A Look Back at the Old Banner — From People Who Were There

For our premiere episode, we break from our one-on-one format to bring you an abbreviated — but nonetheless colorful and complicated — history of the Nashville Banner: a look back at the days of a two-newspaper city from people who lived it, day in and day out, in the storied newsroom at 1100 Broadway. Guests: Parker Toler, paperboy Mary Hance, reporter aka Ms. Cheap Kay West, writer aka Betty Banner Robert Churchwell Jr., son of Robert Churchwell, the first Black reporter in Nashville Tam Gordon, reporter Bruce Dobie, reporter Larry McCormack, photographer Host: Demetria Kalodimos Producers: Steve Haruch and Andrea Tudhope Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices