Margaret Orr: The Icon [Video]

MARGARET IS THE END OF AN ERA HERE AT WDSU. SHE HAS BEEN ON AIR WITH US SINCE 1979. ALL RIGHT. IN FACT, GET THIS WILFRED ROBERTS SAYS YOU INTERVIEWED HIM ON YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT. THE ONE WHERE YOU GOT RAINED ON. THAT’S HIM. WHERE HE SAYS YOUR HAIR GOT ALL MESSED UP THAT YOU TALK ABOUT, RIGHT? THAT’S A PICTURE OF THIS MOMENT. LISTEN, Y’ALL, TO HAVE THIS KIND OF LONGEVITY IN A CAREER MEANS THAT YOU’RE BEYOND POPULAR. MARGARET ORR CERTAINLY IS AN ICON, A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THAT’S BITTERSWEET HERE AT WDSU. IT IS OFFICIAL MARGARET ORR AFTER 45 YEARS IS RIDING OFF INTO THE SUNSET, OFFICIALLY RETIRING. THE NEWS SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS, HUNDREDS OF SHARES ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, SOME TAKING THE NEWS LIKE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. LAST NIGHT, MARGARET JESUS. AIDEN MOFFETT. THAT’S BECAUSE IT’S …