On May 26, 2011, WSMV debuted an hour-long 4 p.m. newscast, serving as a replacement for The Oprah Winfrey Show, which ended its 25-year run the day before; this came on the heels of the expansion of other non-news local programming such as More at Midday and Better Nashville, indicating a decreased reliance on syndicated programming. During the 1990s, Kalodimos' annual salary was over $226,000. Professional Background CheckInformation on professionals, their work history and resumes. [3] In 1974, NL&AI reorganized itself as a holding company, NLT Corporation, with the WSM stations (by then including a new WSM-FM at 95.5) as a major subsidiary. WSMV-DT4 is the Oxygen-affiliated fourth digital subchannel of WSMV-TV, broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen standard definition on channel 4.4. We are unapologetic in our dedication to informing the public and unafraid to call out those who are more focused on profits than peoples safety. [32], In 1974, Bill Hall joined the staff as a weather reporter and morning news anchor. [43] The Glasgow Electric Plant Board also still carried WSMV and its associated subchannels on their lineup until late 2017 when WNKY claimed market exclusivity on that system in terms of NBC and CBS affiliates. She was very good for us. Parent company Meredith Corporation was sued in Nashville. The sixth subchannel for WSMV was launched in September 2022. For most of the last two decades, WSMV has been a solid runner-up to WTVF in the Nashville ratings. Long-time sports anchor Rudy Kalis announced his retirement in August, just days before Channel 4 fired the actor who. The archive of his video chronicles offers an enhanced understanding of the history, culture, and people of California. This caused the tower to collapse, which took the lives of several people. The Tennessean reports no details were revealed about the settlement between WSMV-TV and former anchor Jennifer Johnson, ex-meteorologist Nancy Van Camp and ex-reporter Dennis Ferrier, who's now at WZTV-TV. The subchannel went defunct on December 31, 2010, leaving Nashville with only one Spanish-language television station, WLLC-LP (Channel 42), the area's Telefutura (now UniMs) outlet. In addition to the station's cable coverage in south central Kentucky, WSMV-TV, and the other two "Big Three" stations are also carried in Murray, Kentucky, in the Paducah, KYCape Girardeau, MOHarrisburg, IL media market, via Murray Electric Systems. During the May sweeps period that began on April 26, 2007, WSMV debuted its own news helicopter known as Air 4, becoming the second station in Nashville to do so (WTVF's news helicopter Sky 5 debuted a year earlier, in 2006). Emery would achieve widespread fame by hosting a national version of the show, entitled Nashville Now, weeknights on The Nashville Network from 1983 to 1993.