Lois Reitzes has been a radio host in Atlanta for a whopping 46 years . Even more impressively, she has been at the same radio station 90.1/WABE-FM the entire time, segueing from classical music DJ to arts-oriented talk show host in 2015.
Her retirement announcement last week wasn’t entirely unexpected. She is 71. “It was time,” she told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Reitzes, by a wide margin, has been at the same radio station longer than any other active host in Atlanta. Once she leaves, Greg Street on R&B/hip-hop station V-103 will have the longest run at one station at 30 years. Host Larry Tinsley has the most years on Atlanta radio: 51 years at three different stations, the last 29 at V-103…