Jean Ross
WAOK News Director
Go-Go Godfather Chuck Brown Dead
WASHINGTON — Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation’s capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75. Brown, widely [...]
Zimmerman Medical Records Released
MIAMI (AP) — Court records show George Zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a nose fracture and two cuts to the back of his head after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. ABC News reports [...]
Wednesday WindDown Season Kickoff After April Rainout
WAOK is looking forward to helping you again avoid the mid-week blues with the Wednesday WindDown Concerts. Centennial Olympic Park, the City of Atlanta, and a host of sponsors again will put on the popular [...]
Wednesday WindDown Season Kick-Off After April Rain Out
Avoid the mid-week blues with the Wednesday Windown. The good folks at Centennial Olympic Park, the City of Atlanta and a host of sponsors again will put on the popular free Wednesday WindDown series of concerts this spring and summer.
Funeral Home Versus Confederate Battlefield
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) — City officials are set to decide what has become a contentious fight over whether a funeral home should be allowed on the site of a Civil War battlefield. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution [...]
FAMU Band Suspended For Another Year
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP/WAOK) — Florida A&M University’s famed marching band is being suspended until 2013. FAMU President James Ammons told the school’s board of trustees on Monday that he will keep The Marching 100 off [...]
New Jackie Robinson Movie Filming
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A movie about baseball groundbreaker Jackie Robinson is filming in Birmingham, Ala., this week. Crews will be at the downtown Tutwiler Hotel on Monday to film scenes for the film “42,” [...]
Questions About Beating of Wife of DeKalb Police Officer
DeKalb Co, Ga (WAOK/AJC)-Several questions remain concerning who is responsible for the beating of the wife of a DeKalb County police officer. According to the AJC, the woman is in critical condition after the assault outside the [...]
President Obama Coming Back To Atlanta
ATLANTA (WAOK/AJC)-It looks like this time around Atlanta, at least will be more of a player in the presidential election than last time. President Barack Obama will return to Atlanta in June for a series [...]
It’s Sweet Auburn Festival Weekend
ATLANTA (WAOK)-It happens every year on the second weekend of May, one of Atlanta’s largest festivals, Sweet Auburn Springfest. WAOK will be there again this year with all of your air personalities and voter registration. [...]
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- The Mo Ivory Show 5/17. . . May 17, 2012Today on the Mo Ivory Show, New York Stop & Frisk policies come under attack by a Class Action Law Suit aimed at changing the policy. The judge granted the suit stating thousands of people [...]DWAOK
- Keepin It Real with Rev. Al Sharpton 5/16 May 16, 2012You know we are Keepin It Real. Click inside to see what issues are up for debate today!waoksharpton
- The Mo Ivory Show 5/16. . . May 16, 2012Today on the Mo Ivory Show, Dr. Lipman of the Atlanta Interventional Institute joins Mo to talk about UFE. Dr. Lipman is a pioneer in the development of uterine fibroid embolization (UFE). Join Dr. Lipman [...]DWAOK
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