January 2, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHRR5RUCwYI Columbia, SC (WACH) – 2012 went out with a bang again this year in Columbia, South Carolina. WACH FOX News reporter Ivory Hecker covered the Famously Hot New Year event as thousands packed the streets of downtown.

January 2, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8cc82pnPkA Columbia, SC (WACH) – WACH FOX News reporter Ivory Hecker reports live from the Famously Hot New Year 2013 back in downtown Columbia, SC.

January 1, 2013 http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=214782 Columbia, SC (WLTX) – Columbia welcomed in the new year with songs and fireworks. The “Famously Hot New Year” took place in the city’s downtown. Thousands of people lined Main Street beginning at the State House.

January 1, 2013 http://www.wistv.com/story/20481002/the-hangover-city-picks-up-after-famously-hot-new-year COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – At 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, it still looked like the intersection of Main and Gervais Streets had a hangover from last night.

December 31, 2012 http://www.wistv.com/story/20477664/city-celebrates-famously-hot-new-year COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – Against the backdrop of the South Carolina State House, people came to downtown Columbia to celebrate New Year’s Eve.

http://www.thestate.com/2013/01/01/2574314/snapshots-famously-hot-new-year.html#.UO2rfeTAffI Columbia, SC (The State) – Columbians pose for photos while ringing in the new year along Main Street on New Year’s Eve in downtown Columbia.

January 1, 2013 http://www.thestate.com/2013/01/01/2573804/video-famously-hot-new-years-2013.html#.UO2rTOTAffI Columbia, SC (The State) – See a video of the Famously Hot New Year’s 2013 fireworks show in Columbia, SC

January 2, 2013 http://www.thestate.com/2013/01/02/2574900/new-years-eve-party-famously-successful.html#emlnl=Morning_newsletter Columbia, SC (The State) – Columbia’s second downtown New Year’s Eve party attracted roughly 5,000 more people than the inaugural event in 2011, came in on budget and likely will not need more taxpayer money, one of its organizers said Tuesday.

January 1, 2013 http://www.thestate.com/2013/01/01/2573771/famously-hot-gala-gets-more-famous.html#.UO2q2OTAffI Columbia, SC (The State) – Columbia rang in 2013 with another huge street party as thousands strolled up and down Main Street, hobnobbed in special VIP rooms and danced to everything from old-school rhythm and blues to rock ‘n’ roll.

December 23, 2012 http://www.free-times.com/index.php?cat=1992912064227409&ShowArticle_ID=11012612122937785 (Free Times) – Gentle revelers, the question, as you pick up this fine rag and ponder your auld-lang-syne-ing options, is the same as when Frank Loesser wrote it way back in 1947: What are you doing New Year’s Eve?