Elliott Mitchell III, who worked in public broadcasting in Florida, New York and Tennessee, died Feb. 1 in Nashville. He was 67.
His obituary in the Paducah (Ky.) Sun said that during his career he produced Today in the Legislature, a statewide program f.om Florida Public Broadcasting in Tallahassee, as well as At The Top and other music programs at WXXI in Rochester, N.Y.
In Nashville, he was a member of the WPLN-FM community advisory board and a national and regional board member of the Alliance for Community Media, which advocates for public, educational and governmental (PEG) channels. He was also a founding member of the Education Access Corp., which programs Nashville public-access channels.
Survivors include his wife, Marie Fagen, and their son, William; brother Rick and his wife, Linda; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. There will be no funeral service at Mitchell’s request. The family suggests donations to WPLN, Nashville Public Radio, Dept. 22, P.O. Box 305172, Nashville, TN 37230-5172.
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