WBTW

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WBTW
Florence/Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Branding	News13
Slogan	Coverage You Can Count On
Channels	13 (VHF) analog, 56 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS MyNetworkTV (on digital subchannel 13.2)
Owner	Media General
Founded	1954 (on channel 8, moved to channel 13 in the early 1960s)
Former affiliations	ABC (secondary)
Transmitter Power	316 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital)
Website	www.SCNow.com

WBTW, channel 13, is the CBS television affiliate for Myrtle Beach and Florence, South Carolina and parts of southeastern North Carolina. The station is based in Florence, with a second newsroom in Myrtle Beach. Its transmitter is located in Dillon, South Carolina.

The station went on the air in 1954 at channel 8, owned by Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company (now Jefferson-Pilot). It was Jefferson Standard's second television station (behind WBTV in Charlotte), and was named WBTW because W is the next letter in the alphabet after V (although it wasn't a satellite of WBTV). In the early 1960s, WBTW moved to channel 13 and channel 8 was re-allocated to High Point, North Carolina. For many years, it was the only commercial television station between Wilmington, North Carolina and Charleston, South Carolina. Until WPDE signed on in 1980, WBTW aired some ABC programming in addition to what was being offered by CBS as well.

During the time the station was owned by Spartan Communcations in the late 1980's and early 1990's, the station branded itself as the "Best of Two Worlds" playing off the B, T, and W in its call letters.

Today, it is owned by Media General, which also owns the Florence Morning News.

CBS programming was seen in the Wilmington, North Carolina area on WBTW-TV and WNCT-TV in Greenville, North Carolina until low-powered WILM-LP in Wilmington affiliated with CBS in 2000. WBTW-TV and WNCT-TV still serve some parts of the Wilmington market that don't get WILM-LP's signal over the air or on cable.

WBTW produces FOX 43 News at Ten for FOX affiliate WFXB. The CBS and FOX affiliate began a news share agreement in 2004.

WBTW-TV shows News Corporation's new MyNetworkTV on its digital subchannel 13.2 [1].

Contents 1 News Department 1.1 Daily Newscasts 1.2 Notable Personalities 2 External links

[edit] News Department

[edit] Daily Newscasts

MONDAY—FRIDAY

• News13 First Morning (5:30-6AM)
• News13 This Morning (6-8AM)
• News13 at Noon (NOON-12:30PM)
• News13 at 5 (5-5:30PM)
• News13 at 6 (6-6:30PM)
• FOX 43 News at Ten (10-10:35PM, on WFXB)
• News13 at 11 (11-11:35PM)

SATURDAY—SUNDAY

• News13 at 6 (6-6:30PM)

• News13 at 11 (11-11:30PM)

[edit] Notable Personalities

CURRENT PERSONALITIES

• Jody Barr, General Assignment Reporter - Lumberton & Pee Dee Region
• Nicole Boone, 5PM & 6PM Anchor, Count on Health Host
• Patricia Burkett, Weekend Anchor/Producer, General Assignment Reporter - Pee Dee Region
• Michelle Carolla, General Assignment Reporter - Grand Strand, More For Your Money Reporter
• Cecil Chandler, Cecil's World Host
• Lisa Edge, General Assignment Reporter - Grand Strand
• Ric Garni, Sports Director/Weeknight Sports Anchor/Reporter
• Kimberly Gill, Morning & Noon Anchor/Producer
• Ryan Gunn, Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter
• Martha Hunn, 5PM & 11PM Anchor, FutureFocus Correspondent
• Bob Juback, 6PM & 11PM Anchor
• Don Luehrs, Chief Meteorologist
• Elise Olson, General Assignment Reporter - Grand Strand
• Rusty Ray, FOX News at Ten Anchor/News13 Reporter - Pee Dee Region
• Chris Still, Weekend Meteorologist
• Mackenzie Taylor, General Assignment Reporter, Convergence Reporter with Morning News

PAST PERSONALITIES

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• Mitch Davis, Weekend Anchor, Reporter, More For Your Money Reporter 1999-2003. Executive Producer, Myrtle Beach Bureau Chief and fill-in anchor/reporter 2003-2006. Now Daybreak Executive Producer for WSOC-TV Charlotte.

• Dave Williams, Morning Meteorologist December 2003 - November 2006. Now morning meteorologist at WCIV-TV in Charleston, SC.

• Tasha Oxendine, Lumberton NC Bureau Chief/Reporter 1992 - 2005. Currently works as Marketing Director for UNC-Pembroke's Gibbons Performing Arts Center.

• Kim Schumacher, General Assignment Reporter - Grand Strand, 1998 - 2004. Currently reporter for WRIC-TV in Richomond, VA.

• Marci Rubin, General Assignment Reporter 2001-2004. Currently anchor/reporter with News 12 Networks in New York City area.

• Bill Burr, Anchor/Reporter who made two tours of duty with WBTW. Went on to work in the Austin, TX and Greensboro, NC markets. Currently morning anchor at WCSC-TV in Charleston, SC.

[edit] External links

• WBTW TV-13
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WBTW

CBS Network Affiliates in the state of South Carolina
WCSC 5 (Charleston) - WSPA 7 (Spartanburg) - WBTW 13 (Florence) - WLTX 19 (Columbia)
See also: ABC, Fox, NBC, PBS, CW, MyNetworkTV and Other stations in South Carolina