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Thursday, March 31, 2005

Veteran Newsman Terry Ruggles Named Co-Anchor of 'NBC 10 News Today'

Veteran Newsman Terry Ruggles Named Co-Anchor of 'NBC 10 News Today'

BALA CYNWYD, Pa., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC 10 is proud to announce that Terry Ruggles, the man who has been reporting stories for thirty years, will now co-anchor NBC 10 News Today (Monday-Friday, 5 to 7 AM). He joins the morning news team with co-anchor Dawn Timmeney and Meteorologist Bill Henley. Ruggles replaces long-time colleague and news anchor Steve Levy who plans to leave the station in June to pursue new opportunities. Besides his anchor duties, Ruggles will continue to contribute reports on NBC 10 News at 4, 5 and 6 PM.

"While I love street reporting, we live in a fast-paced world where it's important for people to be prepared with today's news, and as an anchor, I'm happy to have the opportunity to present it to them," says Ruggles.

In his long tenure in the Philadelphia market, Ruggles has covered a variety of stories from local politics, the infamous MOVE event, and the 9/11 tragedy. Ruggles has traveled to England, Germany, Haiti and Saudi Arabia to get the local angles to international stories. In 1993, Ruggles was named the WCAU-TV New Jersey reporter. During that time, he was responsible for covering the Garden State from Trenton to the shores of Cape May Point.

He joined WCAU in 1974 as a general assignment reporter. Shortly after that, he co-anchored the weekend news and reported the weather. After his tour of duty in the Army, Ruggles began his television career at WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin, reporting news and sports. In 1972, he joined WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he co-anchored the news and hosted a weekly news program. While serving in the Army from 1968 to '71, he was chief of the television division at Ft. Benjamin Harrison in Indiana where he managed all video facilities on the post. In 1965, he worked in radio at WTVN-AM in Columbus, Ohio. He landed his first radio broadcast position in 1963 at WCUE-AM in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, where he was a sports reporter and worked in production.

"Through his years of delivering journalistic excellence, Terry has gained the reputation of being trustworthy and well-respected by his peers and viewers alike," says News Vice President Chris Blackman. "He'll be a great addition to the morning news team - giving viewers another reason to turn to NBC 10."

Ruggles graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in education.

He and his wife Mary Jane reside in South Jersey and are the parents of two children.

Source: NBC 10

CONTACT: Eva Blackwell, NBC 10 Publicist, +1-610-668-5790 or Fax:
+1-610-668-7059 or eva.blackwell@nbc.com

Web site: http://www.nbc10.com/

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