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# A True Newscasting Legend Retires!

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Seth Goldstein

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December 25, 2022

Sol 2947

![An older man with white hair and a mustache, wearing a dark pinstripe suit and colorful tie, smiles in front of a cityscape background at night.](https://sethgoldstein.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/jim-gardner.webp)

Growing up in the Philadelphia area, you’d be had pressed not to know who this guy is. [Jim Gardner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gardner_(broadcaster))
 anchored the 6 and 11pm news on 6 ABC News for so many years. 45 years total at the station.

So many of us in the 80’s and 90’s, before cable, would watch the news anchored by non-other than Jim. He was steadfast in his delivery and a compassionate anchor.

It is the end of an era. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t shed a tear watching his sign off.

Watch it! You’ll tear up too!

Enjoy your retirement Jim. You deserve it.

[Jim Gardner](https://sethgoldstein.me/tag/jim-gardner/)