ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (WTVF) — It's like this at most places. It's the people behind-the-scenes who don't seek any attention who really keep a place running. That's so true of NewsChannel 5 photographer Jimmy Farmer.

"I've been at Channel 5 for 35 years this month," Jimmy said, talking to me after editing his story for the night.

It was 1984 when Jimmy first walked into WTVF. At the time, he had a high school job at Service Merchandise, and their staff was answering phones during the Nashville segments of the Jerry Lewis Telethon.

"Especially at that point, I had not had any exposure to what a TV studio was like," Jimmy remembered. "You walk in. There's camera operators everywhere. It was just amazing to see."

It was doing good work. The telethons were raising money for the Muscular Dyst

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