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What is known today as WXIA-TV originally signed on the air September 30, 1951, at 5 p.m., as WLTV on VHF channel 8. It was the first full time ABC affiliate for Atlanta, taking it over from WSB-TV and WAGA-TV (channel 5), both originally primary NBC and CBS affiliates respectively that previously shared ABC programming as a secondary affiliation.
Andre Dickens (born June 17, 1974) [1] is an American politician and nonprofit executive who is the 61st and current mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. [2] [3] He was a member of the Atlanta City Council and defeated council president Felicia Moore in the second round of Atlanta's 2021 mayoral election.
Incumbent mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms did not seek reelection. City council member Andre Dickens defeated council president Felicia Moore in the runoff by a margin of more than 20%. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Candidates eliminated in the general election included former mayor Kasim Reed and attorney Sharon Gay.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens wants to spend $20 million to improve and subsidize child care and preschool in the city. The post Atlanta mayor plans to spend $20M to enhance child care appeared ...
Atlanta mayor calls for stronger gun laws after hospital shooting 06:52 , Josh Marcus Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens says Wednesday’s mass shooting a hospital is a sign of America’s gun violence ...
The mayor of Atlanta said Tuesday that she doesn’t agree with the Georgia governor’s order to mobilize the National Guard in her city as a surge in violence became a political talking point.
See the mayors of Atlanta category for an alphabetical list by surname. Mayor Asa Griggs Candler (1917–1919). Candler incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Mayor William B. Hartsfield (1937–1941; 1942–62). He was the longest serving Atlanta Mayor, running the city politics for ca. 30 years. Mayor Kasim Reed (2010–2018) #
Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta who ushered the city through COVID and the George Floyd uprising in May 2020, is heading back to Georgia and back into Georgia politics.