Calvin Sneed
Calvin Sneed, who has been working at NewsChannel 9 for the past 25 years, announced on Friday morning that he plans to retire in December.
The longtime TV personality also announced that he is about to publish a new book on his lifelong passion of bridges.
He said on his Facebook page:
A special note to the most beautiful people in the world: You all know I have a special passion for elegant steel truss bridges and arch bridges, and the coffee table-style book I'm doing to commemorate them is coming along.
Bridges can take us to new worlds and new experiences, and towards that end, I'll be officially retiring from NewsChannel 9 in December after almost 50 years in TV. I'll still be around anchoring the news until later this year, and helping folks with consumer advice, a passion of mine for 30 of those almost-50 years.
But these grand old, magnificent, graceful steel truss bridges are disappearing fast, and I'm on a mission to photograph them before they're gone forever. For me, it's not a sad time.. it's a wonderful, reflective time about helping folks solve consumer problems and delivering the news, not just in Chattanooga, but also in Columbus, Ohio... Knoxville (where I had the most fun)... and Kingsport-Tri Cities, where it all began in 1969.
East Tennessee is my home, you are all my family, and if you see me out photographing a bridge, or if you have a consumer question, holler! That's what family is for.