Marcy Williams, trailblazing news anchor at Cox Media Group Atlanta’s 95.5 WSB (WSBB-FM/WSB-AM), has announced her retirement after 31 years with the station. Williams is one of the longest-serving radio news anchors in the country and made history as the first female anchor of the top-rated Atlanta’s Morning News program. Her last day on the air will be Friday, April 28.
In recognition of her achievements, Williams recently received the 2023 Gracie Award for Outstanding Local Radio News Anchor from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation, which honors and celebrates individual accomplishments and programming by and for women.
“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,” Williams said. “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. 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 has played a massive role in WSB’s success over the past 31 years,” said Jaleigh Long, Vice President and Market Manager for CMG Atlanta Radio. “We’ll miss her phenomenal talents and wish her the best of happiness and success on her new journey in life.”
