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William Emmett "Bill" Ryan III [1] (April 4, 1926–February 18, 1997) [2] 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.
Nov 21, 2013 · Bill Ryan was a network correspondent who delivered the news of President Kennedy's death to the nation in 1963. His family shares their memories of watching him on TV and how the tragedy affected them.
- WTOP Staff
Bill Ryan was a broadcast journalist with NBC News and WNBC-TV in New York for 26 years. He reported the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., and co-anchored 'The Pressman-Ryan Report'.
- April 4, 1926
- February 18, 1997
Feb 5, 2024 · Mon, Feb 5, 2024 · 4 min read. Bill Ryan was lying in a hospital bed Wednesday following heart surgery. He hopes to be back on the sidelines to coach Bedford’s girls basketball team this week....
