the wlac callsign once also applied to a nashville fm station (105.9, now wnrq) and tv station (channel 5, now wtvf). they, along with the am station, were once owned by the life and casualty insurance company of tennessee (hence the callsign). the fm station is now owned by iheartmedia, and remains a sister station to wlac. the tv station left the family in 1975, when it was sold to the hobby family of houston and is now owned by the e. w. scripps company.