Georgia Media and Entertainment News

Atlanta media figures

Who has come and gone in Atlanta radio and TV in 2026

The Atlanta media landscape in 2026 features several high-profile arrivals, departures and other changes, including personalities like Big Tigger and Kristin Klingshirn.

99X cuts

99X guts its on-air staff as Cumulus Media makes massive cuts nationwide

99X cut much of its on-air staff Friday as part of cost-cutting measures at Cumulus Media as a whole.

Kristin Klingshirn

‘Bert Show’ alum Kristin Klingshirn let go from Q99.7 amid broader cuts

Kristin Klingshirn had been given her own afternoon show on Q99.7 just six months ago.

Airport News

Fuel spill at Atlanta airport goes  into the Flint river

Environmental groups threaten to sue Atlanta airport over spills into river

The Southern Environmental Law Center and the Flint Riverkeeper threaten to sue the Atlanta aiport over spills of fuel, sewage and other substances into the Flint River.

Delta SkyPicks

Delta adds sports prediction offering to in-flight entertainment

The feature is launching with Major League Baseball contests.

Delta DASH

2 Delta planes have close call at Atlanta airport

A Delta flight departing from the Atlanta airport to Rochester, New York, crossed in front of a flight arriving from Pittsburgh.

Tara Theatre Opening

Slamdance brings its ‘On the Road’ program to Atlanta

Atlanta Fire Rescue’s Dive/Swift Water Team performed welfare checks on residents on Hanover West Drive in Atlanta, after Helene entered Georgia as a Category 2 hurricane Sept. 27, 2024 and then was downgraded to a tropical storm. It brought a lot of problems to Atlanta with numerous water rescues and incessant rain. (John Spink/AJC)

Home insurance costs grow in Georgia. What’s behind the increase?

Kristin Klingshirn

‘Bert Show’ alum Kristin Klingshirn let go from Q99.7 amid broader cuts

$80 million grant, matched by company, equals electric buses and jobs

Blue Bird electric school bus voted coolest thing made in Georgia

FCC Lifting Ownership

Atlanta TV stations could see changes under new FCC rule

Workers check produce plants at a vertical farm greenhouse that was operated by a different company in Cleburne, Texas, Aug. 29, 2023.  (LM Otero/AP)

Vertical farming startup shuts down metro Atlanta operations

Data Surge, Revenue and Taxes

Microsoft works to unwind tax breaks for its metro Atlanta data centers

Westside Paper

West Midtown project lands a big furniture showroom

Affordable Housing Lindbergh

New affordable housing development coming to Lindbergh

QTS data center Fulton

Fulton County takes aim at data center tax breaks