Ron Corning | |
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| Born | (1971-06-23)June 23, 1971 (age 54) Calais, Maine, U.S. |
| Education | Wheaton College |
Ron Corning (born June 23, 1971) is an Americantelevisionhost. For 8 years he was the morning anchor at theABC affiliateWFAA inDallas, Texas. He co-anchored the station's morning newscast,Daybreak, and was the solo anchor ofMidday, the station's one-hour noon newscast.[1]
Corning was raised inCalais, Maine, and graduated fromWheaton College in Massachusetts. He began his broadcast career as a general assignment reporter and anchor forWDTV, theCBS affiliate inBridgeport, West Virginia, and thenWBOY, theNBC affiliate inClarksburg, West Virginia. He was next hired atWTOV inSteubenville, Ohio where he performed similar newscasting duties, before moving toKTVI, the Fox station inSt. Louis, Missouri. From there, he went on to the Fox affiliate inSeattle, Washington,KCPQ.
Corning made his jump to the national stage as host and news anchor ofThe Daily Buzz, a syndicatedAmerican morning television show broadcast on many affiliates ofUPN andThe WB stations (nowThe CW) across the country.
From 2004 to August 2006, Corning co-anchoredWorld News Now andABC World News This Morning. In 2006 while at ABC News,People Magazine' named Corning one of the 'Most Beautiful People'.[2]That same year MSN named him one of 'The Best Anchors'.
Corning joinedJodi Applegate as co-anchor ofGood Day New York at the flagship FOX-owned affiliate WNYW on August 28, 2006. The station opted to not renew his employment contract while he was on leave for a scheduled vacation in April 2008.[3] to make room for Fox News Channel correspondentGreg Kelly, son ofNY Police CommissionerRay Kelly
On September 17, 2008, Applegate was also released from the station. The two were reunited in November 2009 atCablevision's News 12 Long Island as evening anchor team. Applegate left News 12 in October 2010.
In April 2011, Corning replaced Chris Flanagan as co-host of WFAA'sDaybreak.[4]
Corning left WFAA in March 2019. He has since appeared on podcasts covering pop culture and news events for TheDallas Morning News.[5] Corning launched his own video podcast series titled "Morning After", which, after initially being produced by On-Air Media, was licensed and produced as a daily morning show on Nexstar’s KDAF, the CW affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth. Corning served as co-host and Executive Producer until April of 2022. He remains a special events contributor for the station, and continues his work for the Dallas Morning News.