(WHNT) — News 19 is happy to announce that Ellie Byrd will be joining a familiar face at News 19 to anchor the morning news ... position as a Reporter/MMJ at WVLT-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Since 1999, he has been part of the station's #1 rated morning newscast ... first at WTVK-TV(It's now WVLT), then at WATE. He worked as a weather anchor - and then some. In Knoxville, he did ...

The fandom continued into Sunday morning, where he was even reposted ... Cayson will join the WVLT crew on the anchor desk for Big Orange Kickoff ahead of Tennessee’s matchup against Alabama.