News Channel 5 (WTVF) was founded on August 6, 1954, by The Washington Post Company as WLAC-TV. It was Nashville's first television station and the second in Florida. The idea was to create a dedicated platform for local news and information in the Nashville area. In 1975, the station was sold to the Hobby family of Houston, who changed the call letters to WTVF. Today, News Channel 5 is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, which acquired the station in 2015 as part of a merger with Journal Communications. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, News Channel 5 brings news of all kinds to their local audience, including political updates, weather reports, technology news, sports content, and much more. The station delivers content through traditional television broadcasting, its website, mobile app, and various streaming platforms, serving the entire Middle Tennessee region. **One interesting fact**: News Channel 5 played a significant role in launching the career of a young Oprah Winfrey. In the early 1970s, WLAC-TV (now WTVF) hired Winfrey as a regular news anchor, making her one of the first African-American women to hold such a position in Nashville television.