRosendinSterling, Virginia. The building, like many of those built by Storer to serve as studios for its broadcast properties, resembled an antebellum mansion. He later became the evening news anchor, sharing the desk with Pat Gray, Mike Royer and Herb Winches. WBRC also lost several longtime anchors and reporters to the W58CK/WCFT/WJSU trimulcast at that time, including news anchors Linda Mays and Brenda Ladun, meteorologists James Spann (who himself reportedly left WBRC due to his disapproval over the edgier content of Fox's programming) and Mark Prater, and sports anchor Mike Raita. "I think that is what made him special. 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. For example, according to local legends, the station initially turned down Bewitched, not because it was concerned about witchcraft, but because it concerned a mixed marriage (between a witch and a mortal); there were fears that Bewitched would encourage what some segregationists referred to as "cross-breeding"; channel 6 would not clear Bewitched until 1967 (although, according to the October 15, 1965, issue of The Birmingham News, Bewitched was shown airing at its in-pattern time of Thursdays at 8:00p.m. (Central) on WBRC). In lieu of flowers, his family suggests giving donations to Mountain Brook Baptist Church. The cash-and-stock merger transaction valued at $3.6billion in which Gray shareholders would acquire preferred stock currently held by Raycom will result in WBRC gaining new sister stations in adjacent markets, including ABC affiliate WTOK-TV in Meridian and CBS/NBC affiliates WTVY and WRGX-LD in Dothan (while separating it from WDFX), in addition to the current Raycom stations. This move was made to alleviate signal interference problems between WBRC and WSM-TV (now sister station WSMV-TV) in Nashville, which also transmitted on channel 4, that were present in portions of northern Alabama. Visitation will follow in Hudson Hall. Get TVSpy delivered straight to your inbox. In 1972, Taft sold the WBRC radio stations, which changed their call letters to WERC-AM and FM.[7]. 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. It also preempted the ABC Evening News (the forerunner to World News Tonight) from the program's debut in 1968 until August 7, 1972 (when both it and WJRT-TV in Flint, Michigan, became the last two ABC affiliates to begin airing the network newscast), as well as daytime network programs at aired during the 10:00a.m. hour. On Monday, York was emotional talking about his old friend. 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. Langston was hired as the station's first anchor-reporter during the pivotal civil rights year of 1963 and retired from regular newsroom work in 1987. This also, however, may have been a move to forestall future commercial competition in the market; WBRC and WABT remained the only commercial stations in Birmingham, which would not get a third commercial broadcast television outlet until WBMG (now WIAT) debuted in October 1965, on UHF channel 42, a signal considerably weaker than that of either channels 6 or 13, and a problem which hampered that station's progress until the early 2000s. [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. The third result is Joe Bennie Langston age 50s in Chiefland, FL. WBRC (channel 6) is a television station in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. Joe Leonard Langston, Sr., age 82, of Birmingham, passed away at his home on Friday, June 20, 2014. He graduated from the University in 1954. The station became exclusively affiliated with ABC on September 7, 1961; on that date, channel 13 (by then known as WAPI-TV) assumed rights to CBS and NBC programming, although WBRC continued to occasionally carry certain CBS shows that WAPI chose not to carry through 1965. While a textbook was required for Langston's class, Hathcock recalls Langston not relying on it very heavily, choosing instead to talk about his real world work. 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. Joe Langston, whose voice was a signature of Alabama broadcasting news for three decades, died early today. WVTM-TV, WAPI-TV: The Balloon Goon (with Sterling Brewer) WBRC: Birthday Party (with Joe Langston) WBRC: Bozo the Clown (Bart Darby, Ward McIntyre) WBRC: The Bugs Bunny Show (with Benny Carle) The Federal Aviation Administration today anounced the last of six test sites is ready to conduct research vital to integrating UAS into the nations airspace. To celebrate the occasion, FAA Administrator Michael H Sydney Benter is set to join Cincinnati CBS affiliate WKRC as an anchor and reporter, tomorrow. Copyright 2014 WBRC. 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. Former FOX6 News anchor Scott Richards said Langston connected to viewers because he was from Alabama. 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. Langston is survived by his wife Margaret, two children and three grandchildren. Starbucks is also raising the price of its packaged coffee sold in grocery stores by about 8%, beginning July 21. Joe Langston (1932) was born in Tuscaloosa county. Fox was unable to immediately purchase the two stations outright due to questions over the American citizenship of then-parent company News Corporation's Australian-born CEO Rupert Murdoch. Hanna's first husband, M. D. Smith, had bought WBRC radio from Bell in 1928. 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. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. [40] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 6. Channel 6 originally planned to carry the entire Fox programming schedule when it switched to the network, including its children's program block, Fox Kids; it intended to air the weekday editions of that block from 1:00 to 4:00p.m. on Monday through Friday afternoons. Langston, a well-known and respected journalist, died early Saturday morning. [14][15], Although it was now owned by the O&O group of another network, Fox now had to run channel 6 as an ABC affiliate for more than a year after the purchase was announced as WBRC's affiliation agreement with that network was not set to expire until August 31, 1996. After WBRC became a Fox station in September 1996, the station shifted its programming focus heavily towards local news, increasing its output from about 25 hours a week to around 40 hours. Joe was born in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1954. Langston eventually managed the student radio station, WLJS-FM, and became department head over the communications department until his retirement in 1998. Thanks for watching Fox6 WBRC. 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. He also appeared on the Tom York Morning Show. 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. His funeral was held on Monday afernoon. 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. Joe Langston, an award-winning Birmingham television journalist whose career spanned more than 30 years, died Friday at the age of 82. . Joe was named Outstanding Alumnus of the University of Alabama School of Communication in 1982, the Tuscaloosa County High School Distinguished Alumni Award in 1986, and also received the Distinguished Service Award from the University in 1988. "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. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - WBRC FOX6 News pioneer, Pat Gray, has passed away. She was a pioneer who helped build our station into . 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). On September 17 of that year, the WBRC stations moved to a new, much larger studio facility located on Red Mountain that was built by Storer, where channel 6 continues to operate from to this day. Joe joined the staff of WBRC-TV in Birmingham in 1963. 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"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.". 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. Following graduation, he joined the Army and served two years in Special Warfare at Fort Bragg, NC. After retiring she returned to Birmingham, the Magic City, where she is fondly remembered as a trailblazing pioneer for women in broadcasting. 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. While in TV, Langston received every major award from the Associated Press and United Press International Broadcasters Associations. 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. He was there during Governor George Wallace's famous "Stand in the School House Door.". The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Following graduation, he joined the army and served two years in Special Ops at Fort Bragg, North Carolina before returning to Tuscaloosa as Student Manager of WNPT. He joined the Jacksonville State University Department of Communication and retired from there as chairman of the department in 1998. Channel 6 has only aired Fox's prime time, news and sports programming since it joined the network in September 1996, with the only programs relating to Fox's children's programming blocks for the final twelve years that Fox carried programming aimed at that demographic consisting of fall preview specials and network promotions that aired within the network's prime time lineup. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the church. BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - Family and friends said goodbye to Birmingham broadcast legend Joe Langston on Monday. Published: Dec. 8, 2020 at 9:52 AM PST. 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 He was named outstanding alumnus of the University of Alabama College of Communication in 1982 and received the Distinguished Service Award from the University in 1988. [37] Neal now works for WeatherNation as chief meteorologist. The coffee giant is raising its prices. (Times Mirror Co. to sell four stations to Argyle Communications Inc.)", "Argyle socks away profit. WBRC Fox 6 Chief Meteorologist JP Dice discusses his decision to leave Fox 6 and his plan for the future. 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. ", "He was such a sweet and funny guy," she said from her home in California. He helped us evaluate your home for sale and see what we could do to improve it. By Janet Hall. #BillBolen hashtag on Twitter Joe Langston Obituary (1932 - 2014) - Birmingham, AL . Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. 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. WBRC-TV (06-21-14)Long-Time WBRC-TV Anchor, Joe Langston, DiesBy WBRC-TV Anchor Janet Hall---(Editor Judson Garner) AboutPressCopyrightContact usCreatorsAdvertiseDevelopersTermsPrivacyPolicy. WBRC cemented viewer allegiances by carrying a heavy schedule of local programs during the 1960s and 1970s, most notably two long-running morning shows. Anniston. He was named news director in 1969. 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. Send flowers or a gift to a service or family's home. Eggers wrote on her facebook page, I am moving to Boston at the beginning of October! This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. 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. We are remembering Birmingham broadcaster Joe Langston, this morning. He began his broadcasting career in 1950 while a student at the University of Alabama. These were locally produced commercial television programming intended for the child audience with unique hosts and themes. Joe L. Langston January 1, 1932 - June 21, 2014 IN THE CARE OF Ridout's Valley Chapel Joe Leonard Langston, Sr., age 82, of Birmingham, passed away at his home on Friday, June 20, 2014. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WBRC shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 6, at 8:55a.m. on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. BREAKING: legendary @WBRCnews broadcaster Pat Gray has died. Royer said was a consummate broadcaster. Children's Television Series in Alabama. Langston was a native of Tuscaloosa County and attended the University of Alabama. This type of programming began in the late 1940's and continued into the 1970s. Beginning in 1966 he was assigned to host the Saturday morning children's show "Birthday Party", which lasted for two years. 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. Langston died in 2014 at his home in Liberty Park. We are thrilled to have Andy Parker co Those set-builders have been busy this week, havent they? 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) The transfer closed on March 31, 2009. On March 1, 1961, WBRC-TV signed an agreement with ABC to become a full-time affiliate of the network. I'm Sarah Verser. In April 1995, Citicasters transferred the operations of WBRC and WGHP to Fox Television Stations, which took over operational control through time brokerage agreements with New World and purchased the stations three months later on July 22; Fox formally finalized the purchase of the two stations on January 17, 1996. (AL.com file photo) JOE LANGSTON Joe Langston joined the staff of WBRC-TV/Channel 6 in 1963,. That series, Country Boy Eddie, which was aimed at rural Alabama viewers, featured local country, bluegrass and Southern Gospel music artists during its 36-year run from 1957 until December 31, 1993. Langston started at Birmingham's WBRC in 1963 as the first reporter/anchor hired at the station. NBC programming subsequently moved to channel 13 (by then, using the call sign WABT); both stations, however, retained a secondary affiliation with ABC. Related To Iris Langston, Serena Langston, Cari Langston. In 1984, the station became one of the first television stations in the region to adopt a 24-hour-a-day programming schedule. 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. WBRC Fox 6 Chief Meteorologist JP Dice Leaving Fox 6 in July By David Smith. [1] the "-TV" suffix was dropped from the call sign in June 1999). [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. Copyright 2014 WBRC. 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