Legendary CT Radio News Anchor Hangs Up The Mic

CONNECTICUT — Angela Dias, the longtime news anchor at Connecticut's WTIC-AM 1080, announced she is retiring this week after 35 years at the station, writes the Journal Inquirer.

Dias has been a warm, friendly voice in the mornings for thousands of listeners over the years, but the drive from her home in Colchester to the station in Farmington in the wee hours reportedly was starting to take a toll, she said.

She has been working with morning hosts Ray Dunaway and Joe D'Ambrosio for years, and her last day will be Friday.

She joined WTIC-AM in 1985 when she was hired as a street reporter by news director Walt Dibble and assistant news director Dana Whalen.

Dias told the Hartford Courant that she had been considering retirement for about a year, and decided that the time was finally right to leave.

She didn't announce her exact plans for retirement, but she enjoys acting and has been in a number of local theater productions, according to the publication.

During her career, Dias reported on a host of momentous occurrences, such as 9/11, presidential elections and the Connecticut income tax battle, among many others.

Read the Journal Inquirer story; read the Hartford Courant story.