Former WBIR's first Black anchor Edye Ellis has died
Ellis came to WBIR from a television station in Cincinnati to help with our coverage of the 1982 World's Fair and quickly became a beloved feature.
Knoxville remembers Edye Ellis, pioneer of East Tennessee media and first Black anchor at WBIR
Ellis joined WBIR Channel 10 in 1982, where she first covered the World's Fair in a program called "Welcome World." Ellis was a trailblazer who spent her career at WBIR and later at the University of ...
Edye Ellis, WBIR's first Black anchor, has died: 'Heaven will be a better place'
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Edye Ellis, one of WBIR's most beloved anchors from the 1980s and 1990s, has died. She was 81. Edye's family confirmed she died Monday morning. Her cousin, Charles Collins, said ...
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Remembering Edye Ellis, pioneer of East Tennessee media and first Black anchor at WBIR
Ellis joined WBIR Channel 10 in 1982, where she first covered the World's Fair in a program called "Welcome World." She stayed on as an anchor.