FOR
FOR MANY
FOR MANY YEARS - WHEN 4@YO TALKED ABOUT 13WMAZ NEWS - YOU TALKED ABOUT TINA HICKS.
SHE WAS A HOMETOWN SUCCESS
STORY TRUSTED BY 4@YOU WHEN IT
CAME TO GIVING YOU ALL THE
NEWS FROM AROUND CENTRAL
4@GEORGIA. TINA PASSED AWAY
LAST NIGHT AFTER BATTLING
HEALTH ISSUES 4@FOR SEVERAL
YEARS. IN 2019 - I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH
TINA AND TALK ABOUT HER 4@CAREE
AND ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SHE
LOVED. çáááSOT FULLáááÑ
OF TINA ANCHORING GOOD EVENING
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US TINA HICKS PATH TO THE ANCHOR
DESK... WASN'T NECESSARILY A
STRAIGHT LINE.(20:40:11) I
FIRST 4@WANTED TO BE IN THE AIR
STRAIGHT LINE.(20:40:11) I FIRST 4@WANTED TO BE IN THE AIR@ FORCE TO BE A IN THE AIR FORCE
TO BE A PILOT A WOMAN PILOT
THEN I WANTED TO BE A NURSE-
4@ THEN I WANTED TO BE AN
4@ANCHOR. HER ROAD TO THE ANCHOR DESK
WAS ACTUALLY HELPED ALONG 4@BY
AN ARTICLE OF WOMEN'S
CLOTHING. (20:42:08) THIS GUY WAS A DJ
AND HE GOT ME TO DO RADIO
SPOTS AND I REMEMBER THE SPOTS
AND I TO DO RADIO SPOTS AND I
REMEMBER THE 4@ONE I DID WAS FO
PANTY 4@HOSEAND HER VOICE ON TH
RADIO... CAUGHT THE EAR OF THE
STATION'S GENERAL MANAGER.HE
CALLED AND ASKED WHO IS THAT
VOICE WE 4@HEARD... AND THEY
TOLD HIM IT WAS TINA.THAT
RADIO 4@SPOT... WAS JUST O4@NE
THE FIRST STEPS TO GET TINA IN
THE DOOR AT 13WMAZ... SHE
SERVED AS A CO-HOST OF EBONY
4@ SPEAKS AND THEN TOOK A JOB ON
THE SWITCHBOARD...I ANSWERED
4@EVERY PHONE CALL THAT CAME
IN AND FROM THERE... SHE TOOK
OFF! I COULDN'T STAY STILL...SHE
MOVED TO 4@AM RADIO... THEN TO
FM RADIO... BEFORE 4@MOVING BAC
TO RECEPTION WORKING AS A NEWS
SECRETARY.4@I STARTED SHOOTING
STORIES FOR REPORTERS... I
TAUGHT MYSELF HOW TO
SHOOT.4@ SHORTLY AFTER SHE AUDITIONED
FOR AN ANCHOR POSITION... AND
TINA... GOT THE JOB..4@I WAS
SCARED TO DEATH ON MY FIRST
DAY & I KEPT ON WITH IT.AFTER
OVERCOMING SOME EAR4@LY-JOB
JITTERS, TINA QUICKLY
ESTABLISHED HERSELF AS A
RELIABLE AND CARING VOICE FOR
THE COMMUNITY.(20:45:30) THE
STORIES THAT WE DID THE
STORIES THAT HELPED PEOPLE. I
4@
STORIES THAT WE DID THE STORIES THAT HELPED PEOPLE. I LIKED THOSE.TINA LIVE SHOT//
BESIDE ME IS A QUILT WITH THE
NAMES OF WOMEN WHO 4@HAVE LOST
THEIR FIGHT AGAINST BREAST
4@ THEIR FIGHT HAVE LOST THEIR
FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER...
BUT WE DON'T WANT ANY OTHER
WOMEN TO LOSE THEIR FIGHTTH4@OS
STORIES INCLUDED TINA'S FRIEND
FOR LIFE SERIES URGING WOMEN
TO DO SELF-BREAST EXAMS AND
SIGN UP FOR MAMMOGRAMS.HERE'S
THE PROGRAM... EVERY 13TH DAY
OF THE MONTH YOU WILL CALL
ANOTHER WOMEN AND REMIND HER
TO 4@WOMEN AND REMIND HER TO DO
HER SELF BREAST EXAM.(COVER
TH4@IS SOT WITH TINA'S 4@MAMMOG
VO)(19:07:23) ONE LADY I MET
SHE SAID YOU SAVED MY LIFE
AND I SAID HOW? YOUR SERIES ON
@ BREAST CANCER URGED ME TO
CHECK MY BREAST AND I HAD A
LUMP AND 4@IT WAS CANCER. I HA
AN OPERATION AND THEY REMOVED
IT AND I'M IN
REMISSION.çáááVO 4@
AN OPERATION AND THEY REMOVED IT AND I'M IN REMISSION.çáááVO áááÑHELPING PEOPLE ENABLED
TINA TO BECOME A RECOGNIZABLE
FACE 4@WHEREVER SHE WENT BUT
THAT CELEBRITY STATUS NEVER
CHANGED WHO 4@SHE WAS.çáááSOT
FULLáááÑ (COVER WITH PICTURES
OF TINA PLAYING TOSS WITH
KIDS)<(20:57:21) I COULDN'T BE
ANYTHING BUT GENUINE. AND I
4@ WANTED TO BE THAT WHEREVER I
WAS. (20:57:50) THERE WAS NO
ACTING. I WANTED TO BE
REAL. THAT GENUINENESS BOTH ON AND
OFF THE AIR ALLOWED TINA TO
ESTABLISH A STRONG BOND WITH
THE VIEWERS.(20:55:00) I THINK
THEY F4@ELT LIKE I WAS A PART O
THEIR FAMILY.
(FM) WAS THAT IMPORTANT TO
YOU? (TH) YES BECAUSE I WOULD
BE INVITED INTO 4@THEIR LIVING
ROOM AND DEN WHICH YOU KNOW
WAS 4@PRETTY GOOD.AS FOR HOW
TINA WOULD LIKE CENTRAL
4@ GEORGIANS TO REMEMBER
HER: (20:50:56) AS A HARD WORKER
AND SOMEBODY WHO ADDED TO THE
COMMUNITY 4@AND A GOOD WORKER
FOR
CHARITY. 4@
COMMUNITY 4@AND A GOOD WORKER FOR CHARITY. I WILL ALWAYS 4@I WILL ALWAYS
REMEMBER TINA AS AN
4@ ARTICULATE, AUTHORITATIVE AND
REASSURING VOICE FOR THOUSANDS
OF CENTRAL GEORGIANS EVERY
NIGHT..I WILL REMEMBER HER 4@AS
A KIND, CARING AND
COMPASSIONATE PERSON WHO
RESPECTED OTHER PEOPLE EVEN
WHEN 4@THAT RESPECT WAS NOT
ALWAYS RECIPROCATED..4@I WILL
REMEMBER TINA AS A MENTOR TO
MANY PEOPLE..I WOULD RARELY
WALK BY HER OFFICE AND N4@OT
FIND SOMEONE SITTING INSIDE
SEEKING HER COUNSEL ON
EVERYTHING FROM WORK TO
RELATIONSHIPS TO FAMILY
MATTERS..I WILL 4@REMEMBER HER
AS A GIFTED 4@ANCHOR AND I WOUL
ALWAYS MARV4@EL AND HOW SHE
COULD TAKE WORDS PRINTED ON A
PAGE AND TURN THEM INTO
THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AND
EMOTIONS THAT MADE PEOPLE CARE
ABOUT AND TRUS4@T WHAT SHE WAS
SAYING..I WILL REMEMBER TINA
AS A PROUD PERSON - PROU4@D OF
HER FAMILY AND HER CHILDREN
KATINA AND KEVIN..PROUD OF
WHERE SHE GREW UP IN SOUTH
MACON AND PROUD OF HER ROLE IN
THE 4@COMMUNITY WHERE SHE
PROVIDED A BRIGHT LIGHT FOR
OTHERS TO FOLLOW..WE HAVE ALL
LOST PEOPLE WE WERE CLOSE TO
IN 2020 - FAMILY AND FRIENDS
WHO TOUCHED OUR LIVES..I FIND
COMFORT 4@TONIGHT KNOWING THEY
CAN ALL SIT BACK AND ONCE
AGAIN LISTEN TO TINA HICKS
TELL THEM WHAT'S HAPPENING -
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