The FCC approved the multibillion sale of ‌Tegna to Nexstar. If not reversed by courts, the company will cover 80% of U.S. households.

Nexstar Media Group, the parent company of Knoxville TV station WATE, has finalized its acquisition of TEGNA, the parent company of another Knoxville TV station: WBIR.

Tennessee-based meteorologist and news personality Matthew David Hinkin, commonly known as Matt Hinkin, died at 62 on March 16, 2026, in Knoxville, as per Knox News.

Kiki Shepard, a longtime co-host of “Showtime at the Apollo,” has died. She was 74. “It is with profound sadness that we ...

WATE anchor Lori Tucker is retiring after three decades. The longtime Knoxville TV personality announced her departure on air ...

News anchor Lori Tucker is retiring after more than three decades of keeping East Tennessee viewers informed. Tucker started at WATE-TV 6 On Your Side in 1993. She has ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Knoxville Police Department is asking people to avoid an area of downtown due to police activity. The department announced just after 5 p.m. Friday that officers are ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The father of a teen who was accused of fatally shooting two students and two teachers at a Georgia school has been convicted on charges including second-degree murder. In ...

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — “Marshal” Andy Smalls, a Knoxville television and radio personality known for “Riders of the Silver Screen,” died Sunday morning at his Loudon home, according to writer Wayne ...

A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur going to the auction block just as the market for the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — In Joey Aguilar’s case against the NCAA, a chancery court judge declined Aguilar’s request for an additional season of eligibility to play for the University of Tennessee’s ...