Bill Ryan (journalist)

Bill Ryan (right, with Frank McGee) at the NBC newsroom in New York on November 22, 1963

Bill Ryan

William Emmett Ryan III^[1] was an American broadcast journalist with the NBC television network and its owned-and-operated local station WNBC-TV in New York City for 26 years. He served for a year (1970-1971) as news anchor at WOR-TV. Ryan was also co-anchor of the Ralph & Ryan radio morning show on WMCA in the late 1970s and early 1980s.^[2]

Ryan may be best remembered for co-anchoring NBC's coverage of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy with Chet Huntley and Frank McGee.^[3]

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^ "William Emmett Ryan III, 70, a former..." February 21, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ "WMCA". The New York Times. December 14, 1982. p. D28. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011.
^ Robinson, Alan (November 17, 1988). "Ten Bells Signaled Moment in History". Associated Press.

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[1] "William Emmett Ryan III, 70, a former..." February 21, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2020.

[2] "WMCA". The New York Times. December 14, 1982. p. D28. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011.

[3] Robinson, Alan (November 17, 1988). "Ten Bells Signaled Moment in History". Associated Press.

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