- Born
- DiedJuly 11, 1991 · Cedar's University of Miami Medical Center, Miami, Florida, USA (hepatitis and liver cancer)
- Nicknames
- The Patriarch
- The Dean of Florida Newscasters
- Ralph Renick was born on August 9, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Elizabeth Jane. He died on July 11, 1991 in Cedar's University of Miami Medical Center, Miami, Florida, USA.
- SpouseElizabeth Jane(1949 - 1964) (her death, 6 children)
- Was the first holder of a fellowship founded by pioneering radio network commentator and news reel narrator H.V. Kaltenborn.
- Attended and graduated from the University of Miami, with a degree in communications, just the third graduate of UM's Department of Communications.
- Joined WTVJ, the sixteenth television in the USA (founded 1949), in March 1950 as a television news reporter and anchor, and continued to be the primary anchor of WTVJ evening news broadcasts until March of 1985, an unbroken tenure of 35 years, the longest continuous local television news anchor in US history, up until that time.
- His "The Ralph Renick Report", which was WTVJ's weekday 6:00 PM news broadcast, held the record as the longest continuously running daily TV news program in the US at the time of his retirement from WTVJ in 1985. Of all television news programs, including non-daily programs, only Meet the Press, first broadcast in 1947 was older and continuously running at the time of his retirement from WTVJ.
- Came out of retirement in 1988, doing a nightly commentary, also called "The Ralph Renick Report," for WTVJ competitor WCIX (now WFOR), before retiring again in 1990 due to declining health.
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