Longtime WJZ anchor Vic Carter is leaving the Baltimore television station at the end of the month but he’s not retiring.
Carter posted on social media Monday that he had “an exciting announcement to share.” He said he would be leaving WJZ as of July 25, but that he would be pursuing other passions.
“This isn’t retirement but an extension of my ongoing journey,” said Carter, adding that after 29 years at WJZ, “It’s time for new challenges.”
@wjz Thank you to all the colleagues, viewers and the people I have had the honor and privilege of covering for the past 29 years at a stellar station with incredible people! pic.twitter.com/Jf3lJrwrA6
— @vicCBSWJZ (@viccbswjz) July 8, 2024
Carter was in his mid-30s when he was named co-anchor of the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. slots at WJZ in 1995 after the death of Al Sanders. He arrived from Atlanta’s WSB-TV, an ABC affiliate, to join Denise Koch at the desk during a time when the station was battling WBAL for the top ratings spot at 11 p.m.
Before joining WJZ, Carter worked at WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina, and WSET-TV in Lynchburg, Virginia. He began working in Lynchburg right after graduating from Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky, in 1978.
“Vic is first and foremost an outstanding and experienced journalist. But his genuineness is what impressed us most,” Marcellus Alexander, the station’s vice president and general manager at the time, told The Baltimore Sun in September 1995.
Among Carter’s many accolades is the Peabody Award, the highest award in broadcast journalism, as well as numerous Emmy awards.
As he begins his new chapter, Carter said he will be considering new interests, but he also offered a subtle hint to what could be his next step.
“I may even return to broadcasting in some form,” Carter said.