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NEWORLEANS - Local television icon and recently retired WWL-TV legend Angela Hill was honored by the New Orleans City Council Thursday for her 38-year career in local broadcasting.
City Council members, led by City Council President Jackie Clarkson and District A council member Susan Guidry, honored Angela with a proclamation recognizing her 38 years of service to the local community and the media in New Orleans.
Angela, who in April announced her retirement from anchoring nightly newscasts but her plan to continue producing documentaries and specials for Channel 4, recalled to council members that her first day on the job in 1975 involved covering a City Council meeting, shadowing then-WWL reporter Rosemary James.
'And it was to interview Mayor (Moon) Landrieu,' Angela said. 'Fast forward almost 40 years, we have another Landrieu as our mayor, which reminds us that the more things change, the more they stay the same.'
Angela also pointed out that in 1975 and for many decades since, the city council was made up of all male members. Today, District Ecouncil member JamesGray is the only man serving on a council with a female majority.
Council PresidentJackie Clarkson recalled first meeting Angela in 1978 through friend and fellow Realtor Bobbi Hall, who was assisting Angela in the purchase of her first home in the city.
'You were so impressive, because of what this city meant to you and you still personify that feeling that there's nothing more important than the news of this city that you bring us every night,' said Clarkson.
Guidry and other council members also recognized Angela's many years of work with community non-profit organizations, animal rights groups and other charities.
'That includes the tens of thousands of animals you've helped, along with so many other non-profit organizations,' Guidry said.
'I think you're not retiring, you're really just changing hats, because I've retired twice and I'm still working,' said District D council member Cynthia Hedge-Morrell. 'I hope you'll get a chance to really do some things that you want to do in this new chapter. We're just going to see Angela in a different light and I'm looking forward to that.'
