WSB/Atlanta's Marcy Williams Announces Retirement

RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Marcy Williams

WSBB-FM and WSB-AM/Atlanta news anchor Marcy Williams has announced her retirement. After a 31-year career at the station, Williams' last day on-air will be Friday, April 28. Williams is one of the longest-tenured radio news anchors in the country. She began her WSB Radio career as an overnight anchor, and she quickly rose through the ranks to become the first-ever female anchor of the top-rated, award-winning "Atlanta's Morning News."

Williams is credited with delivering the station's first local reaction report on 9/11. She's demonstrated unwavering dedication to her craft, including working throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Williams also won the 2023 Gracie Award for Outstanding Local Radio News Anchor, from Alliance for Women in Media Foundation.

"I've spent 30 years as the first female co-anchor of Atlanta's Morning News. With a little back-of-the-envelope math, I calculate I've written more than 300,000 stories over those three decades," said Williams. "Now it's time for me to write a new chapter.

"It's very unusual in this business to be part of one broadcast team for so long," continued Williams. "I'm gratified to have been a member of this outstanding newsroom. Now I'm graduating to join our audience as a full-time 95.5 WSB news consumer."

"Marcy is one of the very best, a great writer and a great storyteller," said 95.5 WSB Director of Branding and Programming Ken Charles. "She's been a bedrock of the morning news on WSB for 31 years and will be greatly missed by our team and our listeners."

"Marcy has played a massive role in WSB's success over the past 31 years," added CMG Atlanta Radio Vice President and Market Manager Jaleigh Long. "We'll miss her phenomenal talents and wish her the best of happiness and success on her new journey in life."

"Marcy has been a leader and an example in our newsroom for more than three decades," said News Director Amanda Moyer. "Her recent Gracie award win is the perfect cap to her long tenure at WSB as the first, and to this day, the only female lead news anchor on Atlanta's Morning News. She will be deeply missed, but our loss is her granddaughter's gain."