Tallahassee is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2022, the population was 201,731, making it the eighth-most populous city in the state of Florida. The population of the Tallahassee metropolitan area was 390,992 as of 2022. Tallahassee is the largest city in the Florida Big Bend and Florida Panhandle region, and the main center for trade and agriculture in the Florida Big Bend and Southwest Georgia regions.
WTWC-TV is a television station in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, affiliated with NBC and Fox. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station maintains studios on Deerlake South in unincorporated Leon County, Florida, northwest of Bradfordville, and its transmitter is located in unincorporated Thomas County, Georgia, southeast of Metcalf, along the Florida state line.
Telemetry of a Fallen Angel is the second studio album by the American dark wave band the Crüxshadows, released in January 1996.
Anhaica was the principal town of the Apalachee people, located in what is now Tallahassee, Florida. In the early period of Spanish colonization, it was the capital of the Apalachee Province. The site, now known as Martin Archaeological Site, was rediscovered in 1988.
The Tallahassee Metropolitan Statistical area is the metropolitan area centered on Tallahassee, Florida.
WTNT-FM is a country radio station broadcasting in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. WTNT-FM is owned by iHeartMedia; its studios and transmitter are located separately on Tallahassee's north side.
The Lewis House, also known as Lewis Spring House, is a historic home in Tallahassee, Florida, located north of I-10, at 3117 Okeeheepkee Road. It was built in 1954. On February 14, 1979, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for George Lewis II, President of the Lewis State Bank, and his wife Clifton. George Lewis gave the name "Spring House" to the home "for the natural spring and small stream that flows from the property." The National Trust for Historic Preservation describes its significance: "The novel hemicycle form of Spring House represents a late, and little-known, stage in Wright’s long, prolific career. Although there are approximately 400 intact houses attributed to Wright throughout the country, only a fraction were from his hemicycle series."
WFLA-FM is a commercial radio station licensed to Midway, Florida, and serving the Tallahassee metropolitan area. It broadcasts a news/talk format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on John Knox Road in Tallahassee.
WTLY is a radio station in Tallahassee, Florida, licensed to and serving the Tallahassee area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. Its studios are in the north side of Tallahassee, while the transmitter is located west of downtown.
WGLF is a classic hits radio station in the Tallahassee, Florida, market owned by Cumulus Licensing LLC. Its studios are located in the westside of Tallahassee and its transmitter is based east of the city near Lloyd, Florida.
WWLD is an urban contemporary formatted radio station licensed to Cairo, Georgia, and serving the Tallahassee, Florida, market and surrounding areas. The station is owned by Cumulus Media. According to Radio and Records, WWLD is now the highest-rated radio station in the Tallahassee market. Its studios are located in the westside of Tallahassee and its transmitter is based due north of downtown along I-10.
WBZE is an adult contemporary radio station in the Tallahassee, Florida, market owned by Cumulus Licensing, LLC. Its studios are located on the west side of Tallahassee and its transmitter is based due north of downtown along I-10. According to AllAccess.com, WBZE is the third-highest-rated station in the market, following only sister stations WHBX and WWLD.
WHBX, or 96.1 Jamz, is an urban adult contemporary radio station in the Tallahassee, Florida market owned by Cumulus Licensing, LLC. According to AllAccess.com, WHBX is the highest rated station in the Tallahassee, FL market, joining sister stations Blazin 102.3 and Star 98 as the market's highest rated stations. Its studios are located in the westside of Tallahassee and its transmitter is based near Wakulla State Forest, south of the city.
Brian Perry Olson has been a competitor on four United States Olympic teams in judo: 1996, 2000, and 2004, and 2008. He won the bronze medal in the 1997 World Judo Championships, and was affiliated with the University of Colorado.
The Tallahassee bus boycott was a citywide boycott in Tallahassee, Florida, that sought to end racial segregation in the employment and seating arrangements of city buses. On May 26, 1956, Wilhelmina Jakes and Carrie Patterson, two Florida A&M University students, were arrested by the Tallahassee Police Department for "placing themselves in a position to incite a riot". Robert Saunders, representing the NAACP, and Rev. C. K. Steele began talks with city authorities while the local African-American community started boycotting the city's buses. The Inter-Civic Council ended the boycott on December 22, 1956. On January 7, 1957, the City Commission repealed the bus-franchise segregation clause because of the United States Supreme Court ruling Browder v. Gayle (1956).
The mayor of Tallahassee is head of the executive branch of the government of Tallahassee, Florida.
Tallahassee Soccer Club is an American soccer club based in Tallahassee, Florida that competes in the National Premier Soccer League. It formerly played in the Gulf Coast Premier League.
The 2010 Tallahassee mayoral election was held on August 24, 2010, to elect the Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida.
The 2006 Tallahassee mayoral election was held on September 5, 2006, to elect the Mayor of Tallahassee.
The 1997 Tallahassee mayoral election was held on February 4 and February 25, 1997 to elect the Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida. It was the first election since 1919 that the post of the mayor was directly elected.
P. J. Cowan 
