Ron Magers

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Ron Magers is one of the weeknight anchors on WLS-TV, the ABC affiliate in Chicago. He currently co-anchors the station's 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. broadcasts. He is the brother of Paul Magers, a television anchor for KCBS in Los Angeles.

Ron joined WLS in 1998 as a 5:00 p.m. anchor. He became co-anchor of the 10:00 p.m. newscasts in 2002, after the retirement of long-time anchor John Drury. Magers now also appears in a feature segment on The Roe Conn Show on WLS (AM).

From 1981-1997, Ron co-anchored the highly respected newscasts of WMAQ-TV, along with Carol Marin. But, they made national headlines in May 1997 when they left Channel 5 weeks apart, in protest of the station's hiring Jerry Springer as commentator for the 10:00 p.m. newscasts. WMAQ management allowed both anchors an early release from their contracts.

Prior to his arrival in Chicago, Magers was a principal anchor (1974-1981) for KSTP-TV, Channel 5, the ABC (formerly NBC) affiliate in Minneapolis-St. Paul.. He was later joined by co-anchor Cyndy Brucato. This popular anchor team led the top-rated Twin Cities newscasts at that time, an era which has been unparalleled at the station.

During a commercial break in the airing of Lost on May 15, 2008, Ron Magers was inadvertently shown blowing his nose on air. This turned out to be an embarrassing spot in his career.


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