1480/WYZE-AM has gone dark after 38 years as gospel

Another Atlanta AM signal is gone: gospel station WYZE-AM/1480 went dark this week after 38 years in that format. Jacob Bogan, vice president of GHB Broadcasting...

November 20, 2018 | 0 Comments

Soft pop stations making a minor comeback nationwide. Could a Peach redux make it in Atlanta?

Twelve years ago, right before Christmas, what was then called Clear Channel dumped Lite 94.9 in favor of country station 94.9/The Bull. That was the...

November 20, 2018 | 0 Comments

2018 Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame inductees: Christiane Amanpour, Morse Diggs, Mike Luckovich, Amanda Davis

The 2018 Atlanta Press Club honored four local journalistic legends last week: AJC Pulitzer-Prize winning editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich, respected...

November 19, 2018 | 0 Comments

White House restores Jim Acosta’s press pass

The White House on Monday abruptly changed course, voluntarily restoring CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass again permanently. On Friday...

November 19, 2018 | 0 Comments

Scott Stucky new Fox 5 news director

Fox 5 (WAGA-TV) has decided to hire from within for its new news director. Scott Stucky, who has been with the station for 22 years. Stucky was most...

November 19, 2018 | 0 Comments

Nine of 14 ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ regulars over the years have had divorces

There is a general belief with no certifiable proof that reality shows hurt marriages. At best, it’s reasonable to assume that any problems in a...

November 19, 2018 | 0 Comments

Shamari DeVoe debuts on ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ November 18

Shamari DeVoe arrived for the first time on “Real Housewives of Atlanta” on the third episode of season 11 November 18. The former ...

November 19, 2018 | 0 Comments

‘The Walking Dead’ recap: season 9, episode 7

Nine years into the apocalypse, you’d think the number of walkers would have fallen off significantly.  But based on the episodes since Rick...

November 18, 2018 | 0 Comments

TV best bets with Connie Britton, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alexander Skarsgard, ‘The Walking Dead’

Bravo on Sunday brings Connie Britton and Eric Bana together for a limited scripted series called “Dirty John” which sounds like an extended...

November 18, 2018 | 0 Comments

Stacey Abrams tells Hollywood: don’t boycott Georgia

With several entertainers posting on social media that they plan to boycott Georgia after Brian Kemp won the gubernatorial race, his former rival ...

November 18, 2018 | 0 Comments

Reality show roundup: Atlantans on ‘Survivor,’ ‘Hell’s Kitchen,’ ‘Dancing With the Stars Juniors,’ ‘Top Chef Junior,’ ‘The Voice’

There are a lot of Atlantans or folks with Atlanta ties on reality shows right now. Here’s a quick look see on how they’re all doing so far...

November 17, 2018 | 0 Comments

Lifetime creates an all-black “Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta”

Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” has been done and redone and revamped and rejiggered dozens of times on TV and film over the...

November 16, 2018 | 0 Comments

‘American Idol’ notes: Kellie Pickler interview for ‘Christmas in Graceland,’ Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson, David Archuleta

In a world where dozens of original Christmas movies are pumped out by networks such as Lifetime, Up, Freeform, Bounce and TV One, Hallmark is the true...

November 16, 2018 | 0 Comments

Judge rules for CNN, forces White House to give Jim Acosta press pass back for now

A federal judge ruled Friday morning that the White House had to reinstate CNN correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass. The Trump administration...

November 16, 2018 | 0 Comments

Interview: Catherine Zeta-Jones in Facebook Watch’s ‘Queen America’ as pageant coach

In the opening moments of Facebook Watch’s dark comedy “Queen America,” Catherine Zeta-Jones’ Vicki Ellis comes across as a stereotypically...

November 16, 2018 | 0 Comments