WTOP news partner NBC Washington announced that, after 40 years spent with the station, afternoon anchor Pat Lawson Muse would be retiring at the end of the month.
On Friday, Lawson Muse spoke on air saying, “When I walked through the doors of (NBC4) as a student researcher back in 1977, I could never have imagined that years later, I’d return as a general assignment reporter and anchor, and then make this my home for more than four decades.”
Lawson Muse says she’s excited to move on to the next season of her life and career.
Throughout her career, Lawson Muse, an award-winning journalist, has served the DMV region, covering the news and local events. In the 70s, she was the afternoon drive-time anchor for WTOP. In 1982, alongside co-anchor Barbara Harrison, she made history as part of the first all-female local news team in the country.
Anchors Doug Kammerer and Erika Gonzalez also expressed words of gratitude upon hearing the news, saying they will deeply miss Lawson Muse after she leaves.
Her last broadcast will be on March 24.
A previous version of this story noted that former WUSA anchor Tony Perkins would join the morning newscast team in her absence. Eun Yang will fill her anchor seat and Perkins will transition to the morning team in Yang’s place.
