Ernie Anastos, a TV news presence in New York for more than 40 years who worked at network affiliates WABC, WCBS and WNYW and won many local Emmys, died March 11. He was 82.
His family confirmed the news to WABC on Thursday.
Born on July 12, 1943, Anastos began his career in Boston radio in the mid-1970s and pivoted to TV with an anchor position at WPRI in Providence, RI. He moved to WABC in 1978 and was named anchor of its 11 p.m. Eyewitness News that fall. He later added the 5 p.m. newscast to his duties and stayed in that post until 1982, when he was replaced by Tom Snyder, who’d just wrapped a nine-year run as host of NBC’s Tomorrow.
After co-anchoring a short-lived 4:30 newscast at WABC, Anastos went back to the station’s anchor desk after Snyder moved to Los Angeles, staying
...Keep reading this article on DEADLINE.
