Ernie Anastos

Ernie Anastos (born July 12, 1943) is a New York Emmy award winning television news anchor and talk show host on WABC (770 AM) with Positively Ernie focusing on uplifting stories and interviews. He is also a children’s author and host of his own nationally syndicated TV show, Positively America. He has anchored the evening news at three flagship network stations in New York; ABC 7, CBS 2 and FOX 5. In 2017, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio honored Anastos by designating every March 21 to be Ernie Anastos Day. Anastos is a Hall of Fame Broadcaster and has received more than 30 Emmy awards and nominations, including "Best Newscast in New York" and the Edward R. Murrow Award for broadcast excellence. The New York Times recently described him as "the ubiquitous anchorman." He is an author of career and educational books for young readers. Anastos also is distinguished for being the United States' first Greek-American news anchorman. Career Ernie Anastos has been a television news anchor at WABC-TV, WCBS-TV and WNYW-TV in New York. He has covered stories including 9/11 World Trade Center attacks and the 2020 global pandemic. In 2004 from Cuba, he reported on Fidel Castro’s revolutionary reign and has interviewed other noted world leaders including; Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, also Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and South African bishop Desmond Tutu. He has had broadcast ownership of AM and FM radio stations in New York State and New England. He is also the CEO of his own television production company creating entertainment programming. He launched an Internet youth channel and has also published newspapers and magazines. He has performed on-camera roles as himself in Hollywood motion pictures such as the Independence Day, Summer of Sam, Run All Night and The Yards.