Ronald Edward Virgets (April 4, 1942 – May 20, 2019) was an American writer, commentator and journalist. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he worked and is best known. He worked as a feature reporter for TV stations WDSU and WWL-TV. He also wrote for "The Times-Picayune", "Gambit", "New Orleans Magazine" and had many books published. He won a regional Emmy Award for a 1992 story on the city of New Orleans. Virgets served as host of "Crescent City," a radio program broadcast in New Orleans on National Public Radio's WWNO.