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Cindy Williams (born October 1, 1963) is a former American
news anchor A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...
. Williams was a news anchor for
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6 News Center Maine in
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for 32 years from 1989 until 2021. Williams has won several awards from the
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and the Maine Association of Broadcasters for her anchoring and reporting. She graduated from the
University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM) is a public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, ma ...
in 1985 with a degree in Radio, Television and Film. Cindy was also the anchor of News Seven and the 10 o’clock news on the NBC affiliate in
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,
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of
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. Williams held the
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1986 title and placed third runner up in the 1986
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pageant, alongside other runners-up
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and
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. She was also a semi finalist in the 1986
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contest. Williams remained involved with pageantry, hosting the 1996
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pageant.


Career

Cindy Williams career began out of college at the NBC affiliate in
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,
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of
WDAM-TV WDAM-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Laurel, Mississippi, United States, serving the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Hattiesburg area as an affiliate of NBC and American Broadcasting Company, ABC. Owned by Gray Television, the stati ...
in the mid to late 1980's. In 1989, Williams became a news anchor for WCSH 6 News Center Maine in
Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropol ...
. During her early days with the news network she would anchor the noon broadcasts and the Morning Report which at the time was only a 30 minute long broadcast. In January 1990 she replaced Jan Fox on the anchor desk of the six o clock newscasts which she would share with co-anchor Pat Callaghan, sports anchor Bruice Glasier, and Meteorologist Joe Cupo. The anchor team would be together for 22 years up until Glasier's retirement in 2012. The anchor team was the most watched anchor team in the state of Maine since it was formed in 1990. Joe Cupo would eventually retire in April 2016 leaving Williams and Callaghan left. During her time with WCSH6, Williams would also anchor the 12 noon broadcasts as well as co-anchor with Pat Callaghan at 5 and with Rob Caldwell at 5:30. In November 2021, Williams announced on her social media pages that she would retire from News Center Maine the following month. Williams anchored her final broadcast on December 17, 2021, marking the end of a 32-year career with the network as well as a 32-year co-anchorship with Pat Callaghan making him the last man standing of the anchor team.


Personal life

Williams married former News Center Maine anchor Lee Nelson on August 19, 1989. They met while working as co-anchors the NBC affiliate in
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and
Hattiesburg Hattiesburg is a city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, located primarily in Forrest County (where it is the county seat and largest city) and extending west into Lamar County. The city population was 45,989 at the 2010 census, with the populat ...
,
Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
of
WDAM-TV WDAM-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Laurel, Mississippi, United States, serving the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Hattiesburg area as an affiliate of NBC and American Broadcasting Company, ABC. Owned by Gray Television, the stati ...
. The couple have two sons.


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Williams talks about her 20 years as a news anchor at WCSH
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