Mel Showers is the broadcast veteran in the Mobile-Pensacola television market. Mel has worked at News 5 for more than 30 years. He began his journalism career as a reporter covering many beats, including courts, police, the Alabama Legislature and Mobile City and County Governments. Mel has been on the News 5 anchor desk since 1980. He is a Mobile native, growing up on the city's north side.

Mel is a military veteran, serving honorably as a Military Intelligence Analyst in the Far East, Middle East and other regions of the world. Mel and his wife Linda have been happily married for more than 30 years.