{"id":2180321,"date":"2025-11-28T22:41:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T22:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2180321"},"modified":"2025-11-28T22:41:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T22:41:51","slug":"john-moore-atlantas-wsb-morning-host-in-the-1970s-has-died-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/john-moore-atlantas-wsb-morning-host-in-the-1970s-has-died-at-82\/","title":{"rendered":"John Moore, Atlanta’s WSB morning host in the 1970s, has died at 82"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 1972, John Moore addresses a crowd for the WSB Fish Tale contest at the Atlanta Boat Show. (Courtesy WSB Radio archives)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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Longtime WSB radio host John Moore, whose voice boomed over Atlanta morning airwaves in the 1970s, has died at age 82. <\/p>\n

The Georgia Radio Hall of Fame inductee <\/a>died Nov. 10 from complications related to dementia, his stepdaughter Laura Fowler said. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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John Moore’s voice was heard throughout Atlanta via WSB radio. (Courtesy WSB radio archives 1960s)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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WSB morning host John Moore (left) interviews actor and comic Hans Conried in 1973. (Courtesy WSB Radio archives)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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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)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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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)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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John Moore (front center) at his 80th birthday party at Ansley Golf Club in 2022 with his wife, Nancy (front left), and stepkids (from left) Drew Crissman, David Crissman, Jennifer Head and Laura Fowler. (Courtesy photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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