Wanda Ramey (February 18, 1924 in Terre Haute, Indiana – August 15, 2009 in Greenbrae, California)[2] was a pioneering American television news reporter.
[6] After college graduation, she moved with her family to Oakland, California, due to a transfer in her father's company (American Express).
She lived there for a while, then moved to Los Angeles, and began working, first at a recording studio and then in the movie theater division of Warner Brothers.
Vince Francis, KGO general manager, fired her by telling her that women did not do a good job as newscasters.
[7] On New Year's Eve 1960, Ramey and her husband visited San Quentin State Prison to film a story about conditions there.
The visit led to their setting up a local television station within the prison (SQTV), prison-sponsored with much of the production work performed by inmates.
[15] In 1982, Ramey received a commendation from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for her outstanding contributions to broadcasting.
That same year SF Mayor Dianne Feinstein issued a proclamation commending Ramey for "her dedication and invaluable contributions to the broadcasting industry and .
She assumed her husband's last name after marriage, but remained Wanda Ramey in her professional life, and that is how she was known nationally.
The article described Ramey as calm and reserved, petite and mild-mannered.... one of the few women in broadcasting who successfully manages to polish the rough corners off the hard news".