Way back when, the Company gave out service pins—in five-year increments. Is it true, that someone figured out that it would be more cost effective to buy only WBTV pins, then, if the recipient worked in WBT radio, just snap off the "V"?
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There was a broadcasting company called Jefferson-Pilot, whose flagship stations were WBT and WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina. From WBT's beginning in 1922, and WBTV's sign-on in 1949, until about the late 1980s, they were the pride of Carolina broadcasting. They were beacons to those who aspired to and were proud of being a part of something special; who held a unique feeling of responsibility to their audience and the community; who had the talent and enjoyed the freedom to create original, tasteful programming that could appeal to the entire spectrum of listeners and viewers.
This site is all about yesterday, and how things used to be.
Like a Frank Lloyd Wright creation, WBTV's first transmitter site jutted out over the crest of Spencer Mountain, about 20 miles west of charlotte. For over 30 years a succession of transmitters here beamed WBTV's sights and sounds into millions of Carolina homes. In the '80s a new site was established further west, where a taller tower was erected. The Spencer Mountain installation was dismantled. And so it goes.
