Walter Cryan (born 1932) is a former announcer and veteran news reporter and anchor forWLNE-TV andWPRI-TV inProvidence, Rhode Island, with a career of more than 50 years.[1]
He graduated fromBoston University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications. In 1956, Cryan went to work inAttleboro atWARA radio and joinedWPRO radio in Providence in 1965. He also was the voice of the oldFoxboro racetrack from 1963 to 1985. Cryan became the lead newsreader forWPRI-TV in 1965 and was paired throughout his 30 years there with partners likeDoug White,Mike Gorman, Janice Glynn or Karen Adams.He retired in 2000, but returned to television in 2004 to work as the 6 p.m. anchor atWLNE-TV. His definitive retirement came in 2007.[1]
Walter and his wife, Ruth, have nine children. They reside inNorth Attleboro, Massachusetts.[2]