Ron smith wbal biography sample

American journalist

Ron Smith
Born	Ronald Coleman Smith December 2, 1941 Troy, New York, United States
Died	December 19, 2011(2011-12-19) (aged 70) Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation(s)	Radio host, political commentator, TV news anchor, reporter
Years active	1968–2011
Spouse	June Ray
Children	5

Ronald Coleman Smith (December 2, 1941 – December 19, 2011) was an American talk radio show host on WBAL in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Ron Smith – died, at the age of 70, on December 19, , after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.

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WBAL's Emmy Award-winning journalist, one of the most beloved anchors in Baltimore, will hang up his mic for good later this year.

WBAL is still the best station to catch the local news and weather at the top of the hour, but the talk aspect seems to be sorely lacking these days.

Early life

A native of Troy, New York, Smith dropped out of high school at age seventeen. He served in the Marine Corps from 1959 to 1963. Following his discharge, he moved to Albany, New York, where he worked in community theater.

In 1963 he enrolled in Northeast Broadcasting School and after graduating, worked as a disk jockey at WHAV in Haverhill, Massachusetts.^[1]

Broadcast career

He began his television reporting career at WTEN-TV in Albany in 1968.