By Georgia Association of Broadcasters After more than 30 years in radio, Terri Avery, Director of Branding and Programming for Atlanta’s KISS 104.1 (WALR-FM), announces she is to retire at the end of the year. Avery joined the Cox Media Group (CMG) family in January of 2019 after successful stints in various markets across the…
By Hannah Osborne Four Georgia colleges and universities received awards during the annual Fall National College Media Convention. The Fall National College Media Conference took place Oct. 29 – Nov. 2 in Atlanta at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. The convention hosted a variety of Keynote speakers, breakout sessions hosted by Gray Television and hundreds of sessions.…
By Hannah Osborne On Sept. 29, 2023, WSB-TV celebrated 75 years of reporting accurate, local and timely news. “Seventy-five years, I look back on it and I think how remarkable,” says WSB General Manager, Ray Carter. WSB-TV was the first licensed television channel in the south. Over the past 75 years the station has proven itself…
Atlanta, Ga– The Georgia Association of Broadcasters is pleased to induct Jim Powell from the Atlanta Braves Radio Network into the 2020 GAB Hall of Fame. The 2020 season will mark Jim Powell’s 27th as a Major League broadcaster and his twelfth year in the Atlanta Braves radio booth. He spent the previous 13 seasons as a member of…
ATLANTA, Ga– Just like millions of other mothers around the world, WSB-TV Meteorologist, Karen Minton gets up every morning, gets dressed, and begins her motherly duties. But Minton’s children don’t live with her, they live in 2,324,390 other households in the Metro-Atlanta area. At the end of February, Minton will enter through the heavy, studio…