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Denis O’Hayer

Denis O’Hayer is the political reporter for WXIA-TV, Channel 11. He joined the station in 1998 after 19 years as an anchor at Newsradio WGST. O’Hayer also appears regularly on WPBA-TV, Channel 30, where he has hosted “The Layman’s Lawyer” since 1987, and “Atlanta This Week” since 1996. At WGST, he was the moderator of “Counterpoint,” a political debate show, and was the host “Sixty at Six,” an hour-long news block which started as a nightly update on the Persian Gulf War. O’Hayer’s career honors include a National Headliner Award, national honors from United Press International and Investigative Reporters and Editors, and three Achievement in Radio Awards for his interviews. In 1997, he joined the Southeast Bureau of CNN, where he produced several stories on the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, until he moved to WXIA. He bagan his radio career in 1976 at WGCH in Greenwich, Conn. O’Hayer is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, with a degree in Spanish, He and his wife, Lisa, live in Atlanta.