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Scott Slade

The 39-year veteran of WSB began his radio career in 1970 at the age of 15. He’s worked at WRFC, WUOG, WAPE, WHIE, WKEU and WGRI before starting at WSB with an overnight music show in 1984. Scott quickly advanced to flying the WSB Skycopter to deliver morning and afternoon traffic reports. In 1991, he was one of the founding fathers of WSB’s “Atlanta’s Morning News.” Slade has been the only host of the award-winning program since it debuted on 95.5 WSB.

Slade recently was inducted into the Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and in 2008 he was inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame. Slade also has won two NAB Marconi awards for Major Market and Large Market Personality of the Year, Edward R. Murrow regional awards for Best Newscast, and numerous GAB awards.

Showcasing his commitment to the community, Scott initiated the WSB Radio Care-a-Thon in 2000, benefiting the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The annual event has raised more than $30 million to fight children’s cancer and blood disorders.

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A New Wrinkle to "Georgia Grown"
Visiting with Georgia Tech grads Perry and Laura Solomon, Georgia's first commercial oyster farmers.
April 3, 2025
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A Hall of Fame Tribute for a Legendary Atlanta Journalist
This week, Scott's speaking to Channel 2 Action News veteran reporter Mark Winne. His thoughts on the importance of real local news, his unparalleled access to sources, the stories he would still love to tell, and the important of his faith. Mark is among those being inducted into the 2025 Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame on March 28.
March 27, 2025
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A Special Message from Scott Slade
The WSB Legend discusses his health and how advanced medical research that he has helped champion for 30 years is improving his prognosis.
March 20, 2025
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Reuniting With an Old Friend
Paul Crawford of Buckhead celebrates his 101st birthday this week (March 19.) I wanted to bring back this remarkable story of how he celebrated number 100 last year, at the controls of a P-51 Mustang not unlike the one he flew for 29 missions in WWII before he was shot down over China. Planning ahead, Airbase Georgia Commemorative Air Force is planning two warbird exhibition and ride days at Dekalb Peachtree Airport May 24-25. Get details here https://airbasegeorgia.org/event/pdk-may-rides-day-atlanta-ga/
March 20, 2025
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Out of This World!
This week, Scott's speaking with Robert "Robby" Ainsworth, Lawrenceville, GA native and Collins Hill High School and Georgia Tech graduate about his role as an engineer on the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander project for Firefly Aerospace. On March 2, Firefly pulled off the first-ever fully successful moon landing for a commercial company as part of CLIPS, the Commercial Lunar Payload Services Program at NASA. The Blue Ghost lander is still working away, gathering data through ten different payloads to add to the body of knowledge for future landings and even further human exploration. There is some time pressure: the lander was designed to work for one lunar day, which is fourteen earth days, before darkness takes over in mid-March and the batteries drain. In this story, listen for the cool connection between the surface of the moon a quarter million miles away and the WSB Radio studios in midtown Atlanta.
March 13, 2025
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What's Happening to the Way We Speak in Georgia?
This week, I'm speaking with University of Georgia Linguistics Professor Jon Forrest. At the least, he's finding evidence the Georgia accent is changing and, in some cases, disappearing. Several factors to cite, including a large number of people moving into Georgia from other parts of the country, language is constantly morphing, and younger speakers not picking up the dialect. We discuss the number of people who choose to sound southern and how making that choice is perfectly fine. (Look at the number of TV shows sporting Hollywood southern accents.) I was surprised to find that the accent we know best here is relatively recent historically, though some of the first roots can be traced back to colonial ties to England and Ireland.
March 6, 2025
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"Here's how you make some of the most popular drive-throughs in America faster"
Scott's speaking with Wall Street Journal restaurants reporter Heather Haddon about her in-depth piece, taking us inside Atlanta-based Chick-FIL-A's quest to reinvent how we get food to go. It's fascinating how small things like order-takers outside can shave time off the wait. And how borrowing technology from professional football can turn sandwich plays into touchdowns when you're in a hurry.
February 27, 2025
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In the month of love, how a local district attorney is working to reduce teen dating violence.
Speaking with DeKalb District Attorney Sherry Boston about her 10th year sponsoring the 5K Love Run benefitting the Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence. The race is February 22 in Decatur. The Women's Resource Center provides supportive and emergency services for victims and potential domestic violence victims through a family shelter, legal services, and more, even moving a young woman in fear away from harm. DA Boston describes the line that can lead to some of the worst domestic violence cases, those ending in homicide, and how that line can be broken to benefit not only a potential victim, but to protect police officers who know that "DV" calls are often the most dangerous for them, also.
February 19, 2025
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Why Thousands of Georgia Students in Hard Hats are Descending on the Georgia World Congress Center Today and Tomorrow."
The Construction Ready Career Expo and Skills USA State Championships will provide hands-on learning for nearly 10,000 Georgia K-12 and college students, connecting them with over 1,500 professionals in the skilled trades. Projections show a shortage of 7,000 construction and skilled trades professionals in Georgia right now, and construction on everything from data centers to hospitals to repairing storm damage is showing no signs of slowing in our state. Among the many benefits: available training with no student debt in many cases and average pay of $85 an hour. The Career Expo is Thursday, February 20, 9AM-4PM, and Friday, February 21, 9AM-2PM, in Hall A of the Georgia World Congress Center.
February 19, 2025
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A Sweet Destination
Speaking with Ray Bitzel, the owner of the largest artisan chocolate factory in the Southeast. They can turn out a Quarter-million pieces of delicious chocolate a day. Who knew there are five types of chocolate? And that most of the chocolate made in the USA Bitzel says isn't really chocolate--the key ingredient that is often omitted. It's all pretty delicious. The public can buy from a myriad of choices in the front of the store, which is walled off in glass so you can see how the confections are made. And going out the shipping portal in the rear? The result of chocolate partnerships with the likes of Delta Airlines, Porsche North America (miniature chocolate 911 Carreras), and several sports and entertainment franchises like the Atlanta Vibe Volleyball Team that plays nearby at Gas South Arena. You'll see more major partnerships in the near future. And there are very special things for Valentine's day.
February 6, 2025
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