Ron Stone (April 6, 1936 – May 13, 2008) was an American news anchor at KPRC-TV in Houston, Texas for 20 years from 1972 to 1992.
He was working at KVOO-TV (now KJRH-TV) in Tulsa in 1961, when he caught the eye of Dan Rather, who was then KHOU Houston, Channel 11's lead anchor.
[4] In December of 1973, Stone moved to NBC affiliate KPRC-TV as anchor for what was known at the time as Big 2 News.
During his time at KPRC-TV, he co-anchored the news with Paula Zahn, who later anchored on CNN and who worked with Ron Franklin before his eventual move to ESPN.
Stone anchored the weekday editions of the ChannelTwoNews with Jan Carson from 1983 to 1991 and with Linda Lorelle during his final year at KPRC-TV.