To the amazement of my friends and the annoyance of my wife, I’ve once again renewed my subscription to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. In the last year it has re-emerged as a must-read. Its coverage of government and politics has been vigorous and top notch. The AJC has been enterprising and investigative. Because of [...]
Archive for the ‘WABE’ Category
14 Jan
Wonky WABE
I left local news in 2007 and returned in 2009. When I began covering stories again, I noticed one eye-opening change in the news market. Radio news is different. WSB radio was the most relevant radio game in town in 2007. Nowadays, that relevance seems to belong to WABE. I used to run into WSB [...]
17 Nov
Something about Mary
It’s not easy to irritate the cadre of reporters assigned to cover your campaign for Mayor. But it can be done. Exhibit A is Mary Norwood, the onetime frontrunner in the Atlanta mayor’s race. On Wednesday, Norwood called a news conference at 4pm, a curiously out-of-context “tribute to veterans.” It was Veterans Day, but it [...]
27 Oct
WSB radio woes
WSB radio showed the door to a couple of experienced Atlanta news guys last week. Jeff Dantre and Kerry Browning were laid off. Browning had been at WSB radio since Jimmy Carter’s presidency. Cox Radio also laid off some FM DJs. It wasn’t that long ago that Atlanta had two vigorously competitive radio news organizations. [...]
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