Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville is a city located in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 173,890. It is the county seat of Knox County{{GR|6}}, and is the third-largest city in the state of Tennessee. Its nickname is the Marble City, from when it was a major center of marble distribution in the early 1900s. It was named in honor of the first Secretary of War, Henry Knox.

Economy

Knoxville's economy is largely fuelled by the regional location of the main campus of the University of Tennessee, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the National Transportation Research Center and the Tennessee Valley Authority, making Knoxville the heart of the high-tech Tennessee Valley Corridor extending from Blacksburg, Virginia to Huntsville, Alabama.

Related Topics:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - National Transportation Research Center - Tennessee Valley Authority - Tennessee Valley Corridor - Blacksburg, Virginia - Huntsville, Alabama

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Because of its central location in eastern half of the United States, many warehousing and distribution companies operate in and around Knoxville.

Related Topics:
Warehousing - Distribution

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Media

Local TV stations are as followed-

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• WATE 6 - ABC affiliate, owned by Young Broadcasting
• WMAK-DT 7 - Digital independent station, owned by South Central Communications (also seen on low-power analog WEZK-LP 28)
• WVLT 8 - CBS affiliate, owned by Grey Television
• WBIR 10 - NBC affiliate, owned by Gannett Corporation
• WKOP 15 - PBS member station
• WBXX 20 - WB affiliate, owned by ACME Television
• WTNZ 43 - FOX affiliate, owned by Raycom Media
• WPXK 54 - i affiliate, owned by Paxson Communications

Companies headquartered in Knoxville

• Bush Brothers and Company
• Goody's Family Clothing (Fortune 1000)
• Petro's Chili & Chips
• Pilot Corporation
• Regal Entertainment Group
• The Rush Fitness Complex
• Scripps Networks, producer of the HGTV and DIY television channels
• Tennessee Valley Authority (a government corporation)
• Ruby Tuesday is headquartered in nearby Maryville.
• IPIX, ORTEC and Nucsafe are headquartered in nearby Oak Ridge.