Chuck "Roads" Nealy is the principal person behind the WBT and WBTV traffic reports. He and the other reporters use a studio in a two-story building near the corner of Tyvola and South Blvd. Look for the Monitor 5094 antenna on the roof.
Chuck also has a package delivery business, so the traffic information helps his drivers, while the drivers suppliment his traffic information ... a win-win situation.
MetroNetworks in Charlotte has handled traffic reports for some of the radio stations outside Charlotte in the past, but I'm not sure if they still do. They also offer a news package to radio stations.
Back a few years ago, Metro did handle the traffic reports for WBT. Remember "Jeff Pilot."
Newshound - I hope you removed some of the non-productive frequencies Metro had in their scanners at one time. I visited there a few years ago, and looked through what was programmed in the scanners. There were some input frequencies and channels that are no longer in use that I would have locked out / removed, if asked.
In the past, Metro's private repeater channel was the place to listen to some of Charlotte's professional radio talent when they were really being themselves.
Some of Charlotte's beloved names - Tom Desio, Calvin, Chuck Booser, to name a few - would work the morning or afternoon drivetime for Metro to suppliment their income. They would sometimes seem to forget that they were still talking over the airwaves, and the conversation could be quite entertaining and personal.
I remember one busy traffic afternoon, and Metro had two reporters cruising the roadways around Charlotte. One of the reporters was Tom Desio, and he started into a comedy routine about basketball, and have me laughing the entire ride back to Lancaster County.
Jeff Multer