WBTV
WBTV serves the Charlotte, North Carolina market, the country's 22nd largest DMA. WBTV News produces 30+ hours of local news programming each week. WBTV signed on in 1949 as the Carolinas' first television station and is the oldest station between Richmond and Atlanta. Founded by Jefferson Standard Insurance Company of Greensboro (predecessor of Jefferson-Pilot), it is now owned and operated by Raycom Media of Montgomery, Alabama. The station is licensed in Charlotte and broadcasts through an analog signal on channel 3 and through a digital signal on channel 23. WBTV has pioneered TV programming in Charlotte during the past 60+ years. It was the first to show a live network program (a football game between Notre Dame and North Carolina), the first to use videotape, the first to air a local live color program, the first to mount a live camera in a NASCAR stock car, the first to broadcast in stereo sound and the first to debut closed captioning on its nightly newscasts.www.wbtv.com
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Oct 16, 2026
Brian BaltashevitzHOST
The Panthers' game at Philly is Sunday at 1:00 PM.
Brian BaltashevitzHOST
You'll be able to see it on WBTV here in Charlotte.
Brian BaltashevitzHOST
As for the still winless 49ers, they are also in the City of Brotherly Love this weekend on Saturday at Temple.
Brian BaltashevitzHOST
Game time is 1:00 PM.
John WardleHOST
Meantime, North Carolina.
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Sources confirm to the WBTV Investigates team the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating more than half a dozen officers after a thread of racis- racist text messages was discovered between those officers.
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Sources tell us the text thread includes messages about competing to see who could arrest the most Black residents.
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WBTV investigative reporter David Hodges is breaking this news for us tonight.
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He joins us live in studio with more details.
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David?
FloHOST
Check this out.
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Several sources confirm to the WBTV Investigates team the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating more than half a dozen officers after a threat of racist text messages was discovered between those officers.
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Sources tell us the text threat includes messages about competing to see who could arrest the most black residents.
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WBTV investigative reporter David Hodges is breaking this news for us tonight.
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He joins us live in studio with more details.
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David.
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TV following multiple breaking news stories tonight at 6:00, guilty verdicts and police officers under investigation.
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Several sources confirm to the WBTV Investigates team the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating more than half a dozen officers after a thread of racist, racist text messages was discovered between those officers.
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Sources tell us the text thread includes messages about competing to see who could arrest the most Black residents.
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WBTV investigative reporter David Hodges is breaking this news for us tonight.
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He joins us live in studio with more details.
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David?
Tony KatzHOST
I am not with you there.
Tony KatzHOST
This is WBTV.
Tony KatzHOST
This is Charlotte.
Tony KatzHOST
And
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The biggest among them is flock safety.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department doesn't own any flock cameras, but you can still find them around the county, including at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where the campus police department has a contract with the company.
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Yes, so before you leave the house, stop what you're doing for a moment and see what WBTV investigative reporter David Hodges discovered regarding how these cameras are actually being used and who is using them.
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David, a lot of people think, hey, that's supposed to just be for law enforcement, right?
Tony KatzHOST
I am not with you there.
Tony KatzHOST
This is WBTV.
Tony KatzHOST
This is Charlotte.
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And this is the report.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department doesn't own any flock cameras, but you can still find them around the county, including at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where the campus police department has a contract with the company.
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Yes.
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So before you leave the house, stop what you're doing for a moment and see what WBTV investigative reporter David Hodges discovered regarding how these cameras are actually being used and who is using them.
speaker_3CORRESPONDENT
David, a lot of people think, hey, that's supposed to just be for law enforcement, right?
Tony KatzHOST
I am not with you there.
Tony KatzHOST
This is WBTV.
Tony KatzHOST
This is Charlotte.
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And this is the report.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department doesn't own any flock cameras, but you can still find them around the county, including at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where the campus police department has a contract with the company.
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Yes.
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So before you leave the house, stop what you're doing for a moment and see what WBTV investigative reporter David Hodges discovered regarding how these cameras are actually being used and who is using them.
speaker_4NARRATOR
David, a lot of people think, hey, that's supposed to just be for law enforcement, right?
Pete DominickHOST
Uh, this is news from North Carolina that you're not gonna like, but I, uh, wanna share it so we can't act in denial about police all over, all the time, not a few bad apples.
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Several sources confirm to the WBTV Investigates team the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating more than half a dozen officers after a thread of racis-racist text messages was discovered between those officers.
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Sources tell us the text thread includes messages about competing to see who could arrest the most Black residents.
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WBTV investigative reporter David Hodges is breaking this news for us tonight.
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He joins us live in studio with more details.
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David?
Pete DominickHOST
Uh, this is news from North Carolina that you're not gonna like, but I, uh, wanna share it so we can't act in denial about police all over, all the time, not a few bad apples.
David HodgesCORRESPONDENT
Several sources confirm to the WBTV Investigates team the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating more than half a dozen officers after a thread of racis- racist text messages was discovered between those officers.
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Sources tell us the text thread includes messages about competing to see who could arrest the most Black residents.
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WBTV investigative reporter David Hodges is breaking this news for us tonight.
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He joins us live in studio with more details.
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David?
Rashad RicheyHOST
Um, here we go.
Rashad RicheyHOST
Uh, the content of the text, according to sources who spoke to WBTV, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Rashad RicheyHOST
The only reason these cops have been exposed is, for one reason in particular, the department was investigating an officer who misused Flock.
Rashad RicheyHOST
Because of that cop misusing Flock, they found a bunch of racism.
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