John Roland, who served as a reporter and anchor for Channel 5 in New York for more than three decades, died Sunday, a rep for Fox Television Stations announced. He was 81.
In December 1969, Roland left Kttv in Los Angeles to join sister Metromedia station Wnew in New York as a general assignment reporter. He covered politics during the week and anchored the 10 p.m. newscast on weekends before taking over for Bill Jorgensen on the flagship 10 p.m. weeknight edition in 1979. (News Corp. and Fox took control of the station in 1986, and it was rebranded as Wnyw.)
Roland left the 10 p.m. post in 2003 to anchor new newscasts at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., then retired to Florida in June 2004.
“I want to thank you for inviting me into your home for all these years,” he said on the air when he departed. “It’s an invitation I never took...
In December 1969, Roland left Kttv in Los Angeles to join sister Metromedia station Wnew in New York as a general assignment reporter. He covered politics during the week and anchored the 10 p.m. newscast on weekends before taking over for Bill Jorgensen on the flagship 10 p.m. weeknight edition in 1979. (News Corp. and Fox took control of the station in 1986, and it was rebranded as Wnyw.)
Roland left the 10 p.m. post in 2003 to anchor new newscasts at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., then retired to Florida in June 2004.
“I want to thank you for inviting me into your home for all these years,” he said on the air when he departed. “It’s an invitation I never took...
- 5/8/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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