SANDY SPRINGS – The friends of Georgia Radio Hall of Fame gathered here for its annual awards banquet last weekend. The event drew old friends and honorees, new faces, and a litany of supporters who appreciate local radio. The “friends” also inducted five radio personalities into its Hall of Fame, including Dallas McCade, the robust personality of Kicks 101.5; Greg Street, V103 (VEE); Marcy Williams, a trailblazing female anchor at WSB’s 95.5 FM; and Joel Williams, perhaps Northeast Georgia’s best-known radio morning host on WCON’s My Country 99.3 in Cornelia. Dallas McCade is not only known for her love of country music, she, if she could afford it, would take in every stray animal in the state. Greg Street, a fishing buddy of Georgia’s Jonas Jennings, still working with the Dawgs, has been a mainstay on WVEE since the 90s, an afternoon anchor with his 6:00 p.m. theme: “It’s 6:00 o’clock, it’s 6:00 o’clock. It’s time for Greg Street to Rock.” He has entertained Atlanta audiences for years and has never met a charity he didn’t like. Marcy Williams, a graduate of Princeton, is the only Ivy Leaguer in the group. She is an iconoclast who has gone where women have never gone before. She had gigs in Los Angeles and San Francisco before settling in with WSB’s 95.5 FM in 1993. Joel Williams has reached “beloved” status with his morning show, which he co-hosts with Rebecca Biddy at My Country, 99.3 WCON, Cornelia. I know Joel best among the inductees, and beyond our on-air…
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