Sonja Hamm Life Celebrated

Former morning host at Radio One gospel WPZE-FM (Praise 102.5) passed away on March 25 from colon and abdomen cancer according to her husband of 24 years Gary Hamm. The Durham, NC native started her 20 plus year radio career in Raleigh-Durham, where she hosted one of the top morning shows as well as a weekly program for the CBS and Fox affiliates. She also covered the Carolinas for BRE Magazine, before moving to Atlanta in 2004 to take over the new morning host spot on Praise. Replaced by the syndicated Yolanda Adams Show in 2007, Hamm moved to middays, eventually leaving the station last August.
Commented Praise PD Derek Harper: ““You don’t have a lot of jocks like her anymore. People felt her reach through the radio to embrace them.”
A member of Creflo Dollar’s World Changers Church International in College Park, Hamm will be returned to Creedmoor, NC for burial on Tuesday, March 31 at Christian Faith Center. Burthey Funeral Services is coordinating arrangements. WPZE promotions director, Cie Cie Wilson McGhee added that the station is also planning a memorial as well.  Condolences can be placed on her website at sonyahammlive.com.