Terry Ruggles
NBC 10 News Anchor
Updated 12:41 PM EDT, Wed, Mar 3, 2010
NBC 10 veteran newsman Terry Ruggles has been reporting stories for over thirty years. On March 29, 2005, Ruggles was promoted from reporter to anchor of NBC 10 News Today (Monday-Friday, 5 to 7 AM).
In his long tenure in the Philadelphia market, Ruggles has covered a variety of stories from local politics, the infamous MOVE event, and the 9/11 tragedy. Ruggles has traveled to England, Germany, Haiti and Saudi Arabia to get the local angles to international stories. In 1993, Ruggles was named the WCAU-TV New Jersey reporter. During that time, he was responsible for covering the Garden State from Trenton to the shores of Cape May Point.
He joined WCAU in 1974 as a general assignment reporter. Shortly after that, he co-anchored the weekend news and reported the weather. After his tour of duty in the Army, Ruggles began his television career at WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin, reporting news and sports. In 1972, he joined WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he co-anchored the news and hosted a weekly news program. While serving in the Army from 1968 to '71, he was chief of the television division at Ft. Benjamin Harrison in Indiana where he managed all video facilities on the post. In 1965, he worked in radio at WTVN-AM in Columbus, Ohio. He landed his first radio broadcast position in 1963 at WCUE-AM in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, where he was a sports reporter and worked in production.
Ruggles graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in education. He currently serves on the board of directors for both Philadelphia’s Fireman's Hall Museum and Smith Memorial Playgrounds and Playhouse in Fairmount Park.
He and his wife Maryjane reside in South Jersey and are the parents of two children.
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First Published: Oct 23, 2008 5:10 PM EDT
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