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.