Jack Williams Steps Away From Full-Time

Jack Williams

Boston’s local CBS affiliate, WBZ-TV, has announced that veteran broadcaster Jack Williams would be stepping down from his full-time post at the anchor desk on Aug. 31.

“After 39 wonderful years, I’ve decided to step away from the anchor desk, but I’m absolutely not leaving WBZ-TV News,” Williams said in a WBZ post. “Even though I won’t be a nightly anchor, I am thrilled that I’ll be able to continue my ‘Wednesday’s Child’ reports, substitute anchor when need be, and still be a part of WBZ-TV’s signature events and specials.”

Williams, a Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame inductee, began anchoring the at WBZ-TV in 1975, seven years into his television journalism career.

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— WBZ Boston News (@cbsboston) August 18, 2014