Jack Williams to retire as daily anchor

By adamg on Mon, 08/18/2014 - 3:46pm

WBZ reports Williams, who has been with the station for 39 years, will continue to serve as a substitute anchor and will continue his work on "Wednesday's Child."

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End of an era. He is such a

By Patricia on Mon, 08/18/2014 - 3:56pm.

End of an era. He is such a nice guy and his Wednesday's Child has made me tear up more than once. They stopped making anchor men like Jack Williams and replaced them with bobbleheads.

Best of luck!

You Tube Channel 4 from the late 70's

By John Costello on Mon, 08/18/2014 - 4:08pm.

Any resemblance between Jack and a certain fictional San De-a-agan anchor are pure coincidence. Best of luck to a guy who was professional and funny at the same time.

You stay

By bulgingbuick on Mon, 08/18/2014 - 4:29pm.

classy Boston.

anchorman resemblance

By bostnkid on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 8:10am.

I think your thinking of tom ellis. he WAS anchorman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY4oVfYeP-o

jack Williams and tonny pepper were the brash young reporters!

I grew up watching Jack Williams. Growing up in Medford to a mother born in South Boston, I credit his flat, unaffected mid-western inflection with modifying my own regional patois to lose my broad 'A' phonic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RsR56UJugU