After spending a half-century in the industry, with the overwhelming majority spent on the air in Alabama, Yellowhammer News anchor J. Holland will step aside later this month.
YHN Network newscasts are heard on 25 stations throughout the state.
“On behalf of YHN Media Group, LLC, we want to congratulate J. Holland on his retirement. He is an icon in Alabama broadcasting and has made such an impact over the last 50 years,” said Yellowhammer News President Ellis Terry. “We are grateful for his service to Yellowhammer News.”
After beginning his career in Dalton, Georgia in 1973, Holland moved to Alabama and worked at numerous stations around the state before joining Yellowhammer News. In the 1990s, Holland began the first conservative talk station on WAAX-AM 570 in Gadsden. He later hosted programs on 770 WVNN in Huntsville and 960 WERC in Birmingham.
J. Holland began anchoring network news for YHN Network in 2015.
“No list of Alabama’s most iconic broadcasters is complete without J. Holland,” added fellow anchor Elisabeth Charmer. “J. brings decades of expertise to his passion for Alabama’s communities. I’ve worked with no one else as committed to their craft.”
