You can’t say to Bill: “You ain’t from here!”  Bill’s a native of Savannah and a graduate of Groves High School—then, from Groves Rebel to Ole Miss Rebel,

Bill got his B-A in broadcast journalism from the University of Mississippi in 1970 and spent the next four years at WCIV-TV as staff announcer and assistant sports director in Charleston.  After a brief stint with the Greater Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce, Bill returned home in 1977 as news & sports anchor at WJCL-TV.

In 1980 he became news director of WSGA & WZAT (Z-102) and assistant sports director at WTOC-TV, returning to WJCL two years later as sports director.  For the next nine years he also hosted “The Erk Russell Show”—the Georgia Southern Football show. 

Loving the classroom setting, Bill’s also taught television production at Savannah College of Art & Design, English at Savannah Technical College, and public speaking at Armstrong-Atlantic State University.  For four years he was sports director at WSAV-TV (before they were on “Our Side”), while, at the same time, the news director of Q-105.3.

Bill began news talk at WBMQ when they returned to a local morning show and then joined the staff of WTKS on 19 February 2002. 

Very active in the community, Bill’s been a member of the Downtown Savannah Kiwanis club where he’s served as a Key Club advisor and club president.  He’s been a member of Kiwanis since 1971.  He’s won the Associated Press Sportscasting Excellence Award for his work, including nightly coverage of Olympic sailing during the 1996 games in Savannah.

Bill’s married to the former Pam Tavormina and enjoys being a granddad.

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