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] Jeff is now with WXIA-TV NBC Atlanta. 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][3][4] 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.[5][2][6]
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][7]
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.[5][1][2]
He worked 18 years from 1984 to 2002 on Fox's Atlanta affiliate WAGA-TV,[6] 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.[5][1][2][8][4][6][9]
Jeff Hullinger is now working at WXIA-TV 11 Alive.[10]
Hullinger is the recipient of multiple awards and honors.[5][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,[5][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]
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