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Veteran Nashville Anchors Bid Farewell After Decades on Air
14 Nov
Summary
- Rebecca Schleicher and Ben Hill, morning show personalities, depart NewsChannel 5
- Vicki Yates concludes 33-year tenure at NewsChannel 5, joins WNPT in 2024
- Amy Watson retires from NewsChannel 5 in 2024 to care for her mother with dementia
As of November 14, 2025, the Nashville broadcast news landscape is undergoing a significant shift, with the departure of several veteran anchors and personalities.
Rebecca Schleicher and Ben Hill, who have been morning show personalities at NewsChannel 5 for the past decade and five years respectively, have announced their decision to leave the station. Schleicher, a 10-year traffic anchor, described her departure as an "extremely tough decision," while Hill, the morning show co-anchor, shared that he wants to spend more time with his growing family.
Their exits are the latest in a series of high-profile departures from Nashville's news media scene in recent years. In June 2023, Vicki Yates concluded her 33-year tenure at NewsChannel 5, going on to join WNPT, Nashville's PBS station, as a correspondent. Amy Watson, a nearly two-decade veteran of the NewsChannel 5 morning anchor desk, retired in August 2024 to care for her mother, who had dementia.
