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[citation needed] Woman's World was included in the Mobile Chamber of Commerce article celebrating WKRG's 50th anniversary, where it was listed as one of the TV station's favorite shows from the channel's early days of broadcast. [5] Notable guests on the program included well-known celebrities, such as Michael Landon. [6]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. CBS affiliate in Mobile, Alabama WKRG-TV Mobile, Alabama Pensacola, Florida United States Channels Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 5 Branding WKRG 5; WKRG News 5 Programming Affiliations 5.1: CBS for others, see § Subchannels Ownership Owner Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Media Inc.) Sister ...
Estella Payton sometimes Estelle Payton (August 17, 1904 – December 16, 1999 [1]) was a co-star on the Woman's World cooking show that aired on WKRG-TV in Mobile, Alabama for decades. Payton, an African American woman, appeared with Connie Bea Hope , a white woman, on the show starting in 1956.
Kenneth R. Giddens (September 10, 1908 – May 7, 1993) was an architect and movie theater owner, but most notably the broadcaster who put two radio stations and one television station based in Mobile, Alabama on the air, all at one point in time bearing the call sign WKRG (only the TV station still has that callsign today).
The Gulf Coast Congressional Report, or Congressional Report, is a public service television program broadcast by WKRG-TV in Mobile, Alabama from 1973 to 2006. Originally hosted by Representatives from the three congressional districts within the reach of WKRG's signal, the commercial-free talk show gave viewers a local perspective of Washington, D.C., and the central Gulf Coast from their ...
WNTM (710 AM) is a talk radio station based in Mobile, Alabama. The station calls itself "News Radio 710." WNTM is owned by San Antonio-based iHeartMedia and the broadcast license is held by iHM Licenses, LLC. Its studios are located in the same building as Channel 5 WKRG-TV on Broadcast Drive in Mobile, and the transmitter is just north of ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mel Showers, a legendary News 5 anchor who broke racial barriers and worked almost 50 years at WKRG-TV, has died. He was 78. “The family at this time requests privacy and ...
Showers was born on the north side of Mobile, Alabama in 1946. After graduating high school, he joined the United States Air Force, where he served as a Military Intelligence Analyst in the Far East, Middle East, and other territories. He joined the team at local television station WKRG-TV in 1969, working part-time.