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American news anchor

For other people with similar names, see Roland Smith (disambiguation).

Rolland G. Smith (born December 6, 1941) is an American retired television news reporter and anchor who was based in New York City for most of his long career.

Broadcasting career

Smith's earliest broadcasting job was for Metromedia Television, where he served as White House correspondent for WTTG.^[1] Metromedia would later transfer him to New York, where he would become co-anchor of WNEW-TV's 10 PM newscast.

Smith departed Metromedia for CBS in 1970, and instantly became a reporter and anchor for WCBS-TV.^[1] In 1973 Smith was named co-anchor of WCBS' evening newscasts, a position he held for 13 years. His 11 PM co-anchors included Dave Marash (1973–1978 and 1981–1982) and Vic Miles (1978–1979), before Michele Marsh joined him for the balance of his run with channel 2.

Starting in late 1975, he was teamed with Jim Jensen on the 6 PM newscast, a