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ScreenHunter_3486 Oct. 22 22.31.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News: The 11 O'Clock Report open from March 5, 1975
 
ScreenHunter_3486 Oct. 22 22.31.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News: The 11 O'Clock Report open from March 5, 1975
 
ScreenHunter_3487 Oct. 22 22.32.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News: The 11 O'Clock Report close from March 5, 1975
 
ScreenHunter_3487 Oct. 22 22.32.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News: The 11 O'Clock Report close from March 5, 1975
 
ScreenHunter 18.25.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight open from July 7, 1976
 
Wabc1976.jpg|WABC Channel 7 station id from 1976
 
Wabc1976.jpg|WABC Channel 7 station id from 1976
 
Kabc1976 (1).jpg|WABC Channel 7 promo graphic from 1976
 
Kabc1976 (1).jpg|WABC Channel 7 promo graphic from 1976
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ScreenHunter 550 18.30.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight: Delay Edition open from October 14, 1976
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ScreenHunter 547 18.21.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from July 14, 1977
 
Wabc1977 (2).jpg|WABC-TV Still the One promo from 1977
 
Wabc1977 (2).jpg|WABC-TV Still the One promo from 1977
 
WABC-TV_1977.jpg|ABC network ident w/WABC-TV New York byline from 1977
 
WABC-TV_1977.jpg|ABC network ident w/WABC-TV New York byline from 1977
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ScreenHunter_30474 Nov. 19 11.06.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from February 1, 1979
 
ScreenHunter_30474 Nov. 19 11.06.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from February 1, 1979
 
ScreenHunter_30475 Nov. 19 11.08.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight close from February 1, 1979
 
ScreenHunter_30475 Nov. 19 11.08.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight close from February 1, 1979
Wabc1979.jpg|WABC Channel 7 station id from 1979
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Wabc1979.jpg|WABC Channel 7 station id from Fall 1979
GW242H184.jpg|ABC network ident w/WABC-TV New York byline from 1979
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GW242H184.jpg|ABC network ident w/WABC-TV New York byline from Fall 1979
 
WABCCh7EWN11PMOpen_Sept131979.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from September 13, 1979
 
WABCCh7EWN11PMOpen_Sept131979.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from September 13, 1979
 
ScreenHunter_4304 Nov. 27 22.33.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight - Next promo for February 22, 1980
 
ScreenHunter_4304 Nov. 27 22.33.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight - Next promo for February 22, 1980
 
ScreenHunter_4305 Nov. 27 22.33.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from February 22, 1980
 
ScreenHunter_4305 Nov. 27 22.33.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from February 22, 1980
 
ScreenHunter_4306 Nov. 27 22.33.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight on-air screen bug from February 22, 1980
 
ScreenHunter_4306 Nov. 27 22.33.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight on-air screen bug from February 22, 1980
Abc7_80-1-.jpg|WABC You and Me and Channel 7 promo from 1980
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Abc7_80-1-.jpg|WABC You and Me and Channel 7 promo from Fall 1980
Wabc1980_legal.jpg|ABC network ident w/WABC-TV New York byline from 1980
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Wabc1980_legal.jpg|ABC network ident w/WABC-TV New York byline from Fall 1980
 
ScreenHunter_26517 Oct. 24 17.30.jpg|WABC-TV Testcard Color Pattern ident from 1980
 
ScreenHunter_26517 Oct. 24 17.30.jpg|WABC-TV Testcard Color Pattern ident from 1980
 
wabc-thanksgivingcontinuity.jpg|WABC-TV Happy Thanksgiving id from late November 1980
 
wabc-thanksgivingcontinuity.jpg|WABC-TV Happy Thanksgiving id from late November 1980
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wabc-lennon1.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight open from December 9, 1980
 
wabc-lennon1.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight open from December 9, 1980
 
ScreenHunter_39364 Feb. 16 16.24.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - Season's Greetings id from late December 1980
 
ScreenHunter_39364 Feb. 16 16.24.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - Season's Greetings id from late December 1980
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM open - December 25, 1980.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from December 25, 1980
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM open - January 8, 1981.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight open from January 8, 1981
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM - Coming Up bumper - January 8, 1981.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight - Coming Up bumper from January 8, 1981
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM close - January 8, 1981.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight close from January 8, 1981
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WABC Channel 7 - The Oblong Box - Friday promo for January 9, 1981.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - The Oblong Box - Friday promo for January 9, 1981
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM open - January 9, 1981.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight open from January 9, 1981
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM - Coming Up bumper - January 9, 1981.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight - Coming Up bumper from January 9, 1981
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM close - January 9, 1981.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight close from January 9, 1981
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WABC Channel 7 - The Secret Life Of An American Wife - Monday promo for January 12, 1981.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - The Secret Life Of An American Wife - Monday promo for January 12, 1981
 
ScreenHunter_6479 May. 11 20.08.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - Good Morning New York bumper from May 20, 1981
 
ScreenHunter_6479 May. 11 20.08.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - Good Morning New York bumper from May 20, 1981
 
ScreenHunter_43205 Apr. 01 22.05.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight - Roger Grimsby id from Summer 1981
 
ScreenHunter_43205 Apr. 01 22.05.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight - Roger Grimsby id from Summer 1981
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ScreenHunter_3494 Oct. 22 22.45.jpg|WABC-TV Hearing Clinic id for August 9, 1982 through August 13, 1982
 
ScreenHunter_3494 Oct. 22 22.45.jpg|WABC-TV Hearing Clinic id for August 9, 1982 through August 13, 1982
 
WABC-TV_Legal_1982 (1).png|ABC network ident w/WABC-TV New York byline from late 1982
 
WABC-TV_Legal_1982 (1).png|ABC network ident w/WABC-TV New York byline from late 1982
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ScreenHunter_82685 Sep. 10 21.07.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News: Good Morning New York - Live! promo from early 1983
 
wabc-ewnderailment1983-1.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight open from June 6, 1983
 
wabc-ewnderailment1983-1.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight open from June 6, 1983
 
ScreenHunter_66015 Feb. 26 00.08.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - Crime Stoppers Hotline ident from Summer 1983
 
ScreenHunter_66015 Feb. 26 00.08.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - Crime Stoppers Hotline ident from Summer 1983
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ScreenHunter_3472 Oct. 22 22.06.jpg|WABC-TV $ale of the Century Syndicated-Version - Today promo from 1985
 
ScreenHunter_3472 Oct. 22 22.06.jpg|WABC-TV $ale of the Century Syndicated-Version - Today promo from 1985
 
ScreenHunter_6538 May. 12 18.43.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - 1984 Winner Of The Most New York Emmys promo from late March 1985
 
ScreenHunter_6538 May. 12 18.43.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - 1984 Winner Of The Most New York Emmys promo from late March 1985
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - #1 In March promo - Early April 1985.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - #1 In March promo from early April 1985
 
C5n1WuiWgAAnCeu.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - We're Here To Tell You The Truth promo from Mid-April 1985
 
C5n1WuiWgAAnCeu.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - We're Here To Tell You The Truth promo from Mid-April 1985
 
ScreenHunter_43271 Apr. 03 08.40.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - We're Here To Tell You The Truth id from Mid-April 1985
 
ScreenHunter_43271 Apr. 03 08.40.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - We're Here To Tell You The Truth id from Mid-April 1985
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ScreenHunter_3349 Oct. 22 10.36.jpg|WABC 5PM Channel 7 Eyewitness News Weeknight on-air screen bug from May 27, 1985
 
ScreenHunter_3349 Oct. 22 10.36.jpg|WABC 5PM Channel 7 Eyewitness News Weeknight on-air screen bug from May 27, 1985
 
ScreenHunter_31502 Nov. 30 22.38.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weekend on-air screen bug from June 8, 1985
 
ScreenHunter_31502 Nov. 30 22.38.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weekend on-air screen bug from June 8, 1985
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM - An Insider Report, The Radon Invasion - Tonight promo for July 15, 1985.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight - An Insider Report: The Radon Invasion - Tonight promo for July 15, 1985
 
ScreenHunter_31501 Nov. 30 22.36.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight on-air screen bug from August 16, 1985
 
ScreenHunter_31501 Nov. 30 22.36.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight on-air screen bug from August 16, 1985
 
Wabc1985.jpg|WABC Channel 7 station id from 1985
 
Wabc1985.jpg|WABC Channel 7 station id from 1985
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ScreenHunter_3478 Oct. 22 22.10.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight close from October 24, 1985
 
ScreenHunter_3478 Oct. 22 22.10.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight close from October 24, 1985
 
ScreenHunter_3473 Oct. 22 22.08.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News The Morning Show id for October 25, 1985
 
ScreenHunter_3473 Oct. 22 22.08.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News The Morning Show id for October 25, 1985
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM - Abortion, The Great Debate - Tonight promo for November 4, 1985.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight - Abortion: The Great Debate - Tonight promo for November 4, 1985
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WABC Channel 7 - Hardcastle And McCormick - Tonight promo for November 4, 1985.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - Hardcastle And McCormick - Tonight promo for November 4, 1985
 
ScreenHunter_31182 Nov. 22 23.43.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from November 10, 1985
 
ScreenHunter_31182 Nov. 22 23.43.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from November 10, 1985
 
ScreenHunter_31183 Nov. 22 23.43.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weekend on-air screen bug from November 10, 1985
 
ScreenHunter_31183 Nov. 22 23.43.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weekend on-air screen bug from November 10, 1985
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ScreenHunter_40732 Mar. 07 23.15.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight - Shopping In A Superrich - Tomorrow id for February 17, 1986
 
ScreenHunter_40732 Mar. 07 23.15.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight - Shopping In A Superrich - Tomorrow id for February 17, 1986
 
ScreenHunter_44108 Apr. 14 08.05.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - The Morning Show - Tomorrow id for March 17, 1986
 
ScreenHunter_44108 Apr. 14 08.05.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - The Morning Show - Tomorrow id for March 17, 1986
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM - Shopping With The Super Rich - Today promo fot March 17, 1986.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight - Shopping With The Super Rich - Today promo for March 17, 1986
 
ScreenHunter_35919 Jan. 08 19.45.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight - Tonight id for March 27, 1986
 
ScreenHunter_35919 Jan. 08 19.45.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight - Tonight id for March 27, 1986
 
ScreenHunter_28144 Nov. 05 11.47.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight - Tonight promo from 1986
 
ScreenHunter_28144 Nov. 05 11.47.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight - Tonight promo from 1986
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ScreenHunter_41274 Mar. 15 14.15.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - The Oprah Winfrey Show - Tomorrow id for July 5, 1988
 
ScreenHunter_41274 Mar. 15 14.15.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - The Oprah Winfrey Show - Tomorrow id for July 5, 1988
 
ScreenHunter_3819 Oct. 23 21.32.jpg|WABC-TV Jeopardy! ident from 1988
 
ScreenHunter_3819 Oct. 23 21.32.jpg|WABC-TV Jeopardy! ident from 1988
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ScreenHunter_90612 Mar. 01 07.43.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight - Next promo for July 8, 1988
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ScreenHunter_90613 Mar. 01 07.43.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - Every Man Needs One - Tonight promo for early Saturday Morning, July 9, 1988
 
ScreenHunter_3821 Oct. 23 21.33.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News open from late 1988
 
ScreenHunter_3821 Oct. 23 21.33.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News open from late 1988
 
ScreenHunter_3824 Oct. 23 21.40.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News Brief bumper from late 1988
 
ScreenHunter_3824 Oct. 23 21.40.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News Brief bumper from late 1988
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ScreenHunter_39299 Feb. 15 18.12.jpg|ABC Daytime - All My Children - Weekdays promo w/WABC-TV New York id bug from late 1989
 
ScreenHunter_39299 Feb. 15 18.12.jpg|ABC Daytime - All My Children - Weekdays promo w/WABC-TV New York id bug from late 1989
 
ScreenHunter_6503 May. 12 15.30.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News open from late 1989 - Weekend Edition Variation
 
ScreenHunter_6503 May. 12 15.30.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News open from late 1989 - Weekend Edition Variation
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - Bill Beutel, Absolutely Terrific promo - The Early 1990's.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - Bill Beutel: Absolutely Terrifiv promo from the early 1990's
 
ScreenHunter_3465 Oct. 22 21.36.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight promo for July 23, 1990
 
ScreenHunter_3465 Oct. 22 21.36.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight promo for July 23, 1990
 
ScreenHunter_6498 May. 12 15.17.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM open from late 1990
 
ScreenHunter_6498 May. 12 15.17.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM open from late 1990
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ScreenHunter_82652 Sep. 10 18.48.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM - Tonight promo #2 from the early to mid 1990's
 
ScreenHunter_82652 Sep. 10 18.48.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM - Tonight promo #2 from the early to mid 1990's
 
WABC91.jpg|WABC's local version of ABC "America's Watching" campaign from 1991
 
WABC91.jpg|WABC's local version of ABC "America's Watching" campaign from 1991
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ScreenHunter_82649 Sep. 10 18.47.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness New 5PM And 6PM Weeknight - Starting - Today promo for March 4, 1992
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ScreenHunter_82650 Sep. 10 18.47.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight - Coming Up promo for March 4, 1992
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ScreenHunter_82653 Sep. 10 18.48.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight - Next promo for March 4, 1992
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ScreenHunter_82655 Sep. 10 18.49.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight open from March 4, 1992
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ScreenHunter_82651 Sep. 10 18.48.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight - Tonight promo for March 4, 1992
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ScreenHunter_82654 Sep. 10 18.48.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - Making It - Saturday ident for March 7, 1992
 
ScreenHunter_35664 Jan. 07 17.40.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - Live With Regis And Kathie Lee - Tomorrow promo from 1992
 
ScreenHunter_35664 Jan. 07 17.40.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - Live With Regis And Kathie Lee - Tomorrow promo from 1992
 
ScreenHunter_35663 Jan. 07 17.38.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - Wheel Of Fortune - Try To Solve The Puzzle - Tonight promo from 1992
 
ScreenHunter_35663 Jan. 07 17.38.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - Wheel Of Fortune - Try To Solve The Puzzle - Tonight promo from 1992
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ScreenHunter_3830 Oct. 23 21.44.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - The Women in Blue open from late September 1992
 
ScreenHunter_3830 Oct. 23 21.44.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - The Women in Blue open from late September 1992
 
ScreenHunter_3831 Oct. 23 21.45.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight close from September 30, 1992
 
ScreenHunter_3831 Oct. 23 21.45.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight close from September 30, 1992
ScreenHunter_3468 Oct. 22 21.40.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News Bill Beutel promo from 1992
 
 
ScreenHunter_3485 Oct. 22 22.30.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - Sam Champion and the Accu-Weather Forecast promo from 1992
 
ScreenHunter_3485 Oct. 22 22.30.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - Sam Champion and the Accu-Weather Forecast promo from 1992
 
KABC_Movie_(1995a).jpg|WABC The Channel 7 Late Movie open from 1992
 
KABC_Movie_(1995a).jpg|WABC The Channel 7 Late Movie open from 1992
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Vlcsnap-2013-01-19-10h36m31s212.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News open from late 1994
 
Vlcsnap-2013-01-19-10h36m31s212.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News open from late 1994
 
ScreenHunter_64578 Feb. 02 02.16.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM - Today promo from late 1994
 
ScreenHunter_64578 Feb. 02 02.16.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM - Today promo from late 1994
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ScreenHunter_3468 Oct. 22 21.40.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News Bill Beutel - promo from late October 1994
 
ScreenHunter_64553 Feb. 01 23.09.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight - Today promo for May 6, 1994
 
ScreenHunter_64553 Feb. 01 23.09.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight - Today promo for May 6, 1994
 
ScreenHunter_62676 Oct. 27 22.36.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - Like It Is close from 1995
 
ScreenHunter_62676 Oct. 27 22.36.jpg|WABC Channel 7 - Like It Is close from 1995
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ScreenHunter_3417 Oct. 22 16.58.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6pm open from late 2013
 
ScreenHunter_3417 Oct. 22 16.58.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6pm open from late 2013
 
WABC_Eyewitness_News_2013.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11pm open from late 2013
 
WABC_Eyewitness_News_2013.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11pm open from late 2013
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ScreenHunter_84799 Oct. 14 17.36.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News Rebroadcast open late 2013
 
ScreenHunter_3407 Oct. 22 16.34.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - Accu-Weather Team: Everyday Weather promo from October 2013
 
ScreenHunter_3407 Oct. 22 16.34.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - Accu-Weather Team: Everyday Weather promo from October 2013
 
ScreenHunter_63860 Jan. 05 02.30.jpg|ABC Network - The Goldbergs - Tuesday promo w/WABC-TV New York id bug from early October 2013
 
ScreenHunter_63860 Jan. 05 02.30.jpg|ABC Network - The Goldbergs - Tuesday promo w/WABC-TV New York id bug from early October 2013
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ScreenHunter_3429 Oct. 22 17.23.jpg|WABC-TV FABLife - Today promo from Mid-September 2015
 
ScreenHunter_3429 Oct. 22 17.23.jpg|WABC-TV FABLife - Today promo from Mid-September 2015
 
ScreenHunter_28123 Nov. 04 23.49.jpg|WABC-TV Jeopardy! - Tonight promo from Mid-September 2015
 
ScreenHunter_28123 Nov. 04 23.49.jpg|WABC-TV Jeopardy! - Tonight promo from Mid-September 2015
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ScreenHunter_84798 Oct. 14 17.33.jpg|WABC ABC7 - Jeopardy! - Tomorrow promo from Mid-September 2015
 
ScreenHunter_38398 Feb. 03 08.26.jpg|WABC ABC7 - Wheel Of Fortune - Tonight promo from Mid-September 2015
 
ScreenHunter_38398 Feb. 03 08.26.jpg|WABC ABC7 - Wheel Of Fortune - Tonight promo from Mid-September 2015
 
ScreenHunter_28120 Nov. 04 23.47.jpg|WABC-TV Rachael Ray - Monday promo from Mid-September 2015
 
ScreenHunter_28120 Nov. 04 23.47.jpg|WABC-TV Rachael Ray - Monday promo from Mid-September 2015
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3664539_062818-wabc-holiday-recipe-sponsor-image-shoprite-img.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - Chefs Holiday Recipes bumper from late June 2018
 
3664539_062818-wabc-holiday-recipe-sponsor-image-shoprite-img.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - Chefs Holiday Recipes bumper from late June 2018
 
3602150_061418-wabc-destinationsummer-img.jpg|WABC ABC7 - Destination Summer promo for June 30, 2018
 
3602150_061418-wabc-destinationsummer-img.jpg|WABC ABC7 - Destination Summer promo for June 30, 2018
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WABC Ch.7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weekend open - July 7, 2018.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weekend open from July 7, 2018
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weekend open - July 29, 2018.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weekend open from July 29, 2018
 
ScreenHunter_80588 Aug. 17 23.31.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from August 16, 2018
 
ScreenHunter_80588 Aug. 17 23.31.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from August 16, 2018
 
WABCCh7EWN5PM_ReJoinBumper530PM_Aug312018.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight rejoin bumper @ 5:30PM from August 31, 2018
 
WABCCh7EWN5PM_ReJoinBumper530PM_Aug312018.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight rejoin bumper @ 5:30PM from August 31, 2018
 
ScreenHunter_82070 Sep. 04 19.12.jpg|WABC-TV New York byline from September 4, 2018 - Shown at the start of the episode of "General Hospital"
 
ScreenHunter_82070 Sep. 04 19.12.jpg|WABC-TV New York byline from September 4, 2018 - Shown at the start of the episode of "General Hospital"
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ScreenHunter_82688 Sep. 10 22.28.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight open from September 7, 2018
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ScreenHunter_82665 Sep. 10 20.15.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight - 7 On Your Side: Special Delivery - Today promo for September 10, 2018
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ScreenHunter_82687 Sep. 10 21.16.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News Special Report: September 11th: 17 Years Later - Live Coverage - Tuesday promo for September 11, 2018
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4244095_091518-wabc-original-hispanic-heritage-month-landing-page-graphic0.jpg|WABC ABC7 - Hispanic Heriitage Month promo for Mid-September 2018 Through Mid-October 2018
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4284612_091918-wabc-phonebank-img.jpg|WABC ABC7, The Hispanic Federation And Univision - Voter Registration Phone Bank promo for September 19-20, 2018
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ScreenHunter_83263 Sep. 21 05.34.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News First At 4PM Weekday open from September 20, 2018
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ScreenHunter_90611 Mar. 01 07.28.jpg|ABC Network - Grey's Anatomy - Next Thursday promo w/WABC-TV New York id bug from early October 2018
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM open - October 23, 2018.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from October 23, 2018
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ScreenHunter_85879 Nov. 05 16.37.jpg|WABC ABC7 - The TCS New York City Marathon - Thank You promo from Sunday Evening, November 4, 2018
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weekend open - December 2, 2018.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weekend open from December 2, 2018
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WABC Ch.7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight & ''Wheel Of Fortune'' 730PM promo - Late December 2018.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight & ''Wheel Of Fortune'' @ 7:30PM - Weeknights promo from late December 2018
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WABCCh7EWN11PMOpen_Dec312018.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from December 31, 2018
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM close - December 31, 2018.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight close from December 31, 2018
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 12PM open - February 25, 2019.PNG|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 12PM Weekday open from February 25, 2019
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM close - February 28, 2019.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight close from February 28, 2019
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WABC ABC7 - Rachael Ray - Tomorrow promo for March 1, 2019.png|WABC ABC7 - Rachael Ray - Tomorrow promo for March 1, 2019
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - The Muller Report open from late March 2019.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News - The Muller Report open from late March 2019
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM open - March 22, 2019.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from March 22, 2019
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weekend open - March 31, 2019.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weekend open from March 31, 2019
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM close - April 1, 2019.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight close from April 1, 2019
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM open - April 1, 2019.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from April 1, 2019
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM open - April 2, 2019.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from April 2, 2019
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM open - April 10, 2019.png|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 11PM Weeknight open from April 10, 2019
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WABC ABC7 - DisneyNature's Penguins ident - Mid-Late April 2019.jpg|WABC ABC7 - DisneyNature's Penguins - In Theatres Now ident - Mid-Late April 2019 - A
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WABC ABC7 - DisneyNature's Penguins - In Theatres Now ident - Mid-April 2019.jpg|WABC ABC7 - DisneyNature's Penguins - In Theatres Now ident - Mid-Late April 2019
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WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM close - April 18, 2019.jpg|WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight close from April 18, 2019
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WABC-TV, channel 7, is the flagship station of the Disney-owned American Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. WABC-TV is best known in broadcasting circles for its highly successful version of the Eyewitness News format and for its morning show Live with Kelly and Ryan, syndicated nationally by corporate cousin Disney-ABC Domestic Television.

WABC-TV
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New York, New York
Branding

ABC 7 or Channel 7 (general) 

Channel 7 Eyewitness News (newscasts)

Slogan Number One in New York (primary); The Most Watched Station in the Nation (secondary)
Channels Digital: 7 (VHF)Virtual: 7 (PSIP)
Subchannels

7.1 - ABC

7.2 - Live Well Network (HD)

7.3 - Live Well Network (SD)

Affiliations ABC
Owner Disney/ABC(American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.)
First air date August 10, 1948
Call letters' meaning W

American Broadcasting Company

Former callsigns WJZ-TV (1948-1953)
Former channel number(s) Analog:

7 (VHF, 1948-2009) Digital: 45 (UHF, 1999-2009)

Transmitter power 26.9 kW
Height 405 m (1,329 ft)
Facility ID 1328
Transmitter coordinates 40°44′54.4″N73°59′8.4″W
Website www.7online.com

History

The station signed on August 10, 1948 as WJZ-TV, the first of three television stations signed-on by the American Broadcasting Companyduring that same year, with WENR-TV (now WLS-TV) in Chicago and WXYZ-TV in Detroit being the other two. Channel 7's call letters came from its then-sister radio station, WJZ (770 AM, now WABC). 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 and affiliate recruitment. The ABC-owned stations, which operated not only in New York but in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco, did air some common programming during this period, especially after the 1949 fall season when the network's schedule in prime time began to expand. The call letters were changed to WABC-TV on March 1, 1953, after ABC merged its operations with United Paramount Theaters, a firm which was broken-off from former parent company Paramount Pictures by decree of the U.S. government. The WJZ callsign has since been reassigned, in 1957, toWestinghouse Broadcasting, the original owners of WJZ radio in New York, and assinged to the CBS O&O station in Baltimore, Maryland, although that station was a former ABC affiliate by coincidence until 1995.

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 World Trade Center towers. Transmitter maintenance engineerDonald DiFranco died in the attack. In the immediate aftermath, WABC-TV fed its signal to several UHF stations that were still broadcasting (notably WNYE-TV), before establishing temporary facilities at Armstrong Tower in Alpine, New Jersey. The station eventually established transmission facilities at the Empire State Building.

Studio fire

Due to the fire, Channel 7 broadcast Eyewitness News from the newsroom's update desk, while Live with Regis and Kelly, whose set was also affected, moved to the set of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Starting with the 5:00 p.m. newscast on June 20, 2007, the station resumedEyewitness News and Live... broadcasts from its main studios at Columbus Avenue and 66th Street.

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Upper West Side studio

On May 27, 2007, WABC-TV's studios at Columbus Avenue and 66th Street 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 WABC-TV website later reported the cause as an "electrical malfunction". The station's building was evacuated and the fire was brought under control, though there is said to have been "extensive damage", including smoke and water damage, to the studio. [3] 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 version of World News Now).

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

 Channel  Name Programming
7.1  WABC-DT1   Main WABC-TV Programming / ABC (HD) 
7.2  WABC-DT2 Live Well Network (HD)
7.3  WABC-DT3 Live Well Network (SD)

WABC-TV added the transmitter on top of the new 1 World Trade Center in 2013.

Analog-to-digital conversion

At 12:30 P.M. on June 12, 2009, WABC-TV discontinued regular analog programming on channel 7.[1] The station returned from channel 45 to channel 7.[2][3] Initially, over-the-air digital signals from WABC were difficult to receive in NYC. The explanation given is that WABC was requested by FCC to broadcast at less power; WABC is among many stations which have found it necessary to increase power to restore coverage to the same level as its old analog signal. On June 29, 2009, WABC did file an application to the FCC to increase power from 11.69 kW to 27 kW.[4] At this time, it has yet to be granted. On January 31, 2010, the FCC granted an STA for the station to increase power to 26.9 kW.[5]

Cable and satellite carriage

In the few areas of the eastern United States where ABC programming is not available over-the-air, WABC-TV is seen via satellite through DirecTV. As of March 4, 2009, WABC is once again available to Dish Network customers as part of All American Direct's distant network package. In Mercer County for Comcast Cable Subscribers, it is the only New York station aired on the basic tier on Channel 7. The rest of the New York stations are on Digital Cable for Comcast Cable subscribers only.

Disputes with Cablevision and Time Warner Cable

On March 1, 2010, WABC-TV announced that it would likely end its services with Cablevision on March 7, 2010. WABC warned Cablevision that if it could not come up with a retransmission consent agreement by March 7, the station would remove itself from Cablevision's systems, which would affect up to three million Cablevision subscribers in the station's viewing area, currently on a subscription with iO Digital Cable and Cablevision services.

On March 7, 2010 at 12:02 a.m., the station turned off its signal and was unviewable to Cablevision customers; 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, WABC urged viewers to begin switching to other services, such as Verizon FiOS and DirecTV or simply view the station over the air. Viewing the station over the air typically requires the purchasing an over-the-air digital antenna and if necessary, a digital-to-analog converter box, for older television sets.[6][7] WABC's sister station, WPVI-TV was also pulled from Cablevision service in Mercer County and parts of Ocean County and Monmouth County, NJ.[8]

Later that same day at approximately 8:50 p.m., twenty minutes into ABC's broadcast of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Cablevision and ABC had reached a fair deal. WABC-TV and its Philadelphia sister station WPVI-TV, came back on-the-air for Cablevision subscribers. The station had been off the air for nearly 21 hours.[9]

In July 2010, ABC's parent company, Disney, announced that it was involved in another carriage dispute with Time Warner Cable for the first time in ten years. This dispute involved four ABC owned-and-operated stations (WABC-TV and sister stations KABC-TV in Los Angeles, WTVD in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina and WTVG in Toledo, Ohio), Disney Channel and the networks of ESPN. If a deal was not in place, the broadcast stations and cable channels would have been removed from Time Warner and Bright House cable 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.

News operations

WABC Eyewitness News

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, but still fought with WNBC-TV for second place.WABC-TV is best known for popularizing the Eyewitness News format, in which reporters present their stories directly to the viewers. News director Al Primo brought the format to WABC-TV in 1968 from KYW-TV in Philadelphia, but added a twist—a degree of conversational chatter among the anchors, known as "happy talk." Primo used the "Tar Sequence" cue from the musical score from the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, composed by Lalo Schifrin, as the theme music. The score included a telegraphic-like 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—WLS-TV in Chicago, WXYZ-TV in Detroit, KABC-TV in Los Angeles, and KGO-TV in San Francisco (though KGO-TV and WXYZ-TV did not use the Eyewitness News title for their programs).

In 1985, the station lured WLS-TV's news director, Bill Applegate, from Chicago to New York. 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. Their hopes were rewarded in 1987 when Channel 7 surged back into first place. It has been the ratings leader in New York since then, and has grown to become the most watched broadcast television station in the United States.[10]

For sixteen years starting in 1970, Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel were the faces of Eyewitness News. Grimsby came to channel 7 in 1968 from KGO-TV, and was the station's lead anchor when Eyewitness News was introduced. He was known for his opening tagline, "Good Evening, I'm Roger Grimsby, here now the news", and his closing line, "Hoping your news is good news, I'm Roger Grimsby." Beutel had previously anchored at channel 7 from 1962 to 1968 (shortly before ABC moved Grimsby to New York) before spending two years as the network's London bureau chief. The duo were split up for the first ten months of 1975, as ABC had reassigned Beutel to its new morning show AM America. Upon its cancellation (and replacement with Good Morning America) he was re-teamed with Grimsby.

In the wake of declining ratings, Grimsby was fired on April 16, 1986, a move for which Applegate drew considerable fire, and Grimsby was quickly hired by rival WNBC-TV. Beutel stepped down from the anchor desk in 2001, two years before his retirement, which concluded the longest tenure for a main anchor in New York television history.

While banter among anchors is still part of the weekday morning and noon broadcasts, the modern-day Eyewitness News has abandoned much of the chattiness of its predecessors. WABC's news department is respected for its straight-forward presentation (especially during breaking news). For the last decade, it has waged a spirited battle for first place with WNBC, but for most of the time has held onto the lead, helped in part by lead-ins from highly-rated talk and entertainment shows. Since December 1986 the 5:00 p.m. Eyewitness Newslead-in has been The Oprah Winfrey Show at 4:00 p.m., and its strong ratings at helps the 5:00 p.m. newscast.

WABC-TV cooperates with sister station WPVI-TV in Philadelphia—popularizer of the Action News format—in the production and broadcast of statewide New Jersey political debates. When the two stations broadcast a statewide office debate, such as for governor or U.S. Senate, they will pool resources and have anchors or reporters from both stations participate in the debate. Additionally, the two stations cooperate in coverage of news from New Jersey where their markets overlap, sharing reporters, live trucks, and helicopters.

Eyewitness News airs four and half hours daily, three hours on Saturdays and four hours on Sunday. The newscasts were replayed on one of channel 7's digital subchannels, another which also carried a local weather and news channel. WABC-TV's website had a link for live streaming video of "Eyewitness News Now", which offered live local and national weather updated from AccuWeather. Local news headlines and updates were also provided. The format of "Eyewitness News Now" was similar to the defunct NBC Weather Plus. In February of 2011, ABC pulled ENN off the air and cable, not just in New York but Los Angeles and Chicago as well, and replaced it with a standard definition, letterboxed simulcast of the Live Well network in all three cities.

On December 2, 2006, WABC-TV began broadcasting newscasts in High Definition, becoming the second station in the New York market to do so. On September 7, 2010, WABC-TV expanded its weekday morning newscast, now airing at 4:30 a.m.; ABC's national early morning newscast America This Morning was moved a half-hour earlier as a result. Three days earlier on September 4, 2010 WABC added an hour-long extension of its Saturday morning newscast from 9-10 a.m.[11] Beginning in May 2011, WABC-TV will add another hour of local news at 4:00 p.m., replacing The Oprah Winfrey Show when its final season is over. The station will also move its newscasts to a new street-level window studio on Columbus Avenue around the same time.[12][13]

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

Station slogans

  • Channel 7's the One, Still The One (1977–1979, 1979–1980; localized version of ABC campaign)
  • Channel 7`s The One You Can Turn To, We`re The One (1978–1979; localized version of ABC campaign)
  • You and Me and Channel 7 (1980–1981; localized version of ABC campaign)
  • Now is the Time, Channel 7 is the Place (1981–1982; localized version of ABC campaign)
  • Come on Along with Channel 7 (1982–1983; localized version of ABC campaign)
  • That Special Feeling on Channel 7 (1983–1984; localized version of ABC campaign)
  • We're With You on Channel 7 (1984–1985; localized version of ABC campaign)
  • You'll Love It!, on Channel 7 (1985–1986; localized version of ABC campaign)
  • Together on Channel 7 (1986–1987; localized version of ABC campaign)
  • Something's Happening on Channel 7 (1987–1990; localized version of ABC campaign)
  • New York City's Watching Channel 7 (1990–1992; localized version of ABC campaign)
  • If It's New York City, It Must Be Channel 7 (1992–1993; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
  • The News Leader (only heard in news opens; 1995–2011)
  • Number One in New York (station slogan; 2004-present)
  • New York's Number One News (news slogan; 2011-present)
  • The Most Watched Station in the Nation (secondary slogan; 2016-present)

News music packages


In 1984, the station started using "News Series 2000", an updated version of the original Cool Hand Luke theme by Frank Gari, that had been originally commissioned by WLS-TV. The original Cool Hand Luke scores returned for a time from 1986 through 1988. In 1993, Schifrin raised his royalties for using his theme and its variations to a level that effectively priced it out of the local news market (though Australia's Nine Network still uses cuts from that theme). Gari was commissioned by WABC-TV to compose a new music package called "Eyewitness News". This package, based slightly on Cool Hand Luke, has been updated several times. As of 2009, WABC-TV uses the "Series 4" version, which was specifically updated for the station.

WABC-TV's version of the Eyewitness News Theme is reminiscent of a typewriter typing out a news story, while WABC's west coast sister KABC-TV Los Angeles and WEWS-TV in Cleveland use a more faster paced and more of a rock music version of the Eyewitness News Theme.

Movie umbrella titles

  • The Night Show (1956–1963)
  • The Goodnight Show (1961–1963)
  • Sunday Night Movie (1958–1960 & 1971–1987)
  • The Best of Broadway (1963–1971)
  • The Big Show (1963–1966 & 1968–1969)
  • The 6 O'Clock Movie (1966–1968)
  • The 4:30 Movie (1969–1981)
  • Saturday Night Movie (1971–1987)
  • Prize Movie (1969–1973)
  • The Morning Movie (1973–1977)
  • The Movie in the Morning (1977–1983)
  • Spring Cinema (1983)
  • The Movie Matinee (1971–1979)
  • Channel 7 Movie (1979–1999, primary & 2004–present, secondary)
  • ABC 7 Movie (1999–present, primary)

On-air staff

Current on-air staff

Anchors[15]
  • Shirleen Alicott - weekdays mornings (4:30-7 a.m.) and weekdays at noon (2015-present)
  • Sade Baderinwa – weeknights at 5 and 11 p.m.
  • Sandra Bookman – weekend evenings at 6 and 11 p.m.; also host of Here and Now; also weekday reporter
  • Michelle Charlesworth – weekend mornings (6-8 and 9-10 a.m.); also weekday reporter
  • Liz Cho – weekdays at 4 and 6 p.m. (2003-present)
  • Rob Nelson – weekend mornings (6-8 and 9-10 a.m.); also weekday reporter
  • David Novarro - weekdays at Noon and 4 p.m.
  • Bill Ritter – weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.; also host of Eyewitness News UpClose
  • Ken Rosato – weekday mornings (4:30-7 a.m.)
  • Joe Torres – weekend Evenings at 6 and 11 p.m.; also host of Tiempo; also weekday reporter
  • Diana Williams – weeknights at 5 p.m. (1991-present)
Meteorologist
  • Lee Goldberg (AMS member) – Chief meteorologist; weeknights at 4, 5, 6 and 11 p.m.; (1996-present)
  • Amy Freeze (AMS member) – meteorologist; weekend mornings (6-8 and 9-10 a.m.)
  • Bill Evans (AMS member) – Senior meteorologist; weekday mornings (4:30-7 a.m.) and noon; (1989-present)
  • Jeff Smith (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) – meteorologist; weekend evenings at 6 and 11 p.m.
SportsAnchors
  • Ryan Field - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m. (2016-present)
MetroTraffic
  • Debbie DuHaime - fill-in
  • Heather O'Rourke - weekday mornings (4:30-7 a.m.)
Reporters
  • NJ Burkett - general assignment reporter (1989-present)
  • Jim Dolan - general assignment reporter (1986-present)
  • Josh Einiger - general assignment reporter
  • Dave Evans - political reporter
  • Tim Fleischer - general assignment reporter (1985-present)
  • Lauren Glassberg - general assignment reporter; fill-in anchor (1999-present)
  • Jim Hoffer - investigative team reporter
  • Anthony Johnson - reporter; fill-in and temporary weekend sports anchor
  • Sandy Kenyon - film critic and entertainment reporter
  • Ceefan Kim - general assignment reporter
  • Carolina Leid - general assignment reporter
  • Darla Miles - general assignment reporter
  • Candice McCowan - general assignment reporter
  • Nina Pineda - "7 On Your Side" consumer reporter
  • Kemberly Richardson - general assignment reporter
  • Diana Rocco - general assignment reporter
  • A.J. Ross - general assignment reporter
  • Stacey Sager - general assignment reporter (1996-present)
  • Marcus Solis - general assignment reporter
  • Kristin Thorne - general assignment reporter
  • Lucy Yang- general assignment reporter; fill-in anchor
  • Toni Yates - general assignment reporter
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  • John Del Giorno - morning reporter
  • Shannon Sohn - reporter
Local program hosts
  • [[Sandra Bookman]] –Here and Now
  • [[Bill Ritter]] –Up Close
  • Joe TorresTiempo

News Management

  • Kenny Plotnik - news director
  • Bill McFarland - assistant news director
  • Chad Matthews - senior executive producer
  • John Antonio - managing editor
  • David Bloch - executive producer
  • John Stone - executive producer
  • Bill Bouyer - manager-news special events
  • Kim Dillon - assignment manager


Notable former staff A–L

M–Z

Office locations

The original WABC-TV offices were located at 77 West 66th Street, with studios at 7 West 66th Street. There was an underground tunnel that links ABC studios at 7 West 66th Street to the lobby of the Hotel des Artistes, a block north on West 67th Street. There was another studio inside the Hotel des Artistes that was used for Eyewitness News Conference.

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 a 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.

Live with Kelly

Main article: Live with Regis and KellyWABC-TV also produces the nationally syndicated talk show Live with Regis and Kelly, broadcast live at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern time). The program originates in the same ground-floor studio at 7 Lincoln Square as Eyewitness News, thus creating a situation which forces local news updates broadcast during Good Morning America and Live to be produced from the WABC-TV newsroom, and the morning show's presence also limits the size of the Eyewitness News set.

The show began as a local morning show in 1983, 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 Regis Philbin and Cyndy Garvey. In 1985, Kathie Lee Johnson (who would marry Frank Gifford a year later) became Philbin's co-host. Buena Vista Television (now Disney-ABC Domestic Television) began syndicating the show in 1988 as Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. Kathie Lee left the show in 2000 and was eventually replaced by current host Kelly Ripa. The franchise celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2008.  Philbin decided to leave Live in 2011.  Ripa had a co-host in former New York Giants football linebacker [[Michael Strahan) from 2012 to 2015, when Strahan decided to join the ABC News weekday morning news program Good Morning America full-time as a co-host.

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/nyregion/10legends.html
  2. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
  3. ^ FCC DTV status report for WABC
  4. ^ WWOR-DT FCC Form 387, Exhibit 4, September 15, 2008
  5. ^ https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101319333&formid=301&fac_num=1328
  6. ^ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1347981&Service=DS&Form_id=911&Facility_id=1328
  7. ^ [1] Youtube- WABC Dropped By Cablevision as 1201am
  8. ^ [2] Cablevision Might Lose WABC-TV on March 7th.
  9. ^ http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=resources/inside_station/station_info&id=7314004
  10. ^ Cablevision, ABC reach deal; WABC-TV restored
  11. ^ Nielsen ratings
  12. ^ http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2010/08/24/44695/wabc-expands-morning-news
  13. ^ WABC open 2003, YouTube.com. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  14. ^ http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/newsteam

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