Jorge L. Ramos

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Jorge Luis Ramos
Born (1950-03-25) March 25, 1950 (age 74)
Puerto Rico
OccupationJournalist
Notable credit(s)Anchor and Correspondent (Telemundo WNJU)
SpouseYolanda Ramos
FamilyGabriel Ramos (son) and Alejandra Ramos (daughter)
WebsiteOfficial profile

Emmy Award winning senior anchor of the evening news on Telemundo's New York City affiliate, WNJU. A pioneer in the field of Spanish-language
broadcasting, Ramos began his career in 1979 as the first reporter of the station's newly founded news division, El Informador (Later known as Informador 47, Now known as Noticiero 47) which went on the air in 1980.

Ramos was born in

Santurce, Puerto Rico. Ramos moved to New York City in 1976.[2]

In his years at Telemundo, Ramos has covered numerous elections and inaugurations in the United States and Puerto Rico.

In November 2002, Ramos introduced the popular segment Crimenes sin Resolver (Unsolved Crimes). Since its inception, his reports have led to the capture and conviction of four dangerous fugitives. Raymond Kelly, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department awarded Ramos a special recognition for his work on the program.

During the tragedy of

September 11, 2001, Ramos and the Noticiero 47 news team stayed Live on the air for six consecutive days with no commercial
interruptions. The station was one of the few local New York stations that remained on air immediately following the attacks.

Ramos is married to Yolanda Ramos, a

TODAY Show contributor.[4] Ramos and his wife presently reside in northern New Jersey
.

Retirement

On August 16, 2018, Ramos announced his retirement from WNJU Telemundo 47 station after 40 years. His final newscast was on Friday, September 21, 2018.[5]

See also

References

  1. ISSN 2308-1759
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  2. ^ The LAMP: Jorge L. Ramos Archived 2009-08-02 at the Wayback Machine from www.thelampnyc.org
  3. ^ "Gabriel Ramos - DVS". www1.nyc.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  4. ^ "Alejandra Ramos". TODAY.com.
  5. ^ "Anchor Jorge Ramos to retire after 40 years at Telemundo 47; Del Villar to replace him". August 17, 2018.

External links

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