was videotaped at Channel 5 studios.1969On June 15th, CBS Television bought "Hee Haw", a summer replacement This was 14 years before any other station.The Mid 60'sThe Nashville Channel 5 News Cast. [38], The team won its second duPont Award in 2010 for an investigation of corruption inside the Davidson County General Sessions Court system and a third duPont in 2012 for its "Policing for Profit" investigation of civil forfeiture abuses. In 1978, Marin was hired by the NBC owned and operated station, WMAQ-TV, in Chicago, where she worked for almost two decades.On May 1, 1997, she resigned her position as 6 and 10 p.m. news anchor in protest of the station's decision to give Jerry Springer a commentary, Zachariah Daniel Miller III (September 30, 1941 April 8, 2009), commonly known as Dan Miller, was an American television personality who grew up in Augusta, Georgia. During the 1970s and 1980s, the station used the Eyewitness News moniker for its newscasts. [2] However, the deal was called off due to the economic crisis of 2008 as Bonten informed Landmark that it could not close on the purchase after its key financial backer for that purchase, Lehman Brothers, filed for what remains the largest bankruptcy in American history. NewsChannel 5+ was introduced and launched in September 1996 as an all-news and information cable-only channel for the Nashville area. "I respected him, I loved him, he was a man of integrity. Carrie Sharp is an American Emmy-award-winning journalist currently working at WTVF News channel in Nashville, Tennessee as a news anchor and reporter. Carrie Sharp is an American Emmy-award-winning journalist currently working at WTVF News channel in Nashville, Tennessee as a news anchor and reporter. tower in Tennessee .August 22, 1954WLAC-TV aired its first color telecast when CBS aired The Ed Sullivan Show Bill Haslam's administration. Steve Hayslip: What happened to NewsChannel 5 morning show anchor after [21] WTVF began simulcasting any of the Tennessee Titans' TNF appearances in the late half of the season, beginning with the Tennessee Titans-Jacksonville Jaguars game on Thursday, November 19, 2015. The VHF channel 5 was converted to a fill-in translator to serve the far fringes of the station's viewing area.[46][47][48]. Joe Birch marked his 40th year at Action News 5 in 2018.