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Georgia Salutes America

ATLANTA — Channel 2's "Georgia Salutes America" includes a mix of musical entertainment, a special tribute to the men and women who serve in our armed forces and the South's most spectacular fireworks show, live from Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, GA.

Jovita Moore, anchor of Channel 2 Action News at 5, 6 and 11 p.m., and sports anchor Zach Klein will host this special event.

The program’s opening number features Lisa Kelly, international singing star and former Celtic Woman, and Geoff McBride from “The Voice.”  Local sister act Von Grey and an ensemble of Georgia high school musical theater performers will also help kick off the night.

"Georgia Salutes America" includes the Georgia Lottery premiere of "Hope for the Future," a video tribute featuring hundreds of Georgia students. It celebrates 20 years of Pre-K and Hope Scholarships.   The lottery will also unveil the winners of this year's "4th in 4 words" contest during the live special.

The primetime special honors those who serve in the armed forces with soldier greetings from around the world and will showcase the winner of the Montlick & Associates Most Deserving Military Family contest.

The finale of the evening is Centennial Olympic Park’s Fireworks Spectacular, Atlanta’s best fireworks display synchronized to a special selection of patriotic and popular music.

“Georgia Salutes America” at Centennial Olympic park is a great way for local families to celebrate our country’s independence,” said Tim McVay, vice president and general manager of Channel 2 WSB-TV. “Either attending live or watching our telecast on Channel 2 continues this great tradition,” McVay added.

WHAT:  Georgia Salutes America

WHO:   Channel 2’s Jovita Moore and Zach Klein  

WHEN:  Thursday 9 p.m., July 4th, 2013

WHERE:  Channel 2 WSB-TV

For additional show information contact Art Rogers (404) 897-7479

About Channel 2 WSB-TV The ABC Affiliate is part of Cox Media Group and ranks as Atlanta's number one local television station. The station also operates its website, wsbtv.com, its mobile site, wap.wsbtv.com, and airs MeTV on its digital channel 2.2.

About Cox Media Group
Cox Media Group is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of CoxReps.  Additionally, CMG owns Cox Target Media, which operates Valpak, one of North America's leading direct marketing companies, and Savings.com, a leading online source for savings.  The company's operations currently include 14 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 57 radio stations, eight daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services.  CMG currently operates in more than 20 media markets and reaches approximately 52 million Americans weekly, including more than 30 million TV viewers, more than 4 million print and online newspaper readers, and 14 million radio listeners.  For more information about Cox Media Group, please check us out online at www.coxmediagroup.com.