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-TVinNew York City for 26 years. He served for a year (1970-1971) as news anchoratWOR-TV. Ryan was also co-anchor of the Ralph & Ryan radio morning show on WMCA from 1981 to 1985.
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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