The Radio Angel · 1959 — 2023
The Legacy ofMary Kingcannon
A life marked by faith, service, style, leadership, and love.
First Lady Mary Kingcannon lived with grace, conviction, elegance, and uncommon influence. She was a woman whose presence could soften a room, strengthen a family, encourage a community, and remind every woman she encountered of the dignity she carried.
- 46
- Years of Marriage
- 40+
- Years On Air
- 1
- Unforgettable Voice
Born on July 5, 1959, in Caldwell, Texas, and raised in Denver, Colorado, Mary Kingcannon's life was marked by service and compassion from an early age. She was shaped by a family that valued faith, integrity, and the dignity of every person she would later be called to serve.
She graduated from South High School in Denver and continued her education with a calling toward people in crisis. She went on to work as a psychiatric aide and detox counselor at Denver General Hospital, where she met men and women in some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. She brought warmth into rooms that were used to fear, and a steady voice into conversations that needed both truth and tenderness.
Long before she was known as The Radio Angel, she was already an angel to the people she sat beside in those hospital corridors. The gifts that would later carry her across radio waves, sanctuaries, and stages — listening, counseling, encouraging, and pointing people back to God — were forged in that early season of quiet, consistent service.
Marriage & Family
The Love of Her Life
In 1977, Mary met David Earl Kingcannon — the love of her life. They married on April 23, 1977, and built a beautiful life of faith, family, ministry, and service together for 46 years.
Their union was the kind that turned a marriage into a ministry. Together they raised their children with prayer, presence, and high expectations rooted in love. They served congregations, mentored couples, opened their home, and modeled what it looked like for a husband and wife to walk together with conviction and joy.
Family was her foundation. She was a devoted wife, a tender and direct mother, a proud grandmother, and a beloved sister and friend. The same warmth listeners felt through the radio was first poured out at her own dinner table.
Career
The Radio Angel
Her love for God, gospel music, and people became the foundation of her life's work. In 1981, she began her career in gospel radio at KDKO Radio Station in Denver, Colorado. What started as a platform quickly became a calling. Through her voice she encouraged listeners, uplifted gospel artists, strengthened the faith of families, and shared the message of Jesus Christ with warmth, authority, and joy.
After relocating to Augusta, Georgia, in 1991, she became affectionately known as “The Radio Angel.” The name fit. For more than four decades, her voice and presence were woven into the fabric of gospel media — through radio, television, church platforms, concerts, community events, and local initiatives across the CSRA.
She served as an on-air personality and Program Director for WTHB and WKZK, using every opportunity to inspire, inform, uplift, and serve.
- 1981Begins gospel radio at KDKO, Denver, Colorado
- 1991Relocates to Augusta, Georgia — becomes The Radio Angel
- WTHB / WKZKOn-air personality & Program Director
- 40+ YearsRadio, television, ministry, concerts & community media
A Moment In History
Among Gospel & Civic Leaders at the James Brown Memorial
As the Elect Lady of Trumpet In Zion Fellowship in Augusta, Georgia, she served faithfully beside her husband, Pastor David Kingcannon. The church became an extension of the home she had built — a place of order, warmth, worship, and unflinching truth.
Her ministry to women was especially powerful. She had a gift for blending biblical truth with everyday wisdom, offering guidance that was loving, direct, practical, and deeply needed. She mentored young wives, encouraged single women, prayed with mothers, and refused to let any sister around her walk in defeat when scripture offered her a better way.
Her well-known phrase, “Can I Help A Sista Out?” became a signature expression of her heart — a doorway into the kind of conversation that corrected, uplifted, and poured into women with honesty and love. She said the hard thing. She said it with tenderness. And she said it because she believed every woman God placed in her path was worth the truth.
She taught the women around her that ministry was not only a pulpit assignment. It was how you carried yourself in the grocery store, how you spoke to your husband, how you raised your children, how you dressed when no one was watching. To her, womanhood was a calling — and she lived it with both feet planted.
Community Impact
Service & Recognition
Her impact extended far beyond the studio. She made room for joy, recognition, generosity, and gospel excellence throughout the CSRA — pouring into students, families, and faith communities year after year.
WTHB Praise 96.9
CSRA Gospel Female Radio Announcer of the Year
Initiative
Honor Student Program
Recognizing and celebrating academic excellence among CSRA youth.
Initiative
James Brown Christmas Toy Giveaway
Bringing joy to thousands of children each holiday season.
Initiative
James Brown Turkey Giveaway
Ensuring families across the CSRA gathered with provision at Thanksgiving.
Initiative
Martin Luther King Celebration
Honoring Dr. King's legacy with the community year after year.
Initiative
Gospel At The Fair
A beloved annual gathering of gospel excellence and worship.
Initiative
Trumpet In Zion Fellowship
Elect Lady serving faithfully beside Pastor David Kingcannon.
Awards & Community Honors
Official Recognition of Her Influence
Her work was seen, felt, and formally honored. Across broadcasting, ministry, and civic life, plaques and proclamations affirmed what her community already knew: Mary Kingcannon had become a trusted voice, a faithful servant, and a woman whose impact was worthy of public celebration.
1995
Dedicated Service to Davis Broadcasting
Presented in appreciation for dedicated service to Davis Broadcasting Inc.
1995
Amir Corporation Recognition
Honoring her total involvement in gospel radio and service to the community.
1996
WTHB Appreciation Award
A station honor recognizing her impact and service at WTHB 1550 AM.
1998
Mary A. Kingcannon Day
Official mayoral proclamation from the City of Augusta declaring Mary A. Kingcannon Day.
1998
Mary A. Kingcannon Day Proclamation
A second Augusta proclamation honoring her educational and community work.
1998
Queen of Gospel Honor
Presented by Davis Broadcasting and the staff of WTHB 1550 Gospel Alive.
1999
Sister Mary Kingcannon Day
City proclamation recognizing her ministry, community compassion, and radio leadership.
2000
Top 25 Gospel Stations Honor
Gospel Insider recognition celebrating WTHB-AM as one of the top 25 gospel stations in the U.S.A.
2023
A Day of Celebrating Life
A civic tribute honoring her lifetime of church and community dedication.
Style & Signature
More Than A Hat
First Lady Kingcannon believed that how a woman presented herself was an extension of her self-respect. She taught her daughters and the women around her to leave home with care, dignity, and pride — because every day carried the possibility of a divine connection, an unexpected opportunity, or an assignment from God. To her, elegance was never shallow. It was a statement of identity.
Her love for hats, suits, custom lap scarves, and polished fashion was unmistakable. She dressed with intention, color, class, and confidence. Whether she was ministering, hosting, emceeing, broadcasting, serving in the community, or walking into the sanctuary, she carried herself with beauty and authority.
Her hats were not merely accessories. They were part of her signature — a quiet announcement that the woman wearing them knew who she was and Whose she was. Every color, every shape, every brim was chosen with care. Even the straw hat she wore to picnics carried her name across the brim.
This collection honors that part of her story. Each piece you see was chosen, styled, and worn by her. When you place one in your home or on your head, you are carrying forward something she touched, something she loved, something that meant she had arrived in a room with intention.
Her Legacy Lives On
A Woman Whose Legacy Still Speaks
A woman of faith.
A woman of service.
A woman of elegance.
A woman whose legacy still speaks.
This collection honors the woman behind the hats — and continues the work she gave her life to: encouraging women, uplifting families, and pointing every heart she touched back to God.
Tributes
She Helped A Sista Out
Stories, memories, and reflections from those whose lives were touched by First Lady Mary Kingcannon.
“She poured wisdom into me when I had no one else. She loved like Jesus and listened like a mother. I am who I am because she chose to help a sista out.”
A Daughter In The Faith
Augusta, Georgia
“Her voice on the radio was a balm. On the hardest mornings she would say something that felt like it was meant just for me — and it always was.”
A Faithful Listener
WTHB Family
“Mary believed in honoring people — students, mothers, artists, neighbors. She made room for everyone to shine.”
A Community Leader
CSRA
“She taught us to leave the house with intention. Hat straight, lipstick on, head up. Because you never know who God will send your way.”
A Spiritual Daughter
Trumpet In Zion Fellowship
“When I needed a mother in the faith, she was there. Direct, loving, prayerful, and never afraid to tell me the truth.”
A Woman She Mentored
Augusta, GA
“First Lady Kingcannon made gospel radio feel like home. Her warmth came right through the speakers.”
A Lifelong Listener
WKZK Family