Ernie Anastos
| Ernie Anastos | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 12, 1943 Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Residence | North Castle, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Northeastern University |
| Occupation | Anchorman |
| Years active | 1976–present (television) |
| Spouse(s) | Kelly Anastos |
| Children | 2 |
Ernie Anastos (born July 12, 1943) is an Emmy Award-winning news anchor for New York City's Fox 5 News at 6:00 p.m.
Anastos is a Hall of Fame Broadcaster and has won 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."
After graduating from Northeastern University, Anastos worked as a news man at 98.5/WROR in Boston, as Ernie Andrews. In 1976, Anastos moved to television, becoming an anchor at WPRI-TV in Providence. Two years later, WABC-TV in New York hired Anastos and he became anchor of the 11:00 pm Eyewitness News broadcast, a position that opened when Larry Kane left the station after one year. He anchored that broadcast with Rose Ann Scamardella until 1983 and later replaced Storm Field as Kaity Tong's co-anchor at 5:00 pm. Except for a brief period beginning in 1983 when WABC hired Tom Snyder to be anchor, Anastos helmed the 5:00 and 11:00 pm newscasts until 1989, co-anchoring at 5 and 11 with Tong and Roz Abrams at 5 from 1986 to 1989.
Anastos left WABC to take the same position at WCBS-TV, beginning June 12, 1989. He initially anchored the 5, 6 and 11 pm newscast, replacing Mike Schneider at 5 and 11 pm and Jim Jensen at 6. Jim Jensen was back on at 6 pm in 1991. He left the station by mid-1994 to join the short-lived cable channel NewsTalk Television. When the channel closed in 1995, began hosting a gardening show on Lifetime, called Our Home. In 1997, Anastos was hired by WWOR-TV to replace Sean Mooney as co-anchor of its 10:00 pm newscast. He later rejoined WCBS in 2001 and left for second time in 2005, after signing a five-year, $10 million contract with WNYW-TV. At Fox 5, he was partnered with Dari Alexander on the 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts. On July 2, 2012, he was moved off the 10 p.m. newscast and replaced by Good Day New York cohost Greg Kelly, who has since moved back to his prior role and been replaced by Steve Lacy.
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