WBTV Employee Directory
Broadcast Media Production and DistributionNorth Carolina, United States201-500 Employees
WBTV is a Charlotte-based television station operating in the broadcast media production and distribution sector. It serves the Charlotte market, part of the country’s 22nd largest designated market area, and produces more than 30 hours of local news each week. The station signed on in 1949 as the Carolinas' first television station and is the oldest in the region between Richmond and Atlanta, having been founded by the Jefferson Standard Insurance Company and later owned and operated by Raycom Media. It broadcasts an analog signal on channel 3 and a digital signal on channel 23 from its Charlotte license. In 2023, WBTV expanded its newsroom with the addition of journalist Nia Harden, reflecting ongoing efforts to strengthen local coverage.