WBRC 6 News is a Fox-affiliate news channel operating at Virtual CH 6 and providing services to Birmingham/Anniston/Tuscaloosa, Alabama. As a licensee of Birmingham-Alabama, the network works under the ownership of Gray Television. Fox 6 News Birmingham AL is the extensive and most trusted source of local news, WBRC Weather, national news, local coverage, sports, entertainment and much more. Meanwhile, the channel also offers several community-related services such as Absolutely Alabama, Magic City Weekend, Heart of Alabama, Gifts for Kids Angel Tree, Rising Star and Open for Business. Fox 6 Weather Birmingham Alabama features Sky Vision, How to Program Weather Radio, WBRC Weather Radar, iHeart Radio Stations, Hurricane Central and Behind the Front. Access the WBRC 6 News coverage over your local cable service, over-the-air or online via WBRC live stream. The station uses a branding “WBRC Fox 6 News” and catchphrase “6 on Your side” for the newscast.
“Homicide Maps” by WBRC 6 News pinpoints the homicides that occurred in North Central over the year. The map includes several counties such as Blunt, Bibb, Clay, Etowah, Hale and others. Its “First Alert Severe Weather Policy” delivers the proper public safety protocols to the community until the danger fades away. It includes providing a continuous coverage frequently while interrupting the regular transmission. Every year, WBRC News introduces a “Gifts for Kids Angel Tree” program in association with Salvation Army. The program’s mission is to deliver gifts to the foster kids during Christmas, so that they also can enjoy the event to their fullest.
Watch WBRC 6 News Live Stream
Watch the Fox6 Breaking News Birmingham Al, WBRC Weather, sports and entertainment content related to Birmingham and its surrounding regions, together with community stories via WBRC live stream. Audience can also enjoy investigative journalism, political discussion, latest videos, Election Results, Central Alabama News, First Alert weather reports and educational stuff. Scroll down and click the play button, don’t be hasty and wait for the stream to load and enjoy the HD streaming service of WBRC News.
The studios facility of WBRC News is situated on the top of Red Mountain, in between Valley View Drive and Vulcan Trail, towards the southeastern side of Birmingham. Meanwhile, the network’s antenna is located in the same place. Channel 6 News Birmingham Alabama shares the transmitter building with KIH54, a local NOAA Weather Radio network. On Cable, viewers can get the station’s programming at CH 7 on Charter Spectrum and CH 6 on AT&T U-verse & Comcast Xfinity.
General Queries by WBRC 6 News Audience
Viewers often ask these questions related the station’s general information, news anchors and weather personalities.
About WBRC TV
WBRC 6 News first hit the air on 1 July 1949 under the calls WBRC at Virtual CH 4. The station’s original owner was Birmingham Broadcasting Company, owned by Eliose D. Hanna; it also happened to co-own a radio network WBRC Radio. WBRC News was maybe the first TV network to succeed in getting a license by FCC, but it was the second oldest TV media in Alabama state, launching the services just one month later to WAFM-TV CH 12. From 1949 to 1954, the station remained a primary NBC affiliate partner but then moved to CBS after NBC closed the gates for WRBC News.
Present State of the Channel
Presently, the station operates under the affiliation of Fox network as Fox6 News Birmingham and uses the name Gray Television. Meanwhile, it telecasts 64.5 hours of locally produced news transmission ever week. Not to mention, the four mainly news-devoted programs with the maximum local newscast output in Alabama region. Meanwhile, the network also produced a high school football show “Fox 6 sideline” that premiered as an ABC affiliate in September 1989.
Fox6 News Birmingham live features a program rising star under the sponsorship of AmFirst, America’s First Credit Union. It spotlights star students from the local high schools in Central Alabama. Only the school’s teacher, counselor or principle can nominate the students and they should meet the required criteria set by the program. The candidates should be an excellent student who serves the community, maintains a 3 or above GPA and takes part in extracurricular activities. Every week, they announce thirty winners in the program and feature them in WBRC 6 News. The selected students then participate in one of the 5000 dollars scholarships presented by First Credit Union.
LawCall Show by WBRC News
WBRC LawCall is a live, thirty-minute, weekly call-in program. The show presents the personal injury attorneys of Farris, Riley and Pitt LLP. Moreover, it also features guest attorneys from around the central Alabama state, who are available to answer any of your queries on several legal topics every week.
The show receives the calls LIVE from the audience every Sunday at 10:30 pm. The show’s call-in segments are indorsed by Farris, Riley & Pitt, LLP.
Farris, Riley and Pitt recons the consequences and drastic effects a major injury can bring on a person’s life. Crippling and Incapacitating injuries can not only put your life in misery but your family’s as well. Medical coasts and hospital bills could be devastated for you; therefore, you need help a legal help in this regard. Hence, the only option you are left with is to take consultant from LawCall.
WBRC TV News Fox6 Birmingham Mobile App
With the catchphrase “6 on your side”, WBRC 6 News Mobile App provides everything related to the north and central Alabama. User can access the WBRC NEWS content on this app easily by navigating through the friendly user-interface. It covers the following cities: Birmingham, Anniston, Tuscaloosa, Hoover and Gadsden.
Features by WBRC News App:
- Live WBRC Breaking News and top stories
- Notifications for headlines
- Storm Tracking
- Live Radar
- School Closings
- Sports
- Video
- WBRC live stream
- And much more.
The network’s separate WBRC weather app features exclusive weather services just for the sake of Alabama community. It gives the detailed information of radar, forecasting, Satellite images, Push alert notification service, GPS System and frequent weather updates.
WBRC 6 News Team
Channel 6 News Birmingham Alabama has one of the finest news team containing the proficient and skilled news anchors, reporters and investigative journalists. Be the first to know the news as soon as it breaks in the area. The channel’s team earned a reputation as the “most accurate” news squad because of their excellence and distinctiveness. They always introduce something new and innovative to the public. Their reporting skill shas earned several awards. Mike Dubberly, Alan Collins, Randi Hildreth and Casey Fambro are one of the few talented personalities at WBRC 6 News.
Casey Fambro: A Competent Reporter at Channel 6 News Birmingham Alabama
Casey Fambro is serving the Fox6 News Birmingham since April 2020 as a multi-media journalist and reporter. She has been doing reporting job for around 10 years now. Casey started her career first as a print journalist and then eventually switched to broadcast journalism. She mostly covers local government, educational matters and have a special liking towards military and law enforcement stories.
Fambro completed the degree in BA Communications & Media Studies from University of South Alabama in 2013. However, she started earning a living in 2009 as an associate in Booksamillion. In 2011, Casey became a Public Relations Intern at University of South Alabama. After completing the internship, she became Opinion Editor and Editor in Chief at The Vanguard Student Newspaper in May 2011. In April 2013, she started working as a journalist in AL.com; it was the time she decided to pursue her career in journalism.
In February 2016, Casey joined WKRG-TV as a journalist and worked there for around 1.5 years. After that, she got an offer from Lake Norman Citizen for the position of Editorial Associate in July 2017. It didn’t take her long to quit that place too and by the March 2018, she already had joined WPMI News as a reporter. In May 2017, Fambro made her way into Short Track Scene as a Contributor before getting a job as a reporter or MMJ in Fox 6 News Birmingham AL.
Jonathan Hardison: A Qualified Anchor/Investigative Journalist at WBRC News
Jonathan Hardison is a skilled reporter and investigative journalist at Fox 6 Birmingham live serving as a lead anchor at WBRC Fox6 News Live at 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm and 10pm. Before that, he used to work at TV channels in Kentucky, Bowling Green, Indiana and Evansillle. Hadison has been named for several Emmy awards, claimed many Associated Press Awards & Alabama Broadcasters Associations Awards and hosted different Emmy award-winning newscasts.
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Hardison did a graduation from Lipscomb University in BS Organizational Communications, in 2003. Although, he started working as a news anchor at WSM-AM in 2001, while still continuing the University. In May 2003, he became anchor at WBKO-TV. Later, he joined 14 WFIE as a Fill-in Anchor and reporter in September 2005. Ultimately, Jonathan became anchor/reporter at WBRC Birmingham in October 2007 and since then has been serving the channel as a passionate news personality.
WBRC First Alert Weather Team
Fox 6 News Birmingham AL has a resourceful material and information on weather backed by the state’s one of the competent weather team “WBRC Fox 6 Weather Team” aka “First Alert Weather Team”. The team comprises of total 6 members including the chief meteorologist J-P Dice. Matt Daniel and Mickey Ferguson are the lead FOX 6 Birmingham weather anchors at WBRC Fox 6 News.
WBRC TV Schedule
WBRC Fox6 presents number of exciting TV programs ranging from political discussion to thriller TV series and entertaining sitcoms. Watch these shows over different online streaming services via WBRC live stream.
| NEXT | WBRC Fox6 News | The King of Queens | Black-ish |
| TMZ | Access Hollywood | Inside Edition | Right this Minute |
| Good Day Alabama | Daily Blast Live | The Rachel Ray Show | Live with Kelly and Ryan |
| Judge Judy | Divorce Court | TMZ Live | I Cans See Your Voice |
| Prodigal Son | The Resident | Country Boy Eddie: Christmas on the Farm | Absolutely Alabama Christmas Special |
| Fox College Hoops Tips-Off | More than Conquerors | NFL Post-game Show | NCAA Basketball |
| A Good Day Christmas | WWE Smackdown | Biz kid$ | Animal Rescue |
| Dragonfly TV | Elizabeth Stanton’s Great Big World | CarCass | Just for Laughs: Gags |
| Fox Winter Preview Special | Investigate TV: Helpless: Patients at Risk | Boxing | Opry |
| Cosmos: Possible Worlds | Truck Tech | Absolutely Alabama | Joel Osteen |
| Fox NFL Sunday | The OT | NFL Football | Freedom Financial |
Website: https://www.wbrc.com/
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Tower Location: atop Red Mountain
Brand Name: WBRC Fox 6
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