WABC - 7 Eyewitness News

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On 4/10/2025 at 6:05 PM, MorningNews said:

It’s hardly the point of this evening’s breaking news but WABC’s new location is proving to be a prime vantage point for this story. Mike Marza has been reporting from the outside deck with the crash site in the water behind him.

Mike really is destined to become the face of Channel 7 by 2027 or 2028.

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WABC-TV named John Antonio has Vice President of News starting April 29. He was previously the executive producer of the 5 and 6pm EWN editions, eventually moving on to CNN.

https://abc7ny.com/post/wabc-tv-new-york-names-john-antonio-vice-president-news/16178094/

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When did WABC start doing a 5pm talent intro? It’s nice to see and they used to only do the talent open for First@4 and 6pm but no 5pm.

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3 hours ago, MorningNews said:

When did WABC start doing a 5pm talent intro? It’s nice to see and they used to only do the talent open for First@4 and 6pm but no 5pm.

They began airing 5pm talent opens when the new graphics debuted last year in January 2024. It’s the first weekday 5pm talent opens to air since Diana Williams retired in September 2019. 

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I’m just seeing the 10am soft set for the first time, this is such a remarkable improvement and sharp look for WABC. 
 

Gives me hope that the GMA set won’t be so bad. 
 

 

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6 hours ago, MorningNews said:

I’m just seeing the 10am soft set for the first time, this is such a remarkable improvement and sharp look for WABC. 
 

Gives me hope that the GMA set won’t be so bad. 
 

 

 

With a few adjustments, the newscast it could all be from this space.

 

 

I liked it when I used the set like this when it first came out, differentiating from others newscasts.

Edited April 26 by TheNewsTV

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On 4/26/2025 at 10:20 AM, MorningNews said:

I’m just seeing the 10am soft set for the first time, this is such a remarkable improvement and sharp look for WABC. 
 

Gives me hope that the GMA set won’t be so bad. 
 

 

 

the light colors on the faux brick wall look better on UpClose. 

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On 4/26/2025 at 10:20 AM, MorningNews said:

I’m just seeing the 10am soft set for the first time, this is such a remarkable improvement and sharp look for WABC. 
 

Gives me hope that the GMA set won’t be so bad. 
 

 

Wow! Channel 7 has come a long way! The new Disney building has been an improvement for all shows that moved. 

Loving the neon lights and brick wall, it reminds me of Tegna's set design trends.

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First time I think it's happened, Ike Ejiochi sat in at the anchor desk this past Sunday, filling in for Pedro.

 

https://abc7ny.com/videoClip/16319545/

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And now Rhiannon Ally filling in for Pedro this Saturday with Michelle.

 

Just realized that they use white chairs at the desk for the AM shows and the dark blue chairs for PM shows.

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I noticed these days that Mike Marza never fills in for Bill Ritter when he's not at 5pm and 6pm. Is there any logical reason for this?
(not that I mind, of course, I'm just curious)

Yesterday Sandra was there for Bill at 5pm, today we had David and Sandra at 5pm; Liz did both days at 6pm only.

 

I thought that because Mike was Bill's soon-to-be replacement, he would be his immediate replacement on his time off.

Edited Tuesday at 10:24 PM by TheNewsTV

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2 minutes ago, TheNewsTV said:

I noticed these days that Mike Marza never fills in for Bill Ritter when he's not at 5pm and 6pm. Is there any logical reason for this?
(not that I mind, of course, I'm just curious)

Yesterday Sandra was there for Bill at 5pm, today we had David and Sandra at 5pm; Liz did both days at 6pm only.

 

I thought that because Mike was Bill's soon-to-be replacement, he would be his immediate replacement on his time off.

Mike was out covering the Diddy trial yesterday. Not sure about today but yesterday he did several reports for all evening shows. 

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47 minutes ago, RealNews18 said:

Mike was out covering the Diddy trial yesterday. Not sure about today but yesterday he did several reports for all evening shows. 

He also reported on the noon yesterday. 

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On 5/13/2025 at 6:23 PM, TheNewsTV said:

I noticed these days that Mike Marza never fills in for Bill Ritter when he's not at 5pm and 6pm. Is there any logical reason for this?
(not that I mind, of course, I'm just curious)

Yesterday Sandra was there for Bill at 5pm, today we had David and Sandra at 5pm; Liz did both days at 6pm only.

 

I thought that because Mike was Bill's soon-to-be replacement, he would be his immediate replacement on his time off.

Maybe for now this is what the producers feel is right for the show. Also each broadcast is operated by different producers and etc, so what may work for the 11pm broadcast probably doesn't work for the 4, 5 and 6 broadcasts, which I also believe are different, etc.. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Vlad