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Ukee Washington is the anchor of CBS News Philadelphia at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.

He also anchors CBS News Philadelphia at 8 p.m. on Philly 57.

Ukee (born Ulysses Samuel Washington III) joined CBS News Philadelphia as a sports anchor in July 1986. In 1996, he moved over to the news desk as early morning and noon anchor. In July 2015, he was promoted to anchor of the evening editions.

Since that time, Ukee has been front and center anchoring some of the region's most memorable stories including Super Storm Sandy in 2012, the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia and Pope Francis' historic visit to the City in 2015. In addition, the versatile anchor's assignments have run the gamut from hosting the 2015 Philadelphia Mayoral Candidates Forum to going behind bars to interview a high school classmate on death row. Ukee has even guest co-hosted on the popular CBS network talk show, THE TALK three times, in 2013, 2014 and 2016.

Ukee was raised in West Philadelphia and attended Dover High School in Delaware where he was a celebrated athlete. As a youngster, his other love was music. As a member of the Philadelphia Boys Choir's "elite," he traveled to Russia, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Denmark and Mexico to perform. Both experiences proved helpful in his broadcasting career as host of the station's live telecasts of the Philadelphia Orchestra and his live coverage of the 1998 Winter Olympic Games from Nagano, Japan.

Prior to coming home to the Philadelphia area, Ukee was a sports anchor at WBBH-TV in Fort Myers, Florida and at WSB-TV in Atlanta. He is a graduate of the University of Richmond. Today, he makes his home in Wilmington, Delaware.

Among his honors, he was named to both the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2015 and the Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2008. In February 2017, Philadelphia's City Council confirmed what most of us have already known - it named Ukee a "Living Legend" during its special Black History Month observance.

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