WKRG - Happy Birthday to WKRG Mel Showers! He just told everyone in the newsroom, "I've been here 45 years, and not once has anyone known my birthday!" That changed today when
![Mobile Alabama WKRG anchor Mel Showers is retiring after 50 years. Here he is rocking an afro in the 70s. He will be missed. : r/OldSchoolCool Mobile Alabama WKRG anchor Mel Showers is retiring after 50 years. Here he is rocking an afro in the 70s. He will be missed. : r/OldSchoolCool](https://external-preview.redd.it/5o5hM1pCC_FWpO6V_eR3n9Mhy_Y5BG1ehPa5roeTmzc.jpg?auto=webp&s=9c9738f0503d542ba7087eab353ecbc15ea1d9d7)
Mobile Alabama WKRG anchor Mel Showers is retiring after 50 years. Here he is rocking an afro in the 70s. He will be missed. : r/OldSchoolCool
MEL ENDORSES PETER ALBRECHT: Mel Showers anchored his last regularly scheduled newscast on May 22nd. After working 50 years at WKRG, he has handed off... | By WKRG - Facebook | After
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Linda Reed Showers, wife of WKRG news anchor, dies at 62; today's coastal Alabama obituaries - al.com
![NABJ to Honor WKRG's First Black Anchor Mel Showers with Journalist of Distinction Award | by #NABJ19 Convention & Career Fair News | Medium NABJ to Honor WKRG's First Black Anchor Mel Showers with Journalist of Distinction Award | by #NABJ19 Convention & Career Fair News | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1024/1*c55_oXlrKHbKWqMgvyDUkQ.png)