Ron Gant stepping away from Good Day Atlanta after 14 years

All right. Good day, Atlanta viewers. I have some news to share with you next Wednesday, October 21st will be my last day here on Good Day Atlanta at Fox Five. And, uh, it's very bittersweet. The bitter part being, um, it's been 14 years of being a part of you guys' lives and you guys supporting me for all those 14 years. I've always felt a lot of love, uh, from all of our viewers out there, even through maybe some tough times in the beginning, you guys stood behind me and was very, very supportive. I'm going to miss delivering the news to you guys every morning. Sometimes the news isn't so pleasant, but we try to make sure that we do put some pleasant stuff in your morning to get your morning started. And that's been something that I would not replace or change for anything in the world. I'm still going to be here in Atlanta, I'm going to still do stuff for the Braves. I'm going to dust off the golf clubs, spend some time down at the beach, that kind of thing. I will be pretty busy, so you won't get rid of me completely. I'll be around for sure. You'll see me around. The sweet part is that I will be able to move on to the next step of my life. Got a lot of things going on, a lot of important things going on. I'll be back and forth to Texas to see my family there. So it's going to be a lot of fun to spend time with my family and take care of them. Um, but again, from the bottom of my heart, you guys have just been awesome. I've, I've heard from a lot of different viewers on social media. I've been out in the public and people have come up to me and tell me how much they enjoy watching all of our team. And it's not just me, it's our entire team. The other thing is, this is completely my decision. Um, you know, uh, last year I lost my father and I started thinking after that, um, I hadn't spent enough time with my family, my mom, that kind of thing. So, um, you know, everyone here from the top to the bottom has been really, really gracious to me and, um, nothing but positive. And, you know, all the people here, they want me to stay, but I made the decision. It is time. Um, and, um, it, it was, it was a hard decision. So again, from the bottom of my heart, um, I know that, um, the Good Day team, they're in good hands you're gonna you know you're gonna love you know continue to love the team and whoever steps into uh into my role uh you're gonna love also um so i'm not worried about that you guys are gonna really enjoy that and they're gonna be a part of your morning every morning and uh and you're gonna feel uh like you're a part of the family but again from the bottom of my heart thank you guys so much you've been so supportive um and i wish every one of you atlanta's my home I'm from Texas originally, but Atlanta's my home. I've been actually here in Atlanta longer than I grew up in Texas. So you're always going to be a part of my life no matter what. And I thank you again from the bottom of my heart for all the support and love that you've shown me over the years. And it's been 14 years, but it's been 14 great years. So thank you so much and God bless.