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Barrett News Media’s Top 20 Mid Market News/Talk Midday Shows of 2023
"A total of 53 mid market midday shows appeared on ballots turned in by our executive panel in the Major Market Midday News/Talk Shows category."
WBT Plans 30th Annual Hancock’s Bikes for Kids Drive
“We are hoping that everyone who has helped us through the years will help us again, and we are excited to continue this great tradition for its 30th year.”
Pete Kaliner Was Intimidated By Replacing Rush Limbaugh in the WBT Lineup
":It wasn’t something that I thought about when applying. It was something that I realized the magnitude after I had already agreed to return to WBT."
WBT’s Brett Winterble Show Extended By An Hour
"I am so excited to do this. I want to thank Mark [Garrison] for hosting the show for nine years."
Brett Winterble Signs Extension At WBT
“From the moment I walked into the legendary WBT Radio it felt like home.”
WBT, Former Host John Hancock Collect 800 Bikes For Kids
In just a four-hour span, WBT and WBTV collected 579 bicycles at the studios shared by the two entities.
Charlotte Radio Legend Gerry Vaillancourt Dies at 72
"Vaillancourt died from a heart condition that he was diagnosed with 25 years ago."
WBT’s Brent Winterble Shares Harrowing Plane Crash Story
Two WBTV employees were killed in a helicopter crash near I-77 on Tuesday. The incident claimed the lives of meteorologist Jason Myers and pilot Chip Tayag.
The Value of Live and Local Radio
Barrett News Media was honored to interview two longtime news/talk programmers in WBT's Mike Schaefer in Charlotte and KMBZ's Alan Furst in Kansas City.
WBT Invests Further in Brett Jensen and Mark Garrison
"WBT also inked Jensen and veteran news reporter and host Mark Garrison to long-term deals."