its production schedule into just one shoot (a Wednesday night videotaping at WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina), and then syndicating the broadcast to several local TV stations throughout the Carolinas and Virginia. In 1981, JCP moved to the WPCQ-TV studios in Charlotte (a station once owned by Ted Turner).

The local shows hosted by announcers like Billy "Big Bill" Ward (from WBTV