Atlanta Radio: Melissa Carter Exits WSB-FM's Morning Show

Melissa Carter

Longtime Atlanta radio DJ Melissa Carter, the first openly gay morning radio host in Atlanta, is no longer on the air with WSB B98.5FM’s morning show. Carter leaves the show after three and a half years.

The popular Atlanta personality gained major notoriety during her decade on Q100’s The Bert Show. She left that show in 2011 and joined B98.5 in the summer of 2013.

According to gavoice.com, the morning host veteran reportedly has nearly six months left on her current contract. Norm Schrutt, her agent, said Carter wanted to give the adult pop station time to find a replacement while staying on air but the station decided otherwise. Carter will remain employed with the station through August but it’s unclear if she will have any active role.

Carter, who declined to comment on the move, was open with listeners about various aspects of her personal life, from suffering through chronic kidney disease that led to a transplant in 2002 to her longtime relationship with partner to the couple’s journey to becoming parents to their breakup in 2015.

Carter’s former co-host Tad Lemire will remain on the show and the station is actively looking for Carter’s replacement.