MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Channel 5 is celebrating its 70th birthday today, leaving both staff and viewers reminiscing.

WKRG first signed on the air on Sept. 5th, 1955, gaining the trust and hearts of the public over time, like longtime viewer Lisa Russell.

“I’ve been watching y’all for the 23 years that I’ve been here,” Russell said.

70 years in, WKRG remains one of Mobile’s oldest television broadcasting stations and continues to bring local news, weather, and sports to homes across the Gulf Coast.

“20 years a regular. I want to get up every morning like I got to do it, you know, like it’s my favorite thing to do,” Jessie Joe Williams said.

“Since I was a kid growing up…watching it at the house when Katrina was here,” Tony Tolebert said.

Over the course of seven decades, some technolog

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