Background
Mires, Ronald E. was born on July 31, 1930 in Port Huron, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles Edical and Ella Etta (Frink) Mires.
Mires, Ronald E. was born on July 31, 1930 in Port Huron, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles Edical and Ella Etta (Frink) Mires.
Student, Port Huron Junior College, 1949-1950; student, Michigan State University, 1950; student, Syracuse University, 1951.
Announcer, disc jockey, Station WTTH Radio, Port Huron, 1948-1950; news director, assistant manager, Station WTTH Radio, Port Huron, 1955-1961; accouncer, WKAR/WKAR-FM, E. Lansing, Michigan, 1950; accouncer, WILS, Lansing, Michigan, 1950; news director, WHAM, Rochester, New York, 1961-1963; news director, WBZ, Boston, 1963-1965; news director, KYW, Philadelphia, 1965-1968; news director, KPIX-television, San Francisco, 1968-1973; news director, KGTV, San Diego, 1973-1983; assistant general manager, KGTV, San Diego, 1985-1986; vice president news, McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company, San Diego and New York City, 1983-1985; vice president, general manager, KERO-television, Bakersfield, California, since 1987. Broadcast judge Hearst Foundation Journalism Awards Program, San Francisco.
Board of directors Golden Empire Gleaners, Kerv View Foundation, United Way of Kern County, Memorial Hospital Foundation, all in Bakersfield. With United States Air Force, 1951-1955. Member National Association Broadcasters, National Association television Program Executives, Radio/television News Dirs.
Association, Society Professional Journalists, Bakersfield Better Business Bureau (board directors), Rotary, Stockdale Country Club.
Married Nancy Jane O'Hara, July 12, 1952. Children: Geoffrey, Ronald II, Scott.