Jeff Hullinger is a

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and

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from

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. He has also been inducted into the Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Silver Circle. Now at Georgia Public Broadcasting as an Executive Producer of Local Content, Jeff was most recently with

WXIA-TV WXIA-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate WATL (channel 36). The two stations share studios at One Monroe Place on the north end ...

, the NBC affiliate in Atlanta. He has worked as the

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on B98.5

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, and the afternoon drive news anchor on News/Talk 750 WSB Radio. His career includes anchoring

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, being a host for

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’s '' TalkBack Live'', calling games for

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and doing

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for the

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Early life

Hullinger has received a

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degree in Mass Communications from

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Career

Hullinger began his broadcast career in Denver, leaving it in 1981 to join

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in Salt Lake City as weekend sports anchor before returning in 1982 to join KOA-TV /

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( KOA became KCNC in 1983) to host

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s and weekend sports. He spent two years as

TV's frontline

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announcer including bowl games, and also called Men and Woman's

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and the

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post-season. He worked 18 years from 1984 to 2002 on Fox's

affiliate

, his services including being

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's weeknight sports anchor. "In 1996, Hullinger anchored 8 hours of FOX 5's coverage of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing coverage" He was also "Voice of the Falcons": radio voice of the

. Jeff Hullinger was at WXIA for 13 years, from 2010 to 2023.

Awards and recognition

Hullinger is the recipient of multiple awards and honors. Jeff has been inducted into the Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Silver Circle. He is a 22 time

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winner; the most ever of any Atlanta Sports anchor, has been recognized multiple times at "Best of Atlanta", has been 3 times awarded "Best Play by Play" in the State of

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by the

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as the voice of the Atlanta Falcons, and is Georgia "Sportscaster of the Year" by the

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. In both 2007 and 2008 he was a finalist at the

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annual "Green Eyeshade" Awards: In 2007 for Radio - "Best Newscast" and Radio - "Breaking News", and 2008 for Radio - "Best Newscast" and Radio - "Breaking News". In 2008, he won two regional RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Awards for news and reporting.

References

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