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Ashley Capps (b. 1955), AC Entertainment founder, co-creator of Bonnaroo Music Festival [4] George Dempster (1887–1964), inventor of the Dempster-Dumpster, mayor of Knoxville; Guilford Glazer (1921–2014), real estate developer and philanthropist [5] Dee Haslam (b. 1954), CEO of RIVR Media; Jim Haslam (b. 1930), founder of Pilot Corp. [6]
Mildred Doyle was born on her family's large farm in South Knoxville, Tennessee, [1] the daughter of Charter Elbert Doyle and Illia Burnett Doyle. [2] Her father was a county judge. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As a young woman, Doyle played baseball, softball, tennis, and basketball on school teams at Young High School and Maryville College . [ 5 ]
In morning drive time, Bob Bell hosts a show focusing on news, weather and information.The rest of the day, WRJZ airs national programs including Family Talk with Dr. James Dobson, Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll, In Touch with Charles Stanley, Turning Point with David Jeremiah, Truth for Life with Alistair Begg, Hope in the Night with June Hunt and Focus on the Family with Jim Daly.
In 2008, WBIR-TV debuted new graphics and news music. On June 1, 2011, WBIR-TV and Fox affiliate WTNZ-TV, for whom WBIR-TV was producing a 10 p.m. newscast, debuted a new high-definition news set and weather studio and a full makeover of branding. However, WBIR-TV retained their logo by adding the HD symbol to the right of the logo.
In 1986, the News-Sentinel became a morning paper, with the other paper in Knoxville, the Knoxville Journal, becoming an evening paper. The Journal ceased publication as a daily in 1991, when the joint operating agreement between the two papers expired. In 2002, the paper dropped the hyphen from its name to become the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Vaughn was born on July 16, 1938, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. [2] Her father, Winfred Vaughn, a fire fighter, was killed in the line of duty when Vaughn was 9 months old. When Vaughn was four years old she moved with her remarried mother and brother to Gulfport, Mississip
People from Knoxville, Tennessee, by occupation (10 C) Pages in category "People from Knoxville, Tennessee" The following 114 pages are in this category, out of 114 total.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 247 sq mi (640 km 2), of which 224 sq mi (580 km 2) are land and 24 sq mi (62 km 2) (9.5%) are covered by water. [8]