General Electric pared down its broadcasting holdings during the early 1980s (possibly in preparation for its purchase of then-NBC parent company RCA in late 1985), selling WNGE to Knight Ridder Newspapers in 1983. Kennedy, for $25 million, but the deal apparently fell through due to a lack of Federal Communications Commission approval. In 1979, General Electric almost filed to sell WNGE to Nashville Television Inc., a subsidiary of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company during a proposed General Electric merger with Cox Broadcasting, with its new group being led by president William J. This was only the third facility swap in American television history. At the same time, even though General Electric still owned WSIX-AM-FM, WSIX-TV's call letters were changed to WNGE (for Nashville General Electric).
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The swap occurred on December 11, 1973, at 9 p.m., in the middle of prime time programming, between that night's Movie of the Week, The Cat Creature, and Marcus Welby, M.D. GE participated in the channel trade because the analog channel 2 facility was better suited for a network affiliate as opposed to a non-commercial educational station. In 1973, GE agreed to a deal with Nashville's PBS member station, WDCN-TV (now WNPT), then on channel 2, to swap frequencies. The Draughons sold the WSIX stations to General Electric in 1966. WSIX-TV was also hampered by a weaker network affiliation (ABC was not truly competitive with CBS and NBC until well into the 1970s). Part of the problem was a weak signal, as its transmitter was short-spaced to channel 8 in Atlanta – occupied first by WSB-TV (currently occupied by WGTV). WSIX-TV, however, did not have much luck against WSM-TV and WLAC-TV. The current WKRN studio facility is where the Wilburn Brothers' television program was produced during the 1960s and 1970s (however, WSM-TV had the rights to air the show in the Nashville market). In 1961, WSIX-AM- FM-TV moved to a new studio located at 441 Murfreesboro Road, where the television station remains located today. The station's original studio facilities were located on Old Hickory Boulevard, south of Nashville at the station's transmitter site. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network. Originally a CBS affiliate that shared the ABC affiliation with WSM-TV (channel 4, now WSMV), it became a full-time ABC affiliate after only one year when WLAC-TV (channel 5, now WTVF) signed on and took the CBS affiliation due to WLAC radio's long history as a CBS radio affiliate.
The "638" was the auto supply business' mailing address and did not allude to the assigned frequency for the radio station, nor would it for the television station. Initially licensed to nearby Springfield, WSIX radio was launched on January 7, 1927, and based in the Draughon brothers' 638 Tire and Vulcanizing Company auto supply business in downtown Springfield. WSIX-TV was originally licensed to WSIX, Inc., which was owned by Louis and Jack Draughon, along with WSIX (980 AM).
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Afternoon highs will reflect the clouds and rain and hold in the mid 80s, lows will fall into the upper 60s.īe sure to download the WREG Weather App.The station first signed on the air on November 29, 1953, as WSIX-TV, broadcasting on VHF channel 8 it was the second television station in Nashville.
Next week brings about an unsettled weather pattern. Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Chance of precipitation is 30%.Īs the cold front pushes through the MidSouth Sunday, showers and thunderstorms will become more widespread.
Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a chance of showers between 1am and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. This afternoon: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 2pm and 5pm. The cold front looks to enter the News Channel 3 viewing area early then stall over us. A few isolated and scattered showers and storms may develop in closer proximity to this boundary. Here’s the setup: There is a cold front moving out of the Midwest in our direction AND at the same time a warm front in the process of lifting north out of Mississippi. Most will decrease after 7:30 PM, but I cannot rule out a stray scattered storm or two this evening/overnight. Scattered showers and isolated storms are dotting Storm Tracker 3S Radar, and will continue through sunset.
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