Merely by coincidence, the call letters reflect the former Young Broadcasting's flagship outlet, KRON-TV in San Francisco. Knight Ridder sold off all of its television stations in 1989, at which point Young Broadcasting bought the station (along with its sibling WTEN in Albany, New York). The new owners changed the calls on November 29 to the current WKRN-TV. 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.
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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).
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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). He was drilled from behind by Graham Rahal when O’Ward slowed on the track to avoid running into Power on Lap 26.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. O’Ward came to Nashville fifth in the standings but dropped to seventh and likely out of the championship picture with a 24th-place finish. The start was also delayed 90 minutes for rain and lightning in the area. Pato O’Ward was the biggest loser of the race, which in its second year was slowed 10 times for 36 of the 80 laps.
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I don’t like it, but that’s the game that we’re in.”
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They’re very aggressive and if you’re not aggressive back, then you get run over. I probably need to have some discussion with some of the younger guys, but they’re aggressive. “Let me tell you what, I about got taken out six times myself. I don’t know what to tell him,” Newgarden said. Although he was the leader late in the race, Newgarden had to pit for fuel and had later contact with Romain Grosjean, who was furious with Newgarden after the collision. In Nashville, he scaled back his obligations ahead of the race to be rested and able to race for the win.