Jeff Hullinger is a news and sports anchor from Atlanta. He has also been inducted into the Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Silver Circle. [1] [2]
Now at Georgia Public Broadcasting as an Executive Producer of Local Content, Jeff was most recently with WXIA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Atlanta. [3] He has worked as the morning drive news anchor on B98.5 WSB-FM, and the afternoon drive news anchor on News/Talk 750 WSB Radio. [1] [2] [4] [5] His career includes anchoring WAGA-TV, being a host for CNN’s TalkBack Live , calling games for ESPN and doing play-by-play for the Atlanta Falcons. [6] [2] [7]
Hullinger has received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications from Colorado State University Pueblo. [1] [2]
Hullinger began his broadcast career in Denver, leaving it in 1981 to join KSL-TV in Salt Lake City as weekend sports anchor before returning in 1982 to join KOA-TV / KCNC-TV (KOA became KCNC in 1983) to host Denver Broncos pre-game shows and weekend sports. [1] [2] [8]
He spent two years as ESPN TV's frontline College Football announcer including bowl games, and also called Men and Woman's NCAA College Basketball and the Arena Football League post-season. [6] [1] [2]
He worked 18 years from 1984 to 2002 on Fox's Atlanta affiliate WAGA-TV, [7] his services including being WAGA's weeknight sports anchor. [1] [2] "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 Atlanta Falcons. [6] [1] [2] [9] [5] [7] [10]
Jeff Hullinger was at WXIA for 13 years, from 2010 to 2023.
Hullinger is the recipient of multiple awards and honors. [6] [1] [11] Jeff has been inducted into the Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Silver Circle. He is a 22 time Emmy Award winner; the most ever of any Atlanta Sports anchor, [1] [2] has been recognized multiple times at "Best of Atlanta", [1] [2] has been 3 times awarded "Best Play by Play" in the State of Georgia by the Associated Press as the voice of the Atlanta Falcons, [6] [2] [11] and is Georgia "Sportscaster of the Year" by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. [1] [2]
In both 2007 and 2008 he was a finalist at the Society of Professional Journalists annual "Green Eyeshade" Awards: In 2007 for Radio - "Best Newscast" and Radio - "Breaking News", [12] and 2008 for Radio - "Best Newscast" and Radio - "Breaking News". [13] In 2008, he won two regional RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Awards for news and reporting. [1] [2]