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.

Edye was the station’s first African-American anchor. She started working there in 1982 and was later named evening co-anchor. Former WBIR anchor Beth Haynes remembered Ellis in ...

Edye Ellis, a beloved Knoxville television personality and WBIR's first African American anchor, died March 3. She was 81. Ellis joined WBIR Channel 10 in 1982, where she first covered the World's ...

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, Robert Collins ...