Lois Reitzes through the years

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Lois Reitzes through the years

Photos of Lois Reitzes, who was at WABE from 1979 to 2025, through the years.

Lois Reitzes said an ex-boyfriend and photographer asked to take her picture when she was 22 in 1975. She found his prompts super annoying and she couldn't wait for the photo session to end. CONTRIBUTED

WABE holding a telethon in 1983 with David Jacobs (left), Lois Reitzes (center) and John Culpepper (right). CONTRIBUTED

Lois Reitzes in 1989. AJC FILE PHOTO

Lois Reitzes at the Buckhead Tower Records in 1990 with pianist Akira Eguchi (left) and Gil Shaham. CONTRIBUTED

Lois Reitzes meets her hero, the pianist Van Cliburn in 1994. CONTRIBUTED

Lois Reitzes met Coretta Scott King in the 1990s when King was promoting a book at the Atlanta Fulton Public Library. CONTRIBUTED

Lois Reitzes meets jazz and pop artist Bobby McFerrin in 1996. CONTRIBUTED

Former Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson, WABE general manager Earl Johnson and Lois Reitzes in 1998. CONTRIBUTED

Members of the WABE family celebrating an anniversary in 1998: Robert Hubert, Gail Harris, Joshua Levs, Walton Ray, Earl Johnson, Marjorie Irion, Patricia Matthews, H. Johnson, Alvalyn Sanders, Bob Clark, Bruce Dortin, Ginny Kennedy with son Jordy, John Lemley, Arnold Rosenberg, Lois Reitzes. Photo by John Slemp. Cake donated by Ansley Kroger.

In March of 2003, radio announcer Lois Reitzes sorts through some classical cd's at WABE. (W.A. BRIDGES JR./Staff).

Honorary Chair Lois Reitzes talks to Michael O'Neal at a charity event in 2006. (SARA HOPKINS/SPECIAL)

Lois Reitzes, host of “Second Cup Concert” on WABE-FM (90.1), is shown in front of the CD library still in use in 2013 at the station. The room with the CDs is named after Reitzes.

Current WABE-FM host Lois Reitzes with former WABE-FM host Steve Goss at the first annual Friends of Georgia Radio bash August 27, 2022 at the Metropolitan Club in Alpharetta. RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com

WABE’s Lois Reitzes, left, and Rose Scott embrace in the studio in Atlanta on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Ben Gray / Ben@BenGray.com)

Lois Reitzes, photographed at the WABE studio in Atlanta on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, has been with the station for 44 years. (Ben Gray / Ben@BenGray.com)

Lois Reitzes by her impish official WABE photo in the waiting room at WABE headquarters on May 9, 2025. RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com

City Lights host Lois Reitzes (right) hugs guest Christopher Escobar, owner of the Tara and Plaza theaters, before a pre-taped interview at WABE in Atlanta on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. She is retiring after 46 years with the station. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

City Lights host Lois Reitzes conducts a pre-taped interview at WABE in Atlanta on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. She is retiring after 46 years with the station. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

City Lights host Lois Reitzes poses for a portrait at WABE in Atlanta on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. She is retiring after 46 years with the station. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

On May 29, 2025, Lois Reitzes with her husband Don posing for a picture minutes before she was rewarded a Golden Ticket by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: lifetime access to any concert for free. RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com

Lois Reitzes poses with producer Summer Evans and WABE senior director of radio Douglas Bell at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on May 29, 2025. RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com

Lois Reitzes at a Shaw dinner for ASO donors on May 29, 2025 speaking with Carol Comstock. RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com

Lois Reitzes with her husband Don at the Shaw dinner talking to ASO donor Jon Davies at Woodruff Arts Center on Thursday, May 29, 2025. RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra executive director Jennifer Barlament rewards Lois Reitzes a lifetime "Golden Ticket" free pass for any ASO concert for the rest of her life on May 29, 2025 in advance of her retirement from WABE after 46 years. ASO

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Lois Reitzes said an ex-boyfriend and photographer asked to take her picture when she was 22 in 1975. She found his prompts super annoying and she couldn't wait for the photo session to end. CONTRIBUTED

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