San Diego Radio: Longtime Traffic Reporter Cal Walker Retires

Cal Walker, longtime San Diego traffic reporter on radio and TV, has retired after 30 years in the San Diego market. His final day on the job was Friday, Dec. 20.

Cal Walker

Walker worked for Total Traffic and Weather Network, a company owned by iHeart Media. Most recently, he was heard on seven local radio stations operated by iHeart Media San Diego, but he also reported for KFMB-TV and KNSD-TV at various times over the years.

According to The Times of San Diego, his first 10 years in radio starting in 1979 were spent in Vancouver and Calgary. He moved to San Diego in 1989, and got a job delivering helicopter traffic reports for Airwatch Traffic, a company that was later acquired by Jacor Communications, then sold to Clear Channel Communications, followed by iHeart Media’s acquisition. Over the years he has provided traffic updates while flying both a helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft.

“I came to San Diego to look for a radio job and took an available position doing traffic,” said Walker. “We have used both types of aircraft depending on weather and maintenance schedules. The listener never knew about TTWN or any of the others, they just thought it was the radio or TV station providing the traffic report.”

MarketInk logo“It’s been a great career and a great city to raise our two daughters. After we got married in 1989, we decided to move to San Diego to enjoy the sunshine and the golf, which is what I will be doing during retirement.” Walker’s wife, Terri Stevenson, works as a corporate meeting planner.