John Roland, a longtime anchor at WNEW New York, which became WNYW, passed away May 7 at the age of 81. He became the station’s main 10 p.m. anchor in 1979 and retired in 2004.
Years before he worked in New York, Roland reported at NBC News in Los Angeles starting in 1966, then moved to KTTV Los Angeles. Late in 1969, he shifted to the East Coast, joining the Metromedia station WNEW in New York. That station became Fox-owned WNYW in 1986 after Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition.
