Ernie Anastos Thos Robinson/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Ernie Anastos, the charismatic New York City television anchor who spent 11 years with WABC's Eyewitness News and another 15 with Fox's WNYW, died Wednesday. He was 82. Anastos started out at WABC in 1978 and finished up at WNYW in 2019.