Editing WABC-TV (section)

=====Beginning to 1968=====
WABC-TV launched ''Report to New York'', its first regular news program, on October 26, 1959, featuring [[Scott Vincent]] with news, [[Howard Cosell]] with sports, and Lynn Dollar with the weather. ''Report to New York'' aired Monday through Friday at 11&nbsp;pm. By January 1961, channel 7 expanded ''Report to New York'' with a 15-minute early edition at 6:15&nbsp;p.m. on weeknights, and on Saturday and Sunday evenings.

On October 22, 1962, WABC-TV expanded its weeknight news to 45 minutes, and retitled it ''The Big News''. Newcomers [[Bill Beutel]] and Jim Burnes<ref>{{cite news | title =Jim Burnes of A. B. C., 42, Dies; Covered U.S. Urban Disorders | newspaper =The New York Times | location =New York City | pages =41 | date =June 26, 1970 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/26/archives/jim-burnes-of-abc-42-dies-covered-us-urban-disorders.html | access-date =August 2, 2020 }}</ref> were the anchors, with Cosell continuing on sports and Rosemary Haley as "weather girl".<ref>{{cite news  | title =Broadcasting magazine advertisement for ''The Big News'' | work =Broadcasting | date =November 19, 1962 |page=45 | url =https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/62-OCR/1962-11-19-BC-OCR-Page-0045.pdf | access-date =August 2, 2020 }}</ref> However, this effort failed to draw viewers from the ratings leader [[WCBS-TV]] and second-place [[WNBC-TV]].