Ernie Anastos

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Ernie Anastos (born July 12, 1943) is an Emmy-award winning New York City television news anchor.^{[citation needed]} He has worked for several television stations in New York City during his career.

Contents 1 Career 2 Writing 3 Awards 4 Radio ownership

[edit] Career

He served as an anchor at WABC-TV from 1978 to 1989, when he joined WCBS-TV as the 5 PM and 11 PM anchor. He worked at WCBS-TV for the first time from 1989-1994. He then joined WWOR-TV in 1997, and served as an anchor at that station until 2000, when he rejoined WCBS in January 2001. He left WCBS for the second time in 2005, after signing a $10 million dollar, 5-year contract with WNYW-TV ("Fox 5").^{[citation needed]} His first day at WNYW was July 5, 2005. At Fox 5 he is partnered with Rosanna Scotto on the 5 PM and 10 PM newscasts.

On September 11th, Anastos anchored award-winning news coverage of the World Trade Center attacks. He has traveled inside Cuba and met with Fidel Castro reporting on the 45th anniversary of the revolution. He covered John Cardinal O'Connor's official trip to El Salvador and Nicaragua, and reported on the death and funeral of Princess Diana from London. Anastos also won an Emmy nomination for his continuous reporting on the untimely death of John F. Kennedy, Jr. from the site of his plane crash off Cape Cod.

Ernie Anastos has international experience as a news anchor and reporter for CBS This Morning, CBS Late News and substitute host for ABC's Good Morning America.

[edit] Writing

Anastos authored a book on the lifestyles of youth in America. His book, Twixt: Teens Yesterday and Today, traces American teenagers' influence on social and political attitudes.

He has also been a regular columnist for Family Circle.

[edit] Awards

He has won 28 Emmy Awards and nominations,^{[citation needed]} and was nominated for the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in writing.^{[citation needed]}

He has been profiled in the International Who's Who of Intellectuals.^{[citation needed]} A Phi Kappa Phi honoree,^{[citation needed]} he graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northeastern University in Boston,^{[citation needed]} where he is a member of the university board.^{[citation needed]} He has additional graduate studies at Columbia University and holds an honorary doctorate degree.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Radio ownership

In 1998, Anastos and several business partners bought Saratoga Springs, New York-based radio station WJKE (now WQAR). The partnership, known as the Anastos Media Group, soon bought several other stations in the Capital Region of New York State and later entered the eastern New England media market. The daily operations of the group are handled in part by Anastos' daughter Nina.^{[citation needed]}