He was inducted into the Alabama Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2009. Leave a memory or share a photo or video below to show your support. WBRC is a Raycom sister station to WSFA, and is located in Birmingham.. He was preceded in death by his parents Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Alabama Associated Press Broadcasters Association, Tuscaloosa County Tuberculosis Association, Alabama Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame, https://www.bhamwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Joe_Langston&oldid=114212, Harvey, Alec (June 21, 2014) "Longtime Birmingham TV news anchor Joe Langston dies at 82. By Mark Joyellaon Aug. 14, 2014 - 11:17 AM, By Mark Joyellaon Aug. 14, 2014 - 10:29 AM, By Mark Joyellaon Aug. 14, 2014 - 9:56 AM, By Merrill Knoxon Aug. 13, 2014 - 1:34 PM, By Mark Joyellaon Aug. 13, 2014 - 12:38 PM, Multimedia Marketing CoordinatorRosendinSterling, Virginia, Account DirectorFuture Today Inc.Los Angeles, California, Account DirectorFuture Today Inc.New York, New York, Strategic PlannerSuccessful AD Partnership, LLCRemote, Remote, Sr. Digital Connections (Media) PlannerSuccessful AD Partnership, LLCRemote, Remote. Send a note, share a story or upload a photo. Following graduation, he joined the Army and served two years in Special Warfare at Fort Bragg, NC. [40] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 6. "He was the best newsman I ever knew, always a stickler for using the right words. 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. [24][25][26][27] The sale was approved on December 20 and completed on January 2, 2019. Copyright 2014 WBRC. Chandler remembered Langston being relaxed and approachable during his years at Jacksonville State. Bell called Langston a friend and a big brother. [28][29], In May 2011, WBRC launched a digital subchannel on virtual channel 6.2, which initially carried a standard definition simulcast of the station's main channel. He graduated from the University in 1954. Joe was born in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1954. He graduated and soon after went on to join the army. 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. We are remembering Birmingham broadcaster Joe Langston, this morning. The station launched a full-scale news department in 1952, when it began operating from the former studios of the original WBRC-FM. Storer may have used his leverage to secure a primary CBS affiliation for WBRC-TV, which joined the network on July 4, 1954. According to . During his years in television, he received every major award from the Associated Press and United Press International Broadcasters Association. Joe Langston, whose voice was a signature of Alabama broadcasting news for three decades, died early today. ABC had very few full-time affiliates south of Washington, D.C. at the time, but now it had the full benefit of one of the South's strongest signals, best antenna locations and largest coverage areas. [35] In July 2008, the station announced that James-Paul Dice a former meteorologist at CBS affiliate WHNT-TV in Huntsville would replace Neal as chief meteorologist. (Times Mirror Co. to sell four stations to Argyle Communications Inc.)", "Argyle socks away profit. In the late 70s Pat Gray continued her career in Florida. On May 23, 1994, New World signed an affiliation agreement with Fox to switch twelve television stations six that New World had already owned and eight that the company was in the process of acquiring through the Argyle and Citicasters deals, including WBRC to the network, in exchange for the latter's then-parent company News Corporation purchasing a 20% equity stake in New World; the stations would become Fox affiliates once their affiliation contracts with existing network partners expired (with the first stations involved in the deal switching to the network in September 1994). Main Menu. Langston started at Birminghams WBRC in 1963 as the first reporter/anchor hired at the station. . 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. Refine Your Search Results. The company estimates that only about 20% of orders will be affected. He also served on the boards of the Tuscaloosa County Tuberculosis Association, the Alabama Arthritis Foundation, and the Alabama Multiple Sclerosis Society, and served as a deacon for Mountain Brook Baptist Church. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NBC programming subsequently moved to channel 13 (by then, using the call sign WABT); both stations, however, retained a secondary affiliation with ABC. He eventually would become the station's director of news and editorial policy. WBRC also runs off-network syndicated sitcoms, talk shows, reality shows and court shows. New England One reports, she will join the station as weekend evening meteorologist. We used to play jokes on one another, do silly things. However, Taft had very good relations with ABC. It was originally owned by the Birmingham Broadcasting Company, run by Eloise D. Hanna, along with WBRC radio. Langston of Live Oak, Florida and his brother Dr. James H. Langston of Fort Walton Beach. WBRC: Birthday Party(with Joe Langston) WBRC: Bozo the Clown(Bart Darby, Ward McIntyre) WBRC: The Bugs Bunny Show(with Benny Carle) WTTO, WDBB: Cartoon Clubhouse(with Cliff Holman) WVTM-TV, WABT: Channel 13 Theatre(Bill Wright) WBRC: Circle Six Ranch(with Benny Carle) WIAT, WBMG: The Dick Tracy Show(with Neal Miller) Joe Langston of WBRC-TV/Channel 6 was a signature voice in Birmingham broadcasting. [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. 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. Former WBRC news photographer Bill Bowen said ten minutes before news time, Langston tried to teach him how to brew coffee. I An error has occurred, please try again later. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your California Privacy Rights (User Agreement updated 1/1/21. 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. Channel 6 also launched a prime time newscast at 9:00p.m. to compensate for the lack of prime time programming provided by Fox during that hour; however, it filled the 9:30p.m. half-hour with syndicated programs (originally reruns of Seinfeld, then from 1997 afterward, Jeopardy!) "There's the Joe Langston you got on the air, serious, sometimes stern," JSU assistant professor Jerry Chandler recalled. Langston started at Birmingham's WBRC in 1963 as the first . AAA says the average price of a gallon of regular in Alabama is $3.48. Langston's voice could be heard narrating that video, and he even appeared on camera for part of it. He also appeared on the Tom York Morning Show. Langston, longtime WBRC-TV anchor and reporter, died Friday at the age of 82. (New World Communications Group Inc. acquires Argyle Television Holdings)", "Fox Gains 12 Stations in New World Deal", "Fox et al. He retired from his post as Chairman of the Department in 1998. Unusual for a commercial broadcaster, Storer supported educational television, and the company donated two transmitters and frequencies in the Birmingham market (channels 7 and 10, which were respectively occupied by WCIQ and WBIQ when both stations signed on in 1955) to Alabama Educational Television (now Alabama Public Television). Related To Iris Langston, Serena Langston, Cari Langston. WBRC became the first television station to broadcast the United Cerebral Palsy Telethon, an event to raise money for the cerebral palsy research organization that premiered in 1949; it was from WBRC that the event emerged into national prominence, with national celebrities even making appearances on the telecast. Thanks for watching Fox6 WBRC. ", "Joe Leonard Langston Sr." obituary (June 21, 2014). And the kids just ate that up," Hathcock said. 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. I highly recommend Joe. 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. He joined the Jacksonville State University Department of Communication and retired from there as chairman of the department in 1998. Editor Phone: 301-773-0058. The concurrent move of the ABC affiliation to W58CK and its satellites also led to the CBS affiliation for the Anniston-Gadsden market to move to WNAL-TV (channel 44, now Ion Television owned-and-operated station WPXH-TV), which along with WTTO and its Tuscaloosa satellite WDBB (channel 17) lost its Fox affiliation to WBRC. Inside the bag was an urn containing the ashes of the her son who lived only two hours after he was born. M. D. Smith III is also named a remote general manager of WAAY-TV from Birmingham. WBRC is a more news-intensive Fox station with 45 hours a week of locally-produced newscasts, as well as first-run prime time, sports and Saturday late night programming from Fox. This page was last modified on 12 April 2015, at 15:00. The Dignity Memorial brand name is used to identify a network of licensed funeral, cremation and cemetery providers that include affiliates of Service Corporation International, 1929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas. The search was called off sunday because the weather. 1 network nationwide by the late 1970s, because of WBRC's status as central Alabama's dominant station. He began his broadcasting career in 1950 while a student at the University of Alabama. With the switch to Fox, WBRC became one of only a few television stations in the United States to have maintained primary affiliations with all of the Big Three networks, and the only one in the country to have had primary affiliations with all four current major networks; it also became the first network-owned commercial television station in the state of Alabama. [11] Although the network's Birmingham charter affiliate, WTTO (channel 21), was one of Fox's strongest affiliates at the time, the network found the chance to align with WBRC too much to resist because of its longstanding ratings dominance in the market. He began as a reporter and worked his way up to news anchor, and in 1969 was named Director of News and Editorial Policy. This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. Former WBRC Sports Director Herb Winches referred to Langston as his mentor. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Alabama broadcasting pioneer, Pat Gray, has died. He was 82. In 2009, WBRC became a founding member station of the Raycom News Network, a service created to allow the sharing of news resources among the four Raycom-owned television stations that serve Alabama including NBC affiliate WSFA in Montgomery, NBC affiliate WAFF in Huntsville and ABC affiliate WTVM in Columbus, Georgia (the latter of which includes a portion of eastern Alabama in its service area) which combined, cover almost half of Alabama's population. Funeral held for Birmingham broadcast legend Joe Langston, Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley report to prison. 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). He had a great sense of humor.. 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. We are also following a developing story in east Alabama. In a follow-up interview with AL.com this evening, Royer said he has a standard six-month non-compete clause in his contract with NBC 13, but he won't rule out the opportunity to come back at another station in the Birmingham market after those six months expire in mid-December. Veteran WBRC anchor Joe Langston died Saturday. Joe Langston joined WBRC in 1963. 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. WBRC: Birthday Party (with Joe Langston) WBRC: Bozo the Clown (Bart Darby, Ward McIntyre) WBRC: The Bugs Bunny Show (with Benny Carle) WTTO, WDBB: 'Cartoon Clubhouse (with Cliff Holman) WVTM-TV, WABT: Channel 13 Theatre (Bill Wright) WBRC: Circle Six Ranch (with Benny Carle) WIAT, WBMG: The Dick Tracy Show (with Neal Miller) 6 On Your Side Investigates. Joe Langston, an award-winning Birmingham television journalist whose career spanned more than 30 years, died Friday at the age of 82. . 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. He retired from WBRC in 1987 to work at Jacksonville State University. In lieu of flowers the family suggest that donations be given to Mountain Brook Baptist Church. After his discharge he took a job as station manager of WNPT-AM in Northport. "We had a lot of fun. WBRC Fox 6 Chief Meteorologist JP Dice discusses his decision to leave Fox 6 and his plan for the future. The second best result is Joe Judy Langston age 60s in Aurora, IL in the Tomcat 4th Ward neighborhood. Most people, though, knew him as the station's news anchor, delivering the nightly news with an array of cohorts that included Mike Royer, Herb Winches, Pat Gray and others. Joe Langston Found 214 people in Texas, Florida and 37 other states. Langston had a brief stint at Channel 13 before returning to Channel 6, where he retired in 1987. [22] Raycom which is controlled by the Retirement Systems of Alabama is headquartered in Montgomery (the market to the adjacent south of the Birmingham DMA), and also owns that market's NBC affiliate WSFA as well as Huntsville NBC affiliate WAFF. Good morning everyone. In 1957, Storer sold the WBRC stations to Radio Cincinnati Inc., the forerunner of what would become Taft Broadcasting, for $2.3million. WBRC cemented viewer allegiances by carrying a heavy schedule of local programs during the 1960s and 1970s, most notably two long-running morning shows. He began his broadcasting career in 1950 while a student at the University of Alabama. Copyright 2014WBRC. Langston's funeral will take place at 2 p.m. on Monday at Mountain Brook Baptist Church. All rights reserved (About Us). Over time, Burns added novelty acts to the show's format and did most of the commercials himself in the studio live. Langston died at the age of 82 over the weekend. 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. 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. This is a return to WKRC for Benter, who interned in the newsroom while working on her degree from the University of Cincinnati. Instead, Bowen accidentally splattered Langston's jacket with water. While it may have been out of place in most of Storer's other markets (many of which were located outside of the Southern United States), it was a perfect fit for Birmingham. The station operated its digital transmission facilities under special temporary authorization at a lower effective radiated power until October 2009, when its transmitter was upgraded to full power at 1 megawatt at a position on the tower at 373 meters (1,224ft). Also known as Joseph L Langston, Joseph Langsto, J L Langston. Color did not matter. 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. Tim Hollis documented about 1,400 local children's shows in a 2002 book called Hi There, Boys and Girls! This type of programming began in the late 1940's and continued into the 1970s. Langston, a well-known and respected journalist, died early Saturday morning. 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