Well, before we go tonight,
the farewell we did not want to
have to give our Fred Shropshire
Fred with his last day here,
his last show with WCNC Charlotte.
We're going to miss him so much.
We want to give you a nice
look back at your time here,
all the hard work that
you've put in and obviously
all the wonderful relationships that
you've made and fostered over the years. So
let's take a look at that.
Fred Shropshire, brand new
to NBC Charlotte. Tonight
we have an inspiring story.
I'm Fred Shropshire.
And I'm Sarah French.
I remember being nervous
to say Shropshire on TV.
There's me. There's Fred.
Fred, Yours is good. Yeah.
We will see the first total solar
eclipse showdown in Super Bowl 50
between the Panthers and Broncos.
We covered Billy Graham's funeral.
You were looking at live images.
I think that was a moment.
We will always remember from the
rival of the dignitaries and world
leaders to the celebration of life,
the world came to Charlotte going
to be a spectacular event.
What does this represent for Charlotte?
Its new 2040 plan.
He's allowed me to learn a little
bit more about not only the city,
but the organizations that do a lot here.
And the ones that that he's involved
with, Charlotte is moving the needle.
I remember the first time we had
to drive down to Charleston.
It was for the church shooting.
That race shouldn't matter.
You should love everybody. Fred
was here no less
than two weeks
and carried that coverage,
part of the healing process,
a continuation of honoring the
victims he was always there for.
The best of times of advice.
Probably one of the nicest, kindest,
most well dressed people I know.
Do you tie a full Windsor or a half Windsor?
I always think of faith and family, man.
Hi Sir. Hey Mom. He's a great dad.
He's a great husband to Marley and
I always loved seeing little Fred.
His son come into the studio and
he would always have him dressed
to the nines with his little suit.
Fred Stropshire was the
very first Father of the Year 2018. Best of
luck to you and your family and
thank you again for being
such a bright light.
I am my life and the lives of
others over the last eight years.
I just wish you the very best
because you are the best.
I'm so excited for your career
to reach even bigger heights.
I only want to see success for you
because you're so good and you're such
a good human being and you deserve it
and we're going to miss you so much.
There's a concerted effort
around here to try to make
me cry before I leave.
Oh my goodness. You deserve it, man.
Thank you. Yeah, Thank you.
We're excited about your new journey.
Thank you. It's been wonderful to be here.
Thank you to our viewers.
Thank you to WCNC Charlotte viewers for pick,
for choosing us and what a
great team that you have. And.
Colin, what a great addition to the team.
Great work is being done here.
You guys are awesome.
Please support local journalism.
Please support WCNC.
Charlotte, I mean,
this is you were doing great work here
and I know that that will not change.
So I'm looking forward to seeing how
things develop here and we're looking
forward to see how things develop with you.
We wish you the best. Thank you.
You will always be family to us.
Thank you. And I feel the same.
It's only one call away, right?
Hey, if you need to think about
the Tar Heels, I know you're used
to having to feed the office,
but you always call me about
hopefully not as much venting
this March as the last and and
and the emotional honey bun
eating. Hey, you know what?
There are a lot of honey
buns that were eating this.
You work it off, you're fine.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Well,
I'll be a stockpile of them left.
I'll try to try to make up for for it.
I yeah. Well, you know you're trying.
You're trying to get me in
trouble before I've been landed.
Philadelphia. Right on record.
Try for them fly Eagles and
know about the Eagle fans.
They are rabid.
Well, we love you and
thank you. We wish you the best.
I love you guys too.
You guys are the best. Thank you.
And thank you. Thank you.