Jack Williams

Who is Jack Williams?

Jack Williams is the 6 PM weekday news anchor on WBZ-TV in Boston, Massachusetts.

Up until 2012, he worked with Lisa Hughes as an anchor at 6 and 11 PM; in 2012 he decided to stop working the 11 PM news and only work the 6 PM.

First paired with Tony Pepper, he has been a lead anchor at the station since 1975. He was demoted briefly in the late 1970s to the 5:30 newscast, but quickly regained one of the top anchor slots with the popular Liz Walker as co-anchor for both the 6:00 and 11:00 newscasts until 1992, when the station went to a half hour format at 6:00, and instead began their evening news at 5:00.

On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, Williams announced he was stepping down from the 11 PM newscasts, but will continue on the station as a co-anchor on the 6 pm newscast. He announced that he will step down from the 6pm newscast on August 29, 2014. Williams will remain with the station for special segments and for "Wednesday's Child" and Jack will be substituting on most days or a week if other news anchors like Jonathan Elias, Paula Ebben, David Wade, or Lisa Hughes take a sick day or take a vacation.