WBTV 10 PM News Changes Channels in Charlotte

WBTV Charlotte is moving the 10 p.m. news it produces from CW affiliate WJZY to MyNetworkTV outlet WMYT. The newscast is being simulcast on both the week of April 9, before being the sole property of WMYT.

WBTV is owned by Raycom, while WJZY and WMYT are owned by Capitol Broadcasting.

The newscast features a "new 30 minute format designed to take advantage of the program's shorter length and faster pace," according to WBTV.

Anchor Molly Grantham, sports anchor Delano Little and meteorologist Eric Thomas continue to present the newscast, which ran on WJZY for almost a decade.

"We commissioned research to tell us how to best serve this community with our news partnership. One of their strategic recommendations was to take advantage of the more news friendly audience available to us on My TV12," said Shawn Harris, VP and GM of WJZY-WMYT.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.