ATLANTA, GA– The Georgia Association of Broadcasters hosted the second annual, GAB Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, January 31st. Building off our successful event in 2017, the GAB arranged an even bigger and better event for this year. The day began with a light breakfast at 8:00 AM with speakers from 8:30 to 11:00. …
It was a great day to be a broadcaster in Georgia on January 25th! We had one of our most successful Winter Institutes in recent memory at the University of Georgia with the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. We began the day with Breakfast with Counsel. The FCC’s Gary Schonman gave updates on…
Art Sutton, owner of Georgia-Carolina Radiocasting, will be inducted as part of the 2018 Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame on Jan. 25. Since the tender age of 15, Sutton has been involved in broadcasting, starting with his home-town station, WOGA in Syvlester, Ga. By 1982 while attending Abraham Baldwin College in Tifton, Sutton…
Tim McVay spent his entire career with Cox Television, the majority of which was in Atlanta. He moved up through the ranks of sales, sales management and station management in Dayton, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Atlanta. He recently ended his 39-year career at the end of 2017 after running Atlanta’s dominant #1 TV station, Channel…
WJBF’s Mary Jones will be inducted into the Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame on Jan. 25, 2018 after fashioning a nearly 50 year career in broadcasting. Jones, the local program director for the Augusta TV station, has spent her entire career at the station. No matter what her role, she has been actively…
The WSB Radio Award began back in 1976 and has been presented to a student who promises an excellent future in the radio broadcasting industry. WSB Radio Award: Stanley Miller Stanley Denero Miller is a journalism and political science student at the University of Georgia. He is an inductee of the Omicron Delta Kappa Honor…
Greg Davis, the CEO and president of Davis Broadcasting, Inc., has been selected to be one of the 2018 Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame inductees. Davis, who founded Davis Broadcasting in 1986, has spent 39 years in broadcasting, most of those in Georgia. He was nominated by former GAB chairman and 2013 hall…
ATLANTA, Ga– The Georgia Association of Broadcasters will hold the second annual, GAB Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, January 31st starting at 8 a.m. Building off our successful event in 2017, the GAB has arranged an even bigger and better event for this year. The day begins with a light breakfast at 8:00 AM…
Five students have been selected as recipients of the E. Lanier Finch Scholarship, presented by the Georgia Association of Broadcasters: Sommer Stockton (Brenau University) Cheyenne Brown (The University of Georgia) Stanley Miller (The University of Georgia) Donovan Harris (The University of Georgia) Charlotte Norsworthy (The University of Georgia) Register here for the scholarship luncheon The scholarship provides financial assistance to deserving students who will carry on the tradition of excellence in Georgia’s broadcasting industry. The purpose of the scholarship is: To encourage a higher standard of professionalism in the broadcasting industry.…
The schedule for the Winter Institute, which will take place on Thurs., Jan. 25, 2018: Breakfast with Counsel: 8-10 a.m. Extended session for broadcasters with Gary Schonman: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame reception, luncheon: 11:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m. Speed networking event for students, broadcasters: 2:30-4:30 p.m. Meet and greet for students, Caroline…