William Emmett "Bill" Ryan III (April 4, 1926–February 18, 1997) was an American broadcast

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with the NBC television network and its owned-and-operated local station

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for 26 years. He served for a year (1970-1971) as

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at WOR-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

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and Frank McGee.

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