John Moore, Atlanta’s WSB morning host in the 1970s, has died at 82

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John Moore’s voice was heard throughout Atlanta via WSB radio. (Courtesy WSB radio archives 1960s)

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WSB morning host John Moore (left) interviews actor and comic Hans Conried in 1973. (Courtesy WSB Radio archives)

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in 1981, Nutri-System chronicled WSB radio host John Moore’s weight-loss journey with ads in both the Atlanta Journal and Atlanta Constitution. His wife, Nancy, took part, as well. (File/AJC)

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John Moore with Gary Kinsey had a brief run as WSB-AM’s morning show hosts in 1981 after Moore’s original co-host, Jim Howell, left for a country radio station. (Courtesy WSB Radio archive)

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