Emmy-winning journalist and former WABC news anchor Ernie Anastos has died at 82 after decades of bringing news to the people of New York City.

Ernie Anastos, the famed news anchor from New York City who spent nearly one and a half decades with Fox’s WNYW, died on Thursday, March 12, 2026. In his decades-long career, Anastos was highly ...

Longtime New York City anchor Ernie Anastos has died at 82. In a career spanning 50 years, Anastos anchored and hosted programming for ABC’s WABC, CBS’s WCBS, Fox’s WNYW and WWOR in the tristate ...

Ernie Anastos was an American television news anchor who had an estimated net worth of $8 million at the time of his death. The veteran broadcaster passed away in March 2026 at the age of 82.

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He worked at WABC's Eyewitness News for 11 years and Fox’s WNYW for another 14 and had two stints at WCBS in between.

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 ...