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WABC-TV (channel 7) is a
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in
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, serving as the
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of the
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network.
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by the network's
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division, the station maintains studios in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of
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, adjacent to ABC's corporate headquarters; its
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is located at the
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. WABC-TV is best known in broadcasting circles for its version of the '' Eyewitness News'' format and for its
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, syndicated nationally by corporate cousin
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.


History


As WJZ-TV (1948–1953)

The station signed on August 10, 1948, as WJZ-TV, the first of three television stations signed on by ABC during that same year, with
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in
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being the other two. Channel 7's call letters came from its then-sister radio station, WJZ. In its early years, WJZ-TV was programmed much like an independent station, as the ABC television network was still, for the most part, in its very early stages of development; the ABC-owned stations did air some common programming during this period, especially after the 1949 fall season when the network's prime time schedule began to expand. The station's original transmitter site was located at
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Hotel at 2 East 61st Street, before moving to the Empire State Building a few years later. The station's original studios were located at 77 West 66th Street, with additional studios at 7 West 66th Street. A tunnel linked ABC studios at 7 West 66th Street to the lobby of the Hotel des Artistes, a block north on West 67th Street. Another studio inside the Hotel des Artistes was used for ''Eyewitness News Conference''.


As WABC-TV (1953–present)

The station's call letters were changed to WABC-TV on March 1, 1953, after ABC merged its operations with
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, a firm which was broken off from former parent company Paramount Pictures by decree of the U.S. government. The WJZ-TV callsign was later reassigned to
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(the original owners of WJZ radio in New York) as an historical nod in 1957 for their newly acquired
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– a station that was, by coincidence, an ABC affiliate until 1995. As part of ABC's expansion program, initiated in 1977, ABC built 7 Lincoln Square on the southeast corner of West 67th Street and Columbus Avenue, on the site of an abandoned moving and storage warehouse. At about the same time, construction was started at 30 West 67th Street on the site of a former parking lot. Both buildings were completed in June 1979 and WABC-TV moved its offices from 77 West 66th Street to 7 Lincoln Square. On September 11, 2001, the transmitter facilities of WABC-TV, as well as eight other local television stations and several radio stations, were destroyed when two hijacked airplanes crashed into and destroyed the north and south towers of the
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. WABC-TV's transmitter maintenance engineer Donald DiFranco died in the attack. In the immediate aftermath, the station fed its signal to
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, WHSE-TV, WHSI-TV, and the
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before establishing temporary facilities at the
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in Alpine, New Jersey. The station eventually re-established transmission facilities at the Empire State Building, its original home when it signed on the air in 1948.
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was launched in 2004 on digital subchannels of the ABC O&O stations. On January 31, 2005, ABC removed ABC News Now from O&O and affiliated stations' subchannels as the channel ended its experimental phase originally. The group changed its programming on secondary channels to ABC Plus, a local news and public affairs format. ABC teamed up with
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to launch a multicast service on WABC's third subchannel between December 9, 2005, and March 31, 2006. On May 27, 2007, WABC-TV's studios suffered major damage as the result of a fire that knocked the station off the air shortly before the start of the 11:00 p.m. newscast. According to preliminary reports, the fire may have been ignited by a spotlight coming into contact with a curtain inside the news studio; the station's website later reported the cause as an "electrical malfunction". The station's building was evacuated and the fire was brought under control, though the studio was said to be "badly damaged", having suffered smoke and water damage. WABC-TV resumed broadcasting at around 1:00 a.m. on May 28, 2007 (initially carrying the network's 10:00 p.m. West Coast feed of '' Brothers & Sisters'', followed by the full broadcast of ''
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''). Due to the fire, the station broadcast ''Eyewitness News'' from the newsroom, while ''Live! with Regis and Kelly'', whose set was also affected, moved to the set of ''
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''. Starting with the 5:00 p.m. newscast on June 20, 2007, the station resumed the ''Eyewitness News'' and ''Live!'' broadcasts from its main studios at Columbus Avenue and 66th Street. The
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(LWN) was launched on April 27, 2009, in high definition by ABC's O&O stations on the stations' .2 subchannels. WABC-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, VHF channel 7, at 12:30 p.m. on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 45 to VHF channel 7. WABC's digital signal was initially difficult to receive over-the-air in New York City. The station was requested by
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(FCC) to broadcast at a lower power; WABC was among many stations which have found it necessary to increase power to restore coverage to the same level as its former analog signal. On June 29, 2009, WABC filed an application with the FCC to increase power from 11.69 kW to 27 kW. On January 31, 2010, the FCC granted a
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(STA) for the station to increase power to 26.9 kW. In May 2013, WABC-TV and
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became the first two ABC-owned stations to offer live, web-based streaming of programming to authenticated subscribers of participating cable and satellite television providers as provided through the relaunched ''Watch ABC''
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s. ABCOTS indicated in January 2015 that its stations' 3rd subchannel would affiliated with Laff network upon launch on April 15, 2015, but until then LWN would run on both subchannels. ABC Stations rebranded Live Well Network on .2 as Localish on February 17, 2020, to add an outlet for the Localish lifestyle content.


Programming

WABC has long presented events such as the
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Parade and
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and beginning in 2017, they became the first television station to air the
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. In addition, the station is also producing local programs such as ''Here and Now'', a program covering the latest issues, trends and news stories impacting the local black community, ''Tiempo'', a weekly program that focus on the issues affecting local Hispanic citizens, and ''Up Close'', a public affairs program on the latest issues with the newsmakers. The station also formerly produced ''Viewpoint'', a weekly program that highlighted the cultural and community efforts in New York, Long Island and New Jersey (each of these regions rotated weekly). As of 2021, aside from ''Live with Kelly and Ryan'', WABC's first-run syndicated programs include ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. The station also airs off-network reruns of '' Wipeout'' and '' Castle'', both former ABC programs, during weekend late nights.


''Live with Kelly and Ryan''

WABC-TV produces the nationally syndicated talk show ''Live with Kelly and Ryan''. Until the station's newscasts were moved to a separate studio in 2011, the program originated in the same ground-floor studio at 7 Lincoln Square as ''Eyewitness News'', thus creating a situation which forced local news updates broadcast during ''
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'' and ''Live'' to be produced from the WABC-TV newsroom and the morning show's presence also limited the size of the ''Eyewitness News'' set. The program's roots originated with ''A.M. New York'', which debuted in 1970 as a local version of
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's ''
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'' show; its first host was
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, who remained with the program until 1972. After Tucker's departure, a succession of hosts came and went, the most successful of whom was Stanley Siegel, who hosted from 1975 to 1978 (for a year beginning in 1977, the series was called ''The Stanley Siegel Show''). After 1980, the show was retitled ''Good Morning New York'', whose co-hosts in the last years of its run in that form included
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, Andrea Kirby,
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, Dick Wolfsie and longtime ''Eyewitness News'' reporter and anchor Doug Johnson. After years of a losing ratings battle against ''
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'' on WNBC-TV, WABC-TV cancelled ''Good Morning New York'' in early 1983. The current show began as the station's second attempt at a local morning show a month later, aptly titled ''The Morning Show'' (using the "Circle 7" logo in the actual text for one of the "o"s) and was originally hosted by
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and
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. After Garvey's departure a year later, she was replaced by Ann Abernathy, who in turn, left in 1985 to return to
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. That year, Kathie Lee Johnson (who would marry
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a year later) became Philbin's new co-host. In 1988,
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. Philbin left the show in November 2011 and the show aired for nearly a year as ''Live! with Kelly'' until former
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defensive end
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became Ripa's permanent co-host in September 2012. In May 2016, Strahan left the show to become a full-time anchor at ''Good Morning America'', thus leaving Ripa as the solo host again. On May 1, 2017, it was announced that
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would become the new host of the show; in order to accommodate his syndicated radio show ''
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'' (which normally originates from Los Angeles), an additional studio was built within WABC's facilities.


Sports programming

WABC-TV serves as the local over-the-air broadcaster of ''
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'' games, airing simulcasts of the ESPN-televised games carried nationally on ABC. However, ESPN-only ''MNF'' telecasts involving the Giants or Jets air locally on
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. Previously, the station carried coverage of the Giants' victory in
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. Since 2013, WABC-TV serves as the exclusive local English-language carrier of the annual
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. The station preempts a weekend edition of ''Good Morning America'' and delays ''This Week'' to schedule time for the live broadcast. The marathon is also simulcast on
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nationally (although viewers in the Tri-State area cannot see it via ESPN2 because the simulcast is blacked out locally). WABC-TV currently airs any
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and
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games televised via the ''
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''. The station has aired the Knicks' appearances in the
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(where the Knicks won in 1970 and 1973), as well as the then-New Jersey Nets' appearance in the
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. WABC-TV aired
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,
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and
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games carried through the ''
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''; this included the Devils' victories in the
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, as well as their appearance in the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals. Beginning in
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, it officially reassumed this duty, this time as the OTA simulcast partner of the '' NHL on ESPN''. Through the ABC portion of the '' MLS on ESPN'' package, WABC-TV aired
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's victory in the 2021 MLS Cup and the
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' appearance in the
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. WABC-TV also previously aired any
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and
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games through ABC's baseball contract; this included the Yankees' victory in the
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and appearance in the
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.


News operation

WABC-TV presently broadcasts 43 hours, 55 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 hours, 35 minutes each weekday and 5½ hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). The station partners with Philadelphia sister station, WPVI-TV – which popularized the ''
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'' format – in the production and broadcast of statewide
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political debates. When the two stations broadcast a statewide office debate, such as for
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or
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, they'll pool resources and have anchors or reporters from both stations participate in the debate. Additionally, the two stations share coverage of news from New Jersey where their markets overlap, pooling reporters, live trucks, and helicopters.


News department history


=Beginning to 1968

= WABC-TV launched ''Report to New York'', its first regular news program, on October 26, 1959, featuring
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with news,
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with sports, and Lynn Dollar with the weather. ''Report to New York'' aired Monday through Friday at 11:00 p.m. By January 1961, channel 7 expanded ''Report to New York'' with a 15-minute early edition at 6:15 p.m. on weeknights, and on Saturday and Sunday evenings. On October 22, 1962, WABC-TV expanded its weeknight news to 45-minutes, and retitled it ''The Big News''. Newcomers
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and Jim Burnes were the anchors, with Cosell continuing on sports and Rosemary Haley as "weather girl". However, this effort failed to draw viewers from the ratings leader
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and second-place
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.


=The ''Eyewitness News'' era

= In early 1968, Beutel left the station to become the
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bureau chief for
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and was replaced by
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, who was transferred by ABC from
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sister station
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. In a complete revamp, Grimsby was joined by
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doing weather, celebrity gossip columnist
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, ''
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'' columnist
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with political commentary and reviews by
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and Allan Jeffries, while Cosell continued doing sports. Known as ''Roger Grimsby and the Noisemakers'', this format didn't help the ratings, which plunged to an all-time low. Later that year, newly hired news director
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brought to WABC-TV the '' Eyewitness News'' format and branding, in which reporters present their stories directly to the viewers. Having experienced great success introducing the format during his time at
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in Philadelphia, Primo this time added a twist – a degree of conversational chatter among the anchors, known as "happy talk". The "Tar Sequence" cue from the musical score of the 1967 film ''
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'', composed by
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, was introduced as the theme music. The score included a telegraphic-style melody appropriate for a newscast. The ''Eyewitness News'' format and theme music were quickly adopted by ABC's other four owned-and-operated stations at the time: KGO-TV, WLS-TV in Chicago, WXYZ-TV in Detroit and KABC-TV in Los Angeles (though KGO-TV and WXYZ-TV didn't use the ''Eyewitness News'' title for their programs). The format quickly rejuvenated a station that had long been an also-ran to WCBS-TV and WNBC-TV. Within a year, Channel 7 had shot to first place in the ratings for the first time in its history, displacing longtime leader WCBS-TV. It spent most of the decade going back and forth with WCBS-TV for first place. For a time in the 1980s, it fell into last place among the network-owned stations, but still fought with WNBC-TV for second place. Retaining only Grimsby, Cosell, and Antoine from the earlier ''Noisemakers'' format, Primo also hired Tom Dunn away from WCBS-TV to serve as Grimsby's co-anchor. After Dunn departed for
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in 1970, Bill Beutel returned to the station as his replacement and for the next 16 years, Grimsby and Beutel were the faces of ''Eyewitness News''. The Grimsby-Beutel team were split up for several months in 1975 after ABC had reassigned Beutel to its new morning show, '' AM America'' that January. The station brought in WXYZ-TV's
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and veteran
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anchor Tom Ellis to help replace Beutel, with Grimsby teaming with Ellis at 6:00 p.m. and Bonds at 11:00 p.m. When ''AM America'' was canceled and replaced with ''Good Morning America'' in November 1975, Beutel was re-teamed with Grimsby at 6:00 p.m., with Ellis joining Bonds at 11:00 p.m.. Bonds returned to Detroit in June 1976 and was replaced by
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, who lasted only one year as the sole 11:00 p.m. anchor before returning to his home market of Philadelphia. Ellis remained until May 1977 and Kane's successor,
Ernie Anastos Ernie Anastos (born July 12, 1943) is an American news anchor and the host of the show ''Positively America with Ernie Anastos''. He anchored the news at 6 p.m. on WNYW in New York City. He was also the anchor of the 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts on Fo ...
, began his New York career at the station; he co-anchored at 11:00 p.m. with
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and later
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, for his entire 12-year tenure there. On November 30, 1981, the station became the second in the city to expand its late afternoon/evening newscasts by adding of a 5:00 p.m. edition, first presented by Rose Ann Scamardella and Storm Field, later succeeded by Kaity Tong and
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, the latter only lasting several months before being replaced by 11:00 p.m. co-anchor Ernie Anastos. In 1985, the station lured WLS-TV's news director, Bill Applegate, from Chicago to New York City. Applegate claimed credit for taking WLS-TV from last to first in only two years and ABC hoped he could work the same magic at the flagship station. In the wake of declining ratings, Grimsby was fired on April 16, 1986, a move for which Applegate drew considerable ire and Grimsby was quickly hired by rival WNBC-TV. In 1987, Channel 7 surged back into first place. It has been the ratings leader in New York City since then, and has grown to become the most-watched broadcast television station in the United States. Beutel stepped down from the anchor desk in 2001, which concluded the longest tenure for a main anchor in New York City television history at that time. His record has since been surpassed by WNBC's Chuck Scarborough and
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's Rafael Pineda. Scarborough's uninterrupted run behind the desk is the longest in New York television (since 1974). Pineda is second, having started with WXTV in 1972, retiring in 2013 after 41 years.


=2000–present

= WABC-TV's news department is respected for its straightforward presentation (especially during breaking news). For the last decade, it has waged a spirited battle for first place, but for most of the time has held onto the lead, helped in part by lead-ins from the highly rated talk and entertainment shows. For over 24 years (December 1986 to May 2011), the lead-in for the 5:00 p.m. ''Eyewitness News'' broadcast had been ''
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'' at 4:00 p.m. and its strong ratings brought viewers along to the 5:00 p.m. newscast. The newscasts were replayed on one of channel 7's digital subchannels, another which also carried local weather and news channel. WABC-TV's website had a link for live streaming video of "Channel 7 Eyewitness News NOW", which offered live local and national weather updated from AccuWeather alongside local news. The format of "Eyewitness News NOW" is similar to the defunct
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. On February 24, 2011, AccuWeather and ABC both replaced ENN as well as similar news channels on WABC-TV's sister stations, KABC-TV in Los Angeles and WLS-TV in Chicago, replacing them in all three cities with a
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,
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simulcast of the Live Well Network, and then on April 15, 2015, these stations were replaced by Laff. On December 2, 2006, WABC-TV became the second station in the New York City market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition. On September 7, 2010, WABC-TV expanded its weekday morning newscast, moving its start time to 4:30 a.m. 3 Days earlier on September 4, 2010, WABC added an hour-long extension of its Saturday morning newscast from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. On May 26, 2011, WABC-TV added another hour of local news at 4:00 p.m. to replace ''Oprah'', which aired its last original episode the previous day. WABC also produces a 7:00 p.m. newscast on Saturdays following college football during the regular season. On September 24, 2011, the station began broadcasting its newscasts and public affairs programs from a new street-level window studio at a former
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location in the ABC building on 66th Street and Columbus Avenue. The space previously used for news broadcasts was used to expand the ''Live with Kelly'' studio. In January 2012, the station also expanded its weekend 11:00 p.m. newscasts to an hour. On September 8, 2014, the station expanded its Noon newscast to one full hour from the previous half hour. WABC-TV will leave its longtime home of Lincoln Square upon the completion of a new campus for Disney, located at
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in Lower Manhattan. On January 31, 2022, WABC announced they would be launching a 24/7 stream titled "ABC 7 New York 24/7 Stream." As part of the launch of the service, WABC announced a new 6:30 p.m. newscast, available only through the stream.


Notable current on-air staff


=Anchors

= *
Sade Baderinwa Folasade Olayinka Baderinwa (born April 14, 1969), known professionally as Sade Baderinwa ( ), is an American broadcast journalist. Since 2003, she has been a news anchor at WABC-TV, the ABC flagship station in New York, and currently co-anch ...
*
Sandra Bookman Sandra Bookman (born October 8, 1959 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American television news reporter and weekend anchor. She is currently a reporter and anchor at WABC-TV in New York City. She co-anchors the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weekend edi ...
– also host of ''Here and Now'' * Michelle Charlesworth – also reporter and fill-in anchor *
Liz Cho Liz Cho is a news anchor at WABC-TV in New York City. She has co-anchored the weekday 4 and 6 p.m. editions of ''Eyewitness News''. Early life and education Cho grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, and has a younger brother, Andrew. She was born ...
* David Novarro * Bill Ritter – also host of ''Eyewitness News UpClose'' *
Ken Rosato Ken Rosato is an American journalist. He graduated from Regis High School in New York City and then went on to get a bachelor's degree in Film, TV and Radio at New York University. Following his undergraduate studies, he received a master's d ...
– also host of ''New York Viewpoint'' * Joe Torres – also host of ''Tiempo'' and fill-in anchor


=Weather

= *
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(
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Seal of Approval) – chief meteorologist *
Sam Champion Samuel James Champion (born August 13, 1961) is an American weather anchor who is best known for his combined 25-year career on the ABC flagship station WABC-TV and ''Good Morning America''. He formerly co-anchored '' AMHQ: America's Morning He ...


=Sports

= *
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– sports director *
Sam Ryan Samantha Ryan (born February 5, 1969) is an American sportscaster who is a sports anchor for WABC-TV New York's Eyewitness News' weekend evening broadcasts. Biography Early life and education Ryan is an alumna of the New York Institute of Techn ...
– sports reporter


=Reporters

= * N.J. Burkett – general assignment reporter * Lauren Glassberg – general assignment reporter; fill-in anchor * Shannon Sohn – NewsCopter 7 reporter * Toni Yates – general assignment reporter; fill-in anchor


Notable former on-air staff

*
Roz Abrams Roslyn Maria Abrams (born September 7, 1948) is a former American television news journalist. She had a long career as an anchor on ''Eyewitness News'', which is broadcast by WABC-TV, working in Manhattan. More recently she worked for WCBS-TV, al ...
(retired) *
Ernie Anastos Ernie Anastos (born July 12, 1943) is an American news anchor and the host of the show ''Positively America with Ernie Anastos''. He anchored the news at 6 p.m. on WNYW in New York City. He was also the anchor of the 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts on Fo ...
(last at
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, retired from television) *
Tex Antoine Herbert Jon Antoine Jr. (April 21, 1923 – January 12, 1983), known professionally as Tex Antoine, was an American weatherman on New York City television for nearly three decades. Early life and career He was born Herbert Jon Antoine Jr., i ...
(deceased) *
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(retired from television) *
Bill Beutel William Charles Beutel (December 12, 1930 – March 18, 2006) was an American television reporter, journalist, and anchor. He was best known for working over four decades with the American Broadcasting Company, spending much of that time anchoring ...
(deceased) *
Bill Bonds Bill Bonds (February 23, 1932 – December 13, 2014) was an American television news anchor and reporter, best known for his work at WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan. Bonds became an Action News anchorman beginning in the early 1970s. Early caree ...
(deceased; was best known for his work at former
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sister station
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) *
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(deceased) *
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(left to join ''Good Morning America'', now with
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) *
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(deceased) *
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(now with CNBC) * Victoria Corderi (was most recently at NBC News as a reporter for ''
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'') *
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(later with
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(retired) * Tom Dunn (deceased) * Tom Ellis (later at
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and
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, deceased) *
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(left on February 5, 2019, now with
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) * Dave Evans (retired) * Storm Field (retired) *
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(retired from television) *
Amy Freeze Amy Elizabeth Freeze (born June 19, 1974) is an American television meteorologist. She is currently the anchor and meteorologist for Fox Weather. She was the weekend meteorologist at WABC-TV in New York City, New York. She has filled in on A ...
(now with
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) *
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(later with ABC Sports) (deceased) * Carlos Granda (now with
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) *
Roger Grimsby Roger Olin Grimsby (September 23, 1928 – June 23, 1995) was an American journalist, television news anchor and actor. Grimsby, who for eighteen years was seen on ABC's flagship station WABC in New York City, is known as one of the pioneers of ...
(deceased) *
Mark Haines Mark Haines (April 19, 1946 – May 24, 2011) was a host on the CNBC television network. Early life and education Haines grew up in Oyster Bay, New York, and resided in Monmouth County, New Jersey. His ''alma mater'' was Denison Univers ...
(later with CNBC) (deceased) *
Robb Hanrahan Robert John Hanrahan (April 11, 1962 – July 1, 2022) was an American television journalist who previously worked as a newscaster for WHP-TV, the CBS affiliate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He announced his retirement on February 7, 2021, after ...
(deceased) * Steve Hartman (now with CBS News) * Edye Hill (Tarbox) (later with
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) * Carol Iovanna (retired from television) * John Johnson (retired) *
Larry Kane Larry Kane (born October 21, 1942) is an American journalist, news anchor and author. Kane spent 36 years as a news anchor in Philadelphia, and is the only person to have anchored at all three Philadelphia owned and operated television stations ...
(later with
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and KYW radio, was most recently with the
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(now with WCBS radio) *
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(retired from television) *
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(now with
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) *
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(later with
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) *
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(retired from television) *
Joan Lunden Joan Lunden (born Joan Elise Blunden on September 19, 1950) is an American journalist, an author, and a television host. Lunden was the co-host of ABC's ''Good Morning America'' from 1980 to 1997, and has authored eight books. She has appeared o ...
(later with ''Good Morning America'') *
Sal Marchiano Salvatore Joseph "Sal" Marchiano (born March 3, 1941) is a former American sportscaster who worked in New York radio and television for forty four years. In December 2008 he retired from his position as sports director and anchor for the WPIX C ...
(retired) * Art McFarland (retired) *
Corey McPherrin Corey B. McPherrin (born March 10, 1955), known professionally as Corey McPherrin, is the evening news anchor for WFLD-TV in Chicago. Biography Early life and education A native of Markham, Illinois, McPherrin graduated from Hillcrest High Sch ...
(now with
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) *
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(now with WABC) *
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Subchannels

The station's digital signal is
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Cable carriage disputes


Cablevision (2010)

On March 7, 2010, at 12:02 a.m. WABC-TV's signal was removed from
Cablevision Cablevision Systems Corporation was an American cable television company with systems serving areas surrounding New York City. It was the fifth-largest cable provider and ninth-largest television provider in the United States. Throughout its ex ...
's New York area systems (including iO Digital Cable) after failing to reach terms on a new
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agreement; the station was replaced by either a blank screen or a looping video containing a message from Cablevision about the removal. To avoid interruption of programming, the station urged Cablevision subscribers in the station's viewing area (totaling up to three million subscribers) to switch to other services, such as Verizon FiOS and
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or simply view the station over the air through an over-the-air digital antenna and if necessary, a digital converter box, for older television sets. WABC's sister station, WPVI-TV in Philadelphia was also pulled from Cablevision's New Jersey systems in
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,
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and Monmouth Counties. Later that same day at approximately 8:50 p.m., 20 minutes into ABC's broadcast of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Cablevision and ABC reached a deal, restoring WABC and WPVI's signals for Cablevision subscribers after a nearly 21-hour blackout.


Time Warner Cable (2010)

In July 2010, ABC's parent company Disney announced that it was involved in a carriage dispute with
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(now
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), its first with that provider in 10 years. This dispute involved four ABC owned-and-operated stations (WABC-TV and sister stations
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in Los Angeles,
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in
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and
WTVG WTVG (channel 13) is a television station in Toledo, Ohio, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains studios on Dorr Street (Ohio State Route 246, SR 246) in Toledo, and its transmitter is loc ...
in
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he latter station would be sold by ABC the next year,
Disney Channel Disney Channel, sometimes known as simply Disney, is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Compan ...
and the
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networks. If a deal wasn't in place, the affected stations and cable channels would've been removed from Time Warner and
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systems across the country. On September 2, 2010, Disney and Time Warner Cable reached a long-term agreement to keep the channels on Time Warner Cable systems.


See also

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New Yorkers in journalism New York City has been called the media capital of the world. Many journalists work in Manhattan, reporting about international, American, business, entertainment, and New York metropolitan area-related matters. New Yorkers in journalism A * ...
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WABC (AM) WABC (770 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial Radio broadcasting, radio station licensed to New York City, New York, New York, carrying a Conservative talk radio, conservative talk format known as "Talkradio 77". Owned by John Catsimatidis' R ...
(770 kHz) *
WPLJ WPLJ (95.5 FM) is a non-commercial Christian adult contemporary music radio station licensed to New York City. It is owned by the Educational Media Foundation (EMF) and broadcasts EMF's flagship programming service, K-Love. WPLJ's transmitte ...
(95.5 MHz)


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