He was sports director at WSM radio and television in Nashville, Tenn., from 1967 until his move to KATV in 1978. He then moved to WMT in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as sports director where he did play-by-play for his alma mater. He was named Arkansas Sportscaster of the Year 11 times and was also honored with the Associated Press award for best sports play-by-play several times.Ī graduate of the University of Iowa, he began his broadcast career with radio station KOKX in Keokuk, Iowa, as an announcer.
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Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene after the accident at 8:13 p.m., the report said.Įells, 70, was returning to his home to Little Rock after participating in a golf tournament for sports figures and the media at Fayetteville.Įells, a West Branch, Iowa native, joined the staff at KATV in 1978, and was widely known by sports fans in Arkansas as well as by reporters and editors across the South. Motorcycle accident - ABC13 Houston motorcycle accident Deadly crash.
(AP) - Paul Eells, sports director of Little Rock television station KATV for nearly three decades, was killed Monday evening along with another driver in a head-on collision on Interstate 40 at Russellville, state police said.Ī police report said Eells' car, eastbound near the Arkansas 331 exit from I-40, crossed the median and collided in the westbound lanes with a car driven by Billie J. ABC News Reporter Dies On Vacation In Hawaii Police received a call from witnesses. Prominent Arkansas sportscaster killed in I-40 accident
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