Jeff Hullinger

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Jeff Hullinger is an anchor/reporter for 11Alive.

He anchors the 11Alive News at 10 with Melissa Long Monday through Friday. He also contributes to 11Alive News at 11.

In 2011, he was a Southeastern Emmy finalist for general assignment news reporting.

In 2010, Hullinger was a fixture on the campaign trail during Georgia's last gubernatorial race and served as moderator for a series of gubernatorial debates.

He spent three years (2006-2009) anchoring news for WSB AM 750 and WSB FM 98.5.

In 2008, Hullinger was awarded two regional radio Edward R. Murrow's for news and sports reporting and was a finalist for the Green Eyeshade award for best newscast.

He is a 17 time Emmy award winner for the most ever by an Atlanta television sports anchor.

Jeff has collected more than a dozen Best of Atlanta's awards.

Hullinger is a past recipient of Georgia Sportscaster of the Year as voted by his peers with the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.

While serving as the play by play voice of the Atlanta Falcons. Jeff garnered Associated Press awards for best play by play in the state of Georgia.

Hullinger's call of Morten Anderson's NFC Title winning kick in the Minneapolis Metrodome is played in the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame as one of the state's 10 biggest sports moments.

In addition to the Falcons, Jeff spent two years as one of ESPN TV's front line college football play by play voices, including bowl games. His favorite experience was serving with ESPN Gameday for the network feature game of the week as the play by play voice.

Hullinger also called men's and women's NCAA basketball, and the Arena League post season games.

Jeff was the weeknight Atlanta television sports anchor at WAGA TV for 18 years. When the bomb went off at Centennial Olympic Park, Jeff anchored 8 and a half hours of WAGA TV's news coverage.

Hullinger broadcast television preseason Falcons games in 3 decades, the 80's, 90's and 2000's. He hosted 4 Falcons head coaches television shows over the years.

His biggest thrills aside from broadcasting an NFC Championship game and a Super Bowl were calling a Falcons/Saints game with former Soviet President Mikael Gorbachev as an analyst and traveling to Tokyo to broadcast the Falcons/Cowboys Tokyo Bowl.

He was the television play by play voice of the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta.

Hullinger also filled in many times as the Host of CNN's Talkback Live.

Jeff began his career as a weekend sports anchor and reporter at KSL in Salt Lake City.

Then on to Denver and KCNC where he was a weekend sports anchor and reporter. Jeff anchored the Denver Broncos pre-game show.

Hullinger also spent two years with WTSP-TV Tampa/St. Pete Gannett as a reporter and sports anchor.

Jeff has a B.S. degree in Mass Communications from Colorado State-Pueblo.

Jeff is married and has 2 children.