You won’t find any GREAT radio shows in Knoxville.
You won’t find any GREAT written word journalists or tv reporters in Knoxville.
Why? Because Knoxville is a medium sized market that doesn’t pay well.
Therefore, many people cut their teeth in Knoxville and once they become good they advance to a bigger higher paying market.
The lifers (think Hyams, Adams, Kesling) don’t improve but they settle in and raise their families in East Tennessee knowing they don’t have the talent to go anywhere else better.