Doug Turnbull has left the only full-time job he has ever had reporting traffic on WSB radio for 20 years.
His final day was Friday when he flew on the traffic helicopter over metro Atlanta for a final time. Earlier, staff held him a going away party at the office and on air, WSB afternoon host Eric Von Haessler wished him well.
“You’ve been a great colleague and great friend,” Von Haessler said on air at 6:45 p.m. Friday. “You are fantastic at what you do. I will miss the hell out of you.”
Turnbull, in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, said he started as an intern at the news/talk station three days after he graduated high school at age 18 in 2004 and worked under the late Capt. Herb Emory, who died unexpectedly in 2014.
“Capt. Emory trained me,” he said. “I got to start on top at a place this well respected. I didn’t have to go to a smaller radio station. I did different jobs at WSB but mainly traffic.”
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