Ronald J. Ebben
Morning Edition HostRonald J. Ebben has 50 years of experience in broadcast news. Ron’s first assignment was covering the Kennedy-Nixon 1960 election in Peoria, Ill. His first News Director position was in 1963 at a Fort Worth, Texas, radio station. He carried Kennedy speech in downtown Fort Worth before JFK was assassinated later that morning in Dallas. And he was in the newsroom to see those fateful words come over United Press International wire: the “president had been shot.” Ron served as News Director for Tampa Bay stations from 1968 to 1990 and hosted the “Live with the Governor” statewide call-in show with Gov. Bob Martinez. In 1990, he became News Director of a statewide network with 26 affiliates. From 1991 to 2000 Ron was News Director at WTNT and Program Director for WNLS. Since 2000 Ron has served as :Morning Edition: host for WFSU News.
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Florida A&M University will delay its search for a permanent leader until next year. The university board agreed Thursday to resume the search for a new… -
Florida high school students took AP classes and passed Advanced Placement exams last year in greater numbers than ever before, according to a new… -
Two major Soccer teams would be eligible for subsidies given to other pro sports teams in Florida under a bill filed in the Legislature.A measure filed by… -
The U.S. Department of Education has ruled public schools must include students with disabilities in sports programs or provide equal alternatives.The…
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In 2006 Alan Crotzer was exonerated for crimes he didn't commit after spending almost 25 years in prison. In the ensuing years, he was an advocate for… -
Governor Rick Scott will have to find another Jobs Czar for the third time in less than a year, after Hunting Deutsch abruptly resigned his $140,000 job… -
The pressure on Florida A & M University continues to mount in the run-up to its board of trustees meeting set for Wednesday and Thursday. In advance of…
