Status Married Occupation Senior Anchor Name Jim Ryan Education Manhattan College | Other names Jim Ryan Notable credit(s) WCBS; WNYW; WNBC Role Reporter TV shows A Current Affair | |
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Full Name Jsmes Logan Ryan Books Jim Ryan's Aha! Moments: Mindful Morsels for Simple Happiness Profiles | ||
James "Jim" Logan Ryan (born 1939) is television reporter and anchorman in New York City.
Biography
He was born in 1939 and graduated from Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx and then Manhattan College in the Riverdale section of The Bronx. He started his broadcast news career as a producer at WNBC in 1974, eventually becoming an anchor/reporter until he left for WNEW (later WNYW) in 1985. He became the station's political reporter until he began co-anchoring Good Day New York in 1988, a position he held until 2005, when WNYW threw an on-air retirement celebration for him. He was known for often wearing a black leather blazer during the broadcast. A few months later, he was "lured out of retirement" (according to weatherman and friend Dave Price), when he was hired to join the anchor team at CBS 2 News This Morning. Ryan (and the other anchors) were replaced in April 2006 in a major shake-up at WCBS-TV. In the mid 1990s, Ryan also hosted A Current Affair.
On September 11, 2001, Ryan was anchoring Good Day New York. During a commercial break at 8:48 AM, WNYW cut to breaking news to show World Trade Center tower one burning. Ryan, Dave Price and Lyn Brown were anchoring during the attacks that Tuesday morning. In 2002 he had heart surgery.
In 2001 Ryan had an on air argument with Dick Oliver during a segment on a landlord tenant dispute.
During his tenure, he would end GDNY by saying, "Have a good day New York."
In 2005 he left Good Day New York.