Country musics grand old opery. Today we are at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. The nickname of the Ryman Auditorium was the Mother Church of Country Music, which definitely tells the history of both things that it is famous for. It was built by a river boat captain who was famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865, and after his conversion, he believed that traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of the traveling ministers who came to town. Captain ryman built the Ryman Auditorium and it opened at first in 1892 as a tabernacle. That is the church part of the history. The music part of the history, the Country Music part deals with the grand ole opry, which came here in 1943 after being in many different homes in nashville and stayed here until 1974 when the new opry house was built. During the run of the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, some of the most famous people in all
Or impacts different points in our countrys history. Over the next 90 minutes, we take you across the United States and through time as we explore the music of a nation. We begin with a visit to nashvilles Ryman Auditorium as itauthor talks about how andme a home to events grand ole opry. Today we are at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. The nickname of the auditorium is the Mother Church of Country Music, which tells the history of both things it is famous for. It was built by a riverboat captain famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865, and after his conversion, he believed traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of traveling ministers who came to town. Rymann ryman built the auditorium, it opened first in 1892 as a tabernacle. That is the church part of the history. The music part of the history, the Country Music part deals with the grand ole opry, which came her
Not until tonight so in advance of that it will be sunny to mostly sunny in the morning and will turn partly cloudy to mostly cloudy by this afternoon. Temps running 1 to 4 degrees colder than yesterday at this time. Its only santa rosas plus one. But the wind chills at 29 degrees. We do have a system on its way that will weaken and give us some light rain late tonight. Sals here. 6 01 getting busy and he will start with. The bay bridge. If you are driving into San Francisco about a 10 to 15 minute delay. No major issues. I can show it to you. You can see traffic is going to be slow here as you drive through. Were also looking at san jose. Northbound 101 recovering from a crash near 880 and its still pretty traffics going to stay that way for a bit. When we come back well take a bigger look at the east bay. 6 01. Lets go back to the desk. New this morning a deadly stampede in iran has killed 40 mourners at the funeral for the iranian general killed in last weeks air strike. Ktvus Chris
today high wind knocks down trees across the bay area forcing park district crews to close east bay parks. the wind has begun to calm down for many but for other locations the wind advisory has been extended. i will sort all of that out coming right up. a hit-and-run driver now under arrest. the message the mother of the four-year-old child wants to send the public. we begin now while the brunt of the wind has moved on we are not in the clear just yet. another round of strong gusty wind is expected, we have team coverage tonight. the good news on the wind still to come, it will be focused in the mountains. for those of us in the cities and the bay area we have seen the worst. it s not done completely, there is still a little more to get through so let s take a look at the latest damage. read the top line, it has been extended until 11 am tuesday. that s different than if you were with us for the early evening newscast because it is now longer. that focuses mainly fo
Im glad youre wow, youre lucky, you know, i have a lot of good stuff tonight. I will start with the local news. As of this morning, we have another nfl team in l. A. The San Diego Chargers have announced they will be known now as the los angeles chargers. [ applause ] jimmy you dont have to. Two teams is a lot of teams. I was ready for some football. I dont think i was ready for this much of it. You know . Theyve already changed their logo, the chargers to the dodgers logo. So that makes it official. Reaction from fans here in l. A. , i dont know if id call it mixed. They reacted the same way to opening a Bed Bath Beyond coupon in the mail. [ laughter ] this was a solid take from a gentleman outside the stadium where the chargers are going to play. What about football fans in l. A. , are they excited . I mean, i think they should have stayed over in san diego, man. We got one bad team already in l. A. Why you gonna bring another one . [ laughter and applause ] [ laughter and applause ]