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He’s been described by The Wall Street Journal as the “Oprah Winfrey of college football” and by the Huntsville (Ala.) Times as “the most influential sports-talk personality in the Southeast.”

Balderas, who anchored the station’s 10 p.m. newscast with Morgan Fogarty, was fired Monday with about six months left on his contract and a week left in the May sweeps period.

A month from now, you can expect intensive marketing blasts from WCCB (Channel 18) and WJZY (Channel 46) as the stations prepare for the first affiliation switch in Charlotte in 35 years.

Plans for a Spanish TV station in Charlotte are moving ahead.

Sweetheart deals for Hollywood are a dicey business.

“I’m a crazy over-achiever,” she says.

Losing Fox affiliation means station will draw weekday prime-time programming from weakest network

In hourlong show Thursday, WSOC aims to connect parents and students to solutions for the long-time social issue.

If you don’t believe in coincidence, you should skip this.

WBTV’s Rubertino helps revive vendor at softball match.

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Mark Washburn
Mark Washburn writes television and radio commentary for The Charlotte Observer.