http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/05/storycorps-the-national-oral-history-project-to-begin-recording-in-atlanta-this-month/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/05/storycorps-the-national-oral-history-project-to-begin-recording-in-atlanta-this-month/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:02:09 +0000 Kelli Goldman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=27187 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/05/storycorps-the-national-oral-history-project-to-begin-recording-in-atlanta-this-month/feed/ 0 National initiative to record life experiences and stories from everyday Americans will launch recording sessions in Atlanta. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/08/wabe-new-u-s-attorney-appointment-could-come-this-week/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/08/wabe-new-u-s-attorney-appointment-could-come-this-week/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:55:49 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=24722 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/08/wabe-new-u-s-attorney-appointment-could-come-this-week/feed/ 0 One federal lawyer and an Atlanta attorney are two of the rumored candidates http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/17/wabes-odette-yousef-reports-from-ethiopia-on-trachoma/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/17/wabes-odette-yousef-reports-from-ethiopia-on-trachoma/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:07:30 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=20999 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/17/wabes-odette-yousef-reports-from-ethiopia-on-trachoma/feed/ 0 Journalist travels with Carter Center to report on eye illness that can lead to blindness http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/13/11alives-denis-ohayer-joins-wabe/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/13/11alives-denis-ohayer-joins-wabe/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:58:21 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=12493 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/13/11alives-denis-ohayer-joins-wabe/feed/ 12 News veteran will locally host afternoon editions of 'The World,' 'All Things Considered' and 'MarketPlace.' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/11/storycorps-coming-to-atlanta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/11/storycorps-coming-to-atlanta/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:44:46 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10751 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/11/storycorps-coming-to-atlanta/feed/ 0 City will host "the nation’s largest and most remarkable oral history project of our time.” http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/07/listen-to-my-npr-interview-about-bmf/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/07/listen-to-my-npr-interview-about-bmf/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:14:07 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8797 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/07/listen-to-my-npr-interview-about-bmf/feed/ 0 The Black Mafia Family was a $270 million cocaine enterprise that had ties to some of the biggest names in hip-hop. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/25/drop-wabes-classical-music-block-spacey-says-yes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/25/drop-wabes-classical-music-block-spacey-says-yes/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:32:48 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6413 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/25/drop-wabes-classical-music-block-spacey-says-yes/feed/ 23 Just like changing Georgia’s Sunday liquor laws, every couple years a group of NPR-addicted folks bring up the idea of urging WABE, Atlanta’s public radio godsend, to drop its six-hour afternoon block of classical music and replace it with more news. Independent-bookstore owners and dentist offices shore up their resources and successfully quash the uprising. [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/04/atlanta-blogs-today-first-ladies-for-hillary/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/04/atlanta-blogs-today-first-ladies-for-hillary/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:30:22 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/04/atlanta-blogs-today-first-ladies-for-hillary/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/04/atlanta-blogs-today-first-ladies-for-hillary/feed/ 1 “Like Maynard, Hillary believes in creating possibilities for all Americans. For 35 years, she’s fought to turn possibilities into realities. From civil rights to universal healthcare, Hillary Clinton has always been on our side.” — Valerie Jackson, widow of former Mayor Maynard Jackson and host of WABE-FM (90.1)’s book-themed “Between the Lines,” endorses Sen. Hillary Clinton [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/06/wabe-shakes-up-its-world/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/06/wabe-shakes-up-its-world/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:51:18 +0000 David Lee Simmons http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/06/wabe-shakes-up-its-world/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/06/wabe-shakes-up-its-world/feed/ 12 In what amounts to a serious shakeup in its programming, WABE-FM (90.1)’s insertion of the first-rate news show “The World” caused quite the ripple effect starting today. The one-hour news show from Public Radio International, a co-op effort by the BBC and Boston’s WGBH-FM, slid into the 3-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday slot— thereby bumping talk show [...]