@arkansoul You're thinking of Kim Hindrew, who replaced Brenda (and later came back to replace Mearl Purvis) and did indeed marry Mason Granger. Brenda left Memphis for Atlanta where she worked first for WAGA and then (and now) for WXIA.
@NewsRetiree That's right!!! I couldn't think of her name for anything. Kim Hindrew, another good-looking woman. I'm sure glad you corrected me. I would have gone crazy trying to think of Kim Hindrew. I sensed Brenda Wood marrying Mason Granger didn't feel right...
Brenda wood made action news 5 the best watched news in memphis because she was too hot & sexy for the news back in the day until when 1988 came when memphis said good bye because her dr. of a husband said, it time to move on to atlanta ga. where he went she followed that's about it.
@SIGMAMAN69, Wood is a dish. She hasn't changed in appearance much, though she's a bit too skinny now.
The glasses on the white guy are awful. The horn-rims of 15 years previous were much better than that mess. Jeez, what were glasses designers thinking?
@itpduder she must a vampire to stay so young iwas boy then this was boardcast and now i man old ass man
with health problems iwas born in 57, she was born in 55, wha the helli ben doing wrong in life?
any here link to her new home state atlanta , go to facebook and tpye in "brenda wood wixa"
and get tready to watch a fine ass beattiuly still going strong, and i might add "fuckable too" after 3 fine ass darughter , look just like her clones man
What a flashback... Was raised in Clarksdale, MS. from 73-85; Grew up watching channel 5 News. Watched Wake Up Call every morning before school... I met Mason Granger in my hometown in the mid 70's when I was a "youngster". Thanks for sharing these clips from WMC. Takes me back to some happy times!
You're right. In addition, Granger had just replaced Dick Hawley as the prime newscaster for the station that year, and Wood was entering her second year there.
brenda is married now with two daughters
winfir0 8 months ago
Mason Granger looks like Fox News Eric Shawn
jhshifris1 9 months ago
Brenda Wood was the Memphis Queen back then. Where is she now. I know she married Mason Granger...
arkansoul 11 months ago
@arkansoul You're thinking of Kim Hindrew, who replaced Brenda (and later came back to replace Mearl Purvis) and did indeed marry Mason Granger. Brenda left Memphis for Atlanta where she worked first for WAGA and then (and now) for WXIA.
NewsRetiree 11 months ago
@NewsRetiree That's right!!! I couldn't think of her name for anything. Kim Hindrew, another good-looking woman. I'm sure glad you corrected me. I would have gone crazy trying to think of Kim Hindrew. I sensed Brenda Wood marrying Mason Granger didn't feel right...
arkansoul 11 months ago
Brenda wood made action news 5 the best watched news in memphis because she was too hot & sexy for the news back in the day until when 1988 came when memphis said good bye because her dr. of a husband said, it time to move on to atlanta ga. where he went she followed that's about it.
KF6LIL 1 year ago
I love watching clips from 1980. I was two years old. wow. the fashion. amazing.
jose23msu 1 year ago
Damn Dave Brown old. Lol
SuperPlayboy89 1 year ago
Brenda is still fierce.
rmbb10 2 years ago
Brenda wood was and still is the bomb
MrJsmoove1984 2 years ago 3
Nice graphics for 1980. Dave Brown and Joe Birch are still there, Dave since 1977 and Joe since 1978
kyle1081 2 years ago 5
To further answer your question, NO.
wakka922201 3 years ago
Willie Herrington?! NO! If only I could go back in time...
Anyways, the set looks so vibrant. It really "pops." What's up with that chroma key ceiling?
wakka922201 3 years ago
I love the Chroma Key back drop for the set, I miss Chroma Key sets,they were so lively!!!
jkminnich 3 years ago 2
Brenda has aged well, and still looks great 28 years later. She does appear to have had 'cosmetic assistance'. :)
Her voice has become more "seasoned", and doesn't sound as youthful. To be expected after 30 years on the air.
tylersfs 3 years ago 2
It's JANICE Broach
greatrey 3 years ago
BTW, what is the exact date of this newscast?
JeffATL 3 years ago
Brenda Wood is now the news anchor for Atlanta's NBC affiliate WXIA-TV at 5, 6, and 11 PM.
JeffATL 3 years ago
You mean 6,7, 10 & 11 there hasn't been at 5pm since it was canceled in 02 or 03
applesauce2100 3 years ago
Mason married the lovely Kim Hindrew.
friskylamar 3 years ago
did mason really get married to her?? you gotta be kidding me..
jazzybee1 3 years ago
Mason married to a Sista. Once you go Black, You can't go back.
Michael1972 3 years ago 2
I am serious. If those two did get married, that would be a lovely pair..
jazzybee1 3 years ago
Good theme music.
ThadMemphis 4 years ago
i think mason is working for a station in new orleans now..
jazzybee1 4 years ago
i wonder if the children ever got to go to school? did they?
jazzybee1 4 years ago
Brenda Wood is in Atlanta now and trust me when I tell you she is still as beautiful now as she was back then.
SIGMAMAN69 4 years ago 3
but she has dyed her hair now..
jazzybee1 4 years ago
@SIGMAMAN69, Wood is a dish. She hasn't changed in appearance much, though she's a bit too skinny now.
The glasses on the white guy are awful. The horn-rims of 15 years previous were much better than that mess. Jeez, what were glasses designers thinking?
itpduder 1 year ago
@itpduder she must a vampire to stay so young iwas boy then this was boardcast and now i man old ass man
with health problems iwas born in 57, she was born in 55, wha the helli ben doing wrong in life?
any here link to her new home state atlanta , go to facebook and tpye in "brenda wood wixa"
and get tready to watch a fine ass beattiuly still going strong, and i might add "fuckable too" after 3 fine ass darughter , look just like her clones man
gell7 9 months ago
If I recall correctly Brenda and Mason had a hot relationship off camera. Mason is very lucky.
oscerr 4 years ago
Look at the south memphis mayor.
raleigh2001 4 years ago
What a flashback... Was raised in Clarksdale, MS. from 73-85; Grew up watching channel 5 News. Watched Wake Up Call every morning before school... I met Mason Granger in my hometown in the mid 70's when I was a "youngster". Thanks for sharing these clips from WMC. Takes me back to some happy times!
sterlinged 4 years ago
Brenda Wood looks just as good now as she did then, if not better!
SIGMAMAN69 4 years ago
This was the best set for any news channel in Memphis at the time hands down!
kstar8706 4 years ago
Brenda Wood is at WXIA in Atlanta now.
lbracey 5 years ago
This was before they had the steamboat in the news opens in the late 80's.
And at the start of the open the "5" logo?
that was on NBC'S '79-80 "Proud As A Peacock" graphics.
videonut33 5 years ago
"Dream Team" indeed. Mason Granger is the "Dean of Memphis anchors".
nagaflas 5 years ago
I believe this newscast has to be from 1980. The Iranian hostage crisis was still going on.
ericlip 5 years ago
You're right. In addition, Granger had just replaced Dick Hawley as the prime newscaster for the station that year, and Wood was entering her second year there.
KIRKHOM44 4 years ago