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Mark
Williams Biography
WDBO
WNDB MRN WELE
 While a Senior in High School Mark worked full time at a 1,000 watt radio station in Berwick, Pennsylvania.
Mark worked 46 hours a week for a meager salary and all the 45's he could
grab from Newberry's 5 & 10. Marks father, the late Cary Williams, was in the
radio business as well. Mark and his dad would compete
in the morning drive slot on different stations in the same market. After
bouncing around Northeastern Pennsylvania for a couple of years, working
other jobs, Mark turned strictly to news in 1974. A family friend gave me a big break at WNBF-AM 1290 /
WQYT-FM 98.1 in Binghamton, New York. To this day, Bill
Lowe is the morning news guy at WHAM-AM
1180 in Rochester,
New York. Bill also is the voice on some of our holiday and Speedweek's
news intro's on WNDB-AM 1150. Mark eventually ended up in television in the Binghamton market, becoming News
Director at then NBC affiliate WICZ-TV. Mark's
next move was to anchor the noon show as well as one at 5 PM called "Early
Edition on the NTV Network in Kearney, Nebraska. Next was Albany, Georgia as
anchor at NBC affiliate, WALB-TV.
In 1991, Mark decided to get out of the broadcast business for a while and ended up
in Titusville where he became Vice President in a transportation
company. Not being able to shake the "broadcast bug", Mark joined
WDBO-AM 580 starting as a reporter,
eventually becoming the afternoon drive time anchor. In 1994 Mark received an
offer from WNDB-AM 1150 to become their News
Director. In 1996, Mark would leave WNDB to join the Motor
Racing Network as an Assistant General Manager and Senior Producer. After
a six years at MRN Radio at the Speedway, Mark returned to WNDB
in the fall of 2002. Mark is a constant contributor to TV as well. He has
appeared on "The Catherine Crier Show" on Court TV, The Nancy
Grace Show on CNN Headline News, Fox
and Friends on Fox News as
well as with Dan Abrams on MSNBC. Mark is the news director
for all Black Crow Media stations in the Daytona Beach market,
including WHOG-FM 95.7, WKRO-FM
93.1, WVYB-FM 103.3 as well
as WNDB-AM 1150.
3-27-09-Mark became another statistic of the economic crisis. Black Crow
Media let Mark go after eight years as News Director for the Daytona
Beach cluster.
11-11-09-Mark joins
Paul Carpenella and
Wally Maroon as part
of "Mid-day Volusia" on
WELE-AM 1380
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