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April 14, 2020

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ABC Owned Television Stations’ Localish Supports Local Communities During Coronavirus Outbreak With Special Coverage Series ‘Check In’

Half-Hour Linear Broadcast Premiere Rated No. 1 in All Key Demos in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Houston

Building on its most popular show, “More In Common,” which debuted in 2018, Localish introduces a special coverage series “Check In” that focuses on profiling individuals who are stepping up to serve their communities and inspiring others to do the same. Grounded in its mission to bring out the good in cities across America, Localish checks in with remarkable leaders and innovators at hospitals, schools and local businesses transforming their services to combat the spread of the virus and support their neighbors. Each episode features incredible stories of resilience, with individuals fostering unique solutions to build even stronger bonds during a time of social distancing. Given the unconventional circumstances, the show is now being produced remotely featuring interviews via webcams and utilizing more audience-submitted content.

“As we face this challenge collectively, communities are adapting in real time,” said Michael Koenigs, executive producer, Localish. “There’s never been a more important time to remind our communities that we’re connected and that we’re all in this together. By sharing stories of individuals who are stepping up to serve their communities, we have the opportunity to highlight the heroes among us and inspire more to do the same.”

Localish’s “Check in” deepens ABC OTV’s focus on multiplatform engagement by premiering as a short-form online series in partnership Facebook Watch, streaming on Localish’s digital owned platform Localish.com and on ABC OTV’s connected tv apps, and broadcasting as a half-hour linear program on OTV’s Localish Network. Since “Check In” debuted on Facebook Watch on March 25, its show clips have garnered over 5.7 million views and attributed to a 5000% lift in “More In Common” brand engagement. “Check In” premiered on broadcast on Sunday, April 5, on WLS-TV Chicago, WPVI-TV Philadelphia, KGO-TV San Francisco and KTRK-TV Houston; on Saturday, April 11, on WABC-TV New York; and on Sunday, April 12, on KABC-TV Los Angeles, reaching No. 1 in key target demographics.

“As the world is experiencing an unprecedented crisis that has irrevocably changed the lives of millions, the need for positivity and hope is even more pronounced,” said Jennifer Mitchell, senior vice president of Content Development for ABC Owned Television Stations. “We’re heartened that Localish’s unique style of positive community-driven storytelling has been so well received, as the premiere of the special coverage series ‘Check In’ ranked No. 1 in its time slot and across all key demographics in the four markets where it aired.”

“Check In” will continue to air in linear broadcast in select cities on ABC (weekends, check local listings for airdate information). “Check In” will release new episodes weekly in partnership with Facebook Watch, posting on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 6 p.m. ET.

Episodes include the following:

  • Episode 1 – Distanced but not Distant: As communities grapple with the impact and reality of —social distancing a landlord offers free rent to his tenants, and a woman finds creative ways to show family love. (Click here to view)
  • Episode 2 – Helping Small Businesses: With a national shortage of medical and cleaning supplies, a locally owned distillery has switched its production to now make hand soap and sanitizers. Plus, local artisans are now making face masks. (Click here to view)
  • Episode 3 – Food & Drink at home: From ordering margaritas from the best local bars delivered right to your door to getting groceries delivered and home schooling, communities are getting creative with finding a new normal in these unusual times. (Click here to view)
  • Episode 4 – Staying Calm during Coronavirus: Check in with health care workers on the front lines of the response efforts, get tips on how to unwind and learn meditation to stay calm. (Click here to view)
  • Episode 5 – Helping the Homeless: As unemployment and homeless numbers continue to rise, there are generous individuals helping the homeless and sharing what they can from food and supplies to reassuring words and friendly smiles. (Click here to view)
  • Episode 6 – Love & Marriage: As relationships are tested during the quarantine, check in with these couples who are not only making the best of the situation but even thriving, proving that love always finds a way through adversity. (Click here to view)
  • Episode 7 – Pregnancy, Birth & Babies: Check in with expectant parents, who are both excited and nervous to welcome their newborns into this world, and the medical caregivers who are comforting and easing couples as they prepare to expand their family. (Episode will be available soon)

More information on the remaining online and linear episodes will follow at a later date.

Follow Localish (#Localish) on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. View additional Localish series at abc.com/shows/localish.

Follow “More In Common” and “Check In” on Facebook. View additional episodes at abc.com/shows/more-in-common.

About ABC Owned Television Stations
The ABC Owned Television Stations includes WABC-TV New York, KABC-TV Los Angeles, WLS-TV Chicago, WPVI-TV Philadelphia, KGO-TV San Francisco, KTRK-TV Houston, WTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham and KFSN-TV Fresno. The eight owned stations reach 23% of all U.S. television households. The stations are consistently market leaders in multiplatform local news, collectively No. 1 in local news among Adults 25-54 for 11 consecutive broadcast seasons, and in overall digital audience, video consumption and social reach and engagement. In 2018, the Stations further expanded their content portfolio and reach with the launch of the digital-first national lifestyle brand Localish that in its first year produced over 650 pieces of digital video content, totaling more than 240 million video views. The Live Well broadcast channel was rebranded as Localish in February 2020, delivering locally sourced yet nationally relevant storytelling as long-form linear programming to more than 14 million viewers across America.

About Localish
Localish, a digital native lifestyle brand from ABC Owned Television Stations featuring locally sourced yet nationally relevant stories which target a younger audience, debuted its broadcast home on Feb. 17, 2020. In Localish’s first year, ABC’s owned stations produced over 700 pieces of digital video, totaling more than 240 million video views, with 65% of its audience under the age of 44. Most recently honored with the 2019 Innovator Award – the highest distinction among TVNewsCheck’s annual Social Media Excellence Awards – Localish was credited for its forward-minded ideas, sleek execution and all-around positive impact. As a broadcast network, Localish expanded its short-form series of local storytelling into long-form programming to reach approximately 14 million households across America. The brand also continues to debut stories on localish.com, ABC digital platforms and social media platforms, as it transcends city limits and inspires its audience to live like a local wherever they are.

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Elisa Bolduc
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April 7, 2020

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Fonda Berosini
Disney Entertainment, Networks
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Ambir Sniezko
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WABC-TV Special ‘Protect Our Children: Stress, Coping & Hope’ Airs Saturday, April 18, at 7 P.M. EDT

Inspiring Stories During a Pandemic

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WABC-TV, New York’s No. 1 station and the most-watched television station in the nation, will air “Protect Our Children: Stress, Coping & Hope” on SATURDAY, APRIL 18 (7:00 p.m. EDT). It will rebroadcast Sunday, April 19 (5:30 p.m. EDT). Hosted by Eyewitness News anchor Shirleen Allicot, the special raises awareness of the critical need to provide coping skills and hope to parents and children dealing with stress-related problems exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

During a time of global uncertainty, the special shares inspiring stories of individuals who faced challenges and conquered them when their hardships seemed insurmountable. Featured stories include the following:

  • A Manhattan high school senior, who experienced mental health issues at age 14, shares the importance of receiving mental and medical care as soon as possible as well as his own journey of self-discovery.
  • As the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to the increase of homelessness and unemployment, a young man in Harlem coping with homelessness helps others who are experiencing poverty.
  • A 10-year-old transgender girl on Long Island successfully finds her gender identity with the loving support of her family and age-appropriate professional care.
  • A nonbinary advocate for the transgender community addresses the challenges that arise from changing one’s gender on a state-issued identification and shares their journey to pass the “Gender Recognition Act” in New York.
  • Educators and students at a middle school in Staten Island work to counter the feelings of isolation during a time where public health orders advise social distancing. Together, they work on ways to help the student body feel unified and supported, in order to come out of these dark times together.

WABC-TV has long been dedicated to covering the important issues of health and safety of youth in the community. WABC’s “Protect Our Children” campaign, which launched in 1998, includes informational safety messages, a dedicated website and a missing children campaign that can be seen on every Eyewitness News program. The station has produced a number of compelling local programs addressing the stress-related problems plaguing a vulnerable population – children. The series has received six Emmy® Awards, six “Gracie” Awards from the American Women in Radio-TV-Film (AWRT) and awards from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, (NCMEC). Learn more about “Protect Our Children” at ABC7NY.com/Protect.

About WABC
WABC-TV has been the leader in local news and entertainment programming in the New York City area for more than 60 years. Producing more than 45 hours of live, local news and weather each week, Channel 7 “Eyewitness News”is the most watched local news in New York and the United States. WABC-TV also produces “Live with Kelly and Ryan,” weekdays at 9:00 a.m., which is seen in more than 200 markets across the U.S. Quality news and programming, cutting-edge technology and ongoing community outreach are the hallmarks of excellence that have consistently kept WABC-TV New York’s No. 1 station and the most-watched television station in the nation.

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Jeelu Billimoria
“Protect Our Children: Stress, Coping & Hope,” Senior Producer
(917) 260-7148
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April 1, 2020

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Fonda Berosini
Disney Entertainment, Networks
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‘Race & Coronavirus: A Bay Area Conversation’ Airs Thursday, April 2, Live on KGO-TV San Francisco

‘Race & Coronavirus: A Bay Area Conversation’ Airs
Thursday, April 2 (4 P.M. PDT), Live on ABC7

Audience Members Are Invited to Interact With ABC7 News
and a Team of Experts Via the ABC7 Bay Area Facebook Page

Even before novel coronavirus became a pandemic, ABC7 News began reporting on Asian Americans experiencing hate crimes in the Bay Area.

San Francisco State University found a 50% rise in the number of news articles related to COVID-19 and anti-Asian discrimination between Feb. 9 and March 7. Lead researcher Russell Jeung, a professor of Asian American studies, said the figures represented “just the tip of the iceberg” because only the most egregious cases were likely to be reported by the media. 

To empower people with facts about coronavirus and to provide resources so viewers can take action, ABC7 News presents a one-hour virtual town hall hosted by ABC7 News anchors Kristen Sze and Dan Ashley. ABC7 News anchor Dion Lim will take audience questions live on Facebook throughout the show. 

Joined by both health and civil rights experts, ABC7’s panel of experts represents a diverse range of voices, from civil rights to education, community and culture, each of them working to help build a better Bay Area. 

The panel will be LIVE during the town hall, answering questions and giving guidance on COVID-19 and how to best deal with bigotry and hate crimes during this pandemic and beyond. Panel members include the following: 

  • Aimee Allison, president of Democracy in Colo
  • Zahra Billoo, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area
  • Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action
  • Russell Jeung, professor of Asian American Studies, College of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University
  • Jeff Yang, writer at The Wall Street Journal

Viewers are encouraged to submit their questions via comments on the ABC7 Bay Area Facebook and Instagram pages. Viewers can also stream the town hall on abc7news.com.

“Race & Coronavirus: A Bay Area Conversation” will air LIVE on ABC7/KGO-TV while viewers can simultaneously engage on Facebook.  

It will also be available live on abc7news.com, the ABC7 News app, the ABC7 News Bay Area YouTube channel and Apple News. 

Questions from the public will be incorporated into the broadcast through a social media monitor in the studio, where ABC7 News hosts will be without a studio audience. The panel of experts will join the conversation live via a private Zoom conference.

Questions for the panel can be submitted now on facebook.com/abc7news.

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Tom Cibrowski
ABC7 President and General Manager
tom.cibrowski@abc.com

Press Release

February 19, 2020

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Fonda Berosini
Disney Entertainment, Networks
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Ambir Sniezko
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ABC7/KGO-TV Releases Emotionally Charged Documentary, ‘32 Seconds: A Deadly Night in Rome,’ Sunday, Feb. 23

Exclusive First Interviews With the Parents of Both Suspects and New Comments From Finnegan Elder and Gabriel Natale

‘32 Seconds: A Deadly Night in Rome’
Premieres Sunday, Feb. 23 (7 P.M. PST), on ABC7
Amazon Fire Customers Can See It First on Feb. 20

In a one-hour ABC7 Originals documentary, ABC7 News investigative journalist Dan Noyes breaks dramatic new information in the murder of an Italian Carabinieri in Rome, allegedly committed by two young men from the Bay Area—Finnegan Elder, 20, and Gabriel Natale, 19.

On July 26, 2019, Deputy Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega, a member of the famed Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police force, was stabbed to death in what Italian police claim was a “drug deal gone bad.” Dan Noyes was the only local broadcast journalist on the ground at the crime scene in the heart of Rome. Now, after seven months of reporting, pouring over thousands of pages of reports, photos and surveillance camera images, Dan Noyes reveals exactly what happened that night. Was it really a drug deal gone wrong? Or just a horrible case of mistaken identity and self-defense?

Dan Noyes sat down for extensive interviews with the parents of the teens. Their words provide a rare glimpse into the lives of both families and reveal a series of tragic twists they believe led to the fateful night in Italy. The program also features exclusive and emotional new details from the accused teens as they sit in an Italian prison.

“I’ve stayed on the story since returning from Rome seven months ago, and can now reveal explosive new details and firsthand accounts of what happened,” says ABC7 News investigative journalist Dan Noyes. “The parents of both young men are breaking their silence and describing a phone call no parent wants to receive; their child went on vacation but wound up in prison overseas.”

“32 Seconds: A Deadly Night in Rome” will debut on Amazon Fire TV. It will also be available in its entirety on abc7news.com, the ABC7 News app, the ABC7 News Bay Area YouTube channel and Apple News.  Watch the trailer on abc7news.com.

“32 Seconds: A Deadly Night in Rome” is an ABC7 Originals production led by investigative journalist Dan Noyes and producer Ken Miguel. The ABC7 Originals team is led by executive producer Mariel Meyers.

Press Release

February 11, 2020

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Fonda Berosini
Disney Entertainment, Networks
Fonda.berosini@disney.com
Ambir Sniezko
ambir.sniezko@abc.com
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Industry Veteran Jon Camera Named Head of Sales at WABC-TV

Jon Camera has been named head of Sales of WABC-TV, the flagship ABC-owned television station in New York and most-watched television station in the New York television market and the United States, announced Debra O’Connell, president and general manager of WABC-TV, to whom he will report.

In this role, Camera will be responsible for managing and directing advertising sales and sales strategies of the station’s multimedia portfolio. He will lead a team of sales managers; an Integrated, Sponsorship & Partnership Marketing team; account executives; and research and support staff providing customers with meaningful and innovative solutions for their advertising needs across the top DMA in the country. While overseeing all aspects of WABC’s linear, digital, social and sponsorship sales, Camera will work closely with station leadership as well as Disney Ad Sales to continuously develop new revenue-generating opportunities, inventory optimization and marketplace positioning.

“I am thrilled to have Jon join us; he is a proven leader with a strong track record of sales success,” said O’Connell. “Jon has the ability to combine innovation with a strategic vision to balance the day to day while planning for the future – this combination will bring success to our sales team here at WABC and our advertising clients alike. As the No. 1 station in the NY DMA and the nation, replacing Scott Simensky who excelled for 23 years as our station general sales manager was a critical mission, and Jon is the ideal executive to lead our sales team into the future.”

“It is an honor to have the opportunity to work for WABC, the ABC Owned Television Stations and The Walt Disney Company,” said Camera. “I am looking forward to working with the exceptional Sales team at WABC and across Disney Ad Sales, and excited to move our advertisers’ business forward.” 

In December 2008, Camera founded Kingdom Media Marketing, a full-service, independent media planning and buying firm, and served for more than 10 years as its president and CEO. He was responsible for obtaining non-owned media assets on large multiplatform and multimarket deals for media companies as well as meeting the needs and providing solutions for marketing and communications agencies. His clients included major broadcasting groups, in addition to numerous independent marketing and communications agencies, in need of seamless and scalable solutions with their multimarket campaign executions.

Prior to Kingdom Media, Camera was senior vice president of Business Development and Marketing at the CBS Owned Television Stations, where he developed and implemented integrated marketing growth opportunities and oversaw business development of all the stations for broadcast and digital sales. Previously, he was the director of Business Development at NBC Local TV Stations and director of Convergence Sales at ABC Owned TV Stations. He began his career in television sales at FOX as a sales assistant before moving to WABC Radio as an account executive and then PAX TV’s New York TV station, WPXN-31, as an account executive.

Camera attended Boston University and is a graduate of Hofstra University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing. 

About WABC
WABC-TV has been the leader in local news and entertainment programming in the New York City area for more than 60 years. Producing more than 45 hours of live, local news and weather each week, Channel 7 “Eyewitness News”is the most watched local news in New York and the United States. WABC-TV also produces “Live with Kelly and Ryan,” the top-rating daytime talk show that airs weekdays at 9:00 a.m. E.S.T. and is seen in more than 200 markets across the U.S. With the most trustworthy and accurate news and programming, propelled by cutting-edge technology and ongoing community outreach, these are the hallmarks of excellence that have consistently kept WABC-TV as New York’s No. 1 station, and the most-watched television station in the nation.

Press Release

January 3, 2020

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Fonda Berosini
Disney Entertainment, Networks
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Ambir Sniezko
ambir.sniezko@abc.com
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WABC-TV Is the Most Watched in New York and the US

‘Eyewitness News’ and ‘Live with Kelly and Ryan’ Finish 2019 as Ratings Leaders

WABC-TV, the flagship ABC-owned television station in New York, announced that it is once again the most-watched television station in the New York television market and the United States in 2019, finishing the year with a 2.7 rating/8 share in DMA Households from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday–Sunday for the full calendar year. With an average quarter-hour audience of 245,000 viewers all year long, ABC7 boasts the largest audience of any television station in the nation. WABC also leads the market among local broadcast station websites and has the highest engagement on Twitter and Instagram while also boasting the strongest Video Engagement and Video Views across all platforms. Channel 7 continues to expand its digital presence with initiatives such as The Vault, a look into its extensive archives that has amassed 1.3 million views on YouTube and 42,000 hours watched.

The station produces the nationally syndicated morning show “Live with Kelly and Ryan” which averages 2.8 million viewers a day across the country and is the No. 1 daytime entertainment talk show in Households and all key demographics. In the New York market, the program finished 2019 as the time-period winner in Households and Women 25-54 with a 71% advantage, while attracting more than twice as many Women 18-49 as any competing station. This year, hosts Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest traveled to Los Angeles for the annual “After Oscar Show” and also recorded a series week of programs in Las Vegas. “Kelly and Ryan’s Best Halloween Show Ever” was daytime’s most-viewed Halloween-themed talk show on Oct. 31 in Total Viewers and key demographics. The viral video-themed show also performed better than last year’s episode nationally in Households and Women 25-54. Now in its 32nd year, the program continues to find new ways to engage audiences. This season, the show began an “I in Live” segment where the co-hosts feature a fan of the day.

WABC-TV’s market-leading “Eyewitness News” franchise continued to lead the market in 2019. Here are some highlights from a year that saw the “Eyewitness News” team travel across the nation and the globe to cover news of interest to viewers in the tri-state:

  • “Eyewitness News This Morning,” which saw the return of New York broadcasting legend Sam Champion to WABC, had a 64% lead among DMA Households and a 60% edge among Adults 25-54.
  • “Eyewitness News at Noon” ranked No. 1 with a 29% lead among DMA Households, a 57% advantage among Women 25-54 and a 50% edge among Adults 25-54.
  • “Eyewitness News First at 4” attracted more than twice as many DMA Households as its only local news competitor. It also attracted nearly three times as many Adults 25-54 while also winning the time period overall in key demos.
  • “Eyewitness News at 5,” which bade farewell to longtime co-anchor Diana Williams, was No. 1 among DMA Households and attracted twice as many Adults 25-54 as its nearest competitor.
  • “Eyewitness News at 6” delivered a DMA Household rating that is 65% higher than its closest competitor. It also held a commanding 167% lead among Adults 25-54. With 462,000 viewers on a nightly basis, “Eyewitness News at 6″ is the most-watched local newscast in the country.
  • “Eyewitness News at 11” was No. 1 among DMA Households by 34% and among Adults 25-54 by 100%.
  • “Eyewitness News This Morning” on Saturday and Sunday ranked No. 1 in DMA Households and Adults 25-54
  • “Eyewitness News at 11” on Saturday and Sunday was No. 1 in DMA Households and Adults 25-54 among newscasts that aired at 11:00 p.m.
  • WABC-TV’s consumer unit, 7 On Your Side, recovered more than $1 million for local viewers in 2019, the sixth consecutive year it has topped the million-dollar mark.

ABC News programming:

  • “Good Morning America” decisively remains the top choice in its time period for tri-state area viewers. The program ranked No. 1 for the year among DMA Households, Adults 25-54 and Women 25-54 with year-to-year growth in each area.
  • “The View” ranks No. 1 for the year among DMA Households, Women 18-49 and Women 25-54.
  • “GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke” wins its 1:00 p.m. time period in Women 25-54 and Women 18-49 with strong growth in both areas.
  • “World News Tonight with David Muir” attracts more DMA Households and Adults 25-54 than its two network news competitors combined.

Entertainment:

  • “General Hospital” continues to lead its time-period competition among Women 18-49 and Women 25-54.
  • Syndicated programs “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” continue to be No. 1 in Prime Access in DMA Households with wide leads in most key demographics. The programs attract more DMA Households than their five competing stations combined.
  • In prime time, ABC introduced “mix-ish,” “Kids Say the Darndest Things” and “Stumptown,”which joined successful shows including “black-ish,” “The Good Doctor,” “Modern Family,” “The Goldbergs,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Dancing with the Stars,” “A Million Little Things” and “Shark Tank.”

WABC also began reimagining its community outreach efforts in 2019. The station committed to participating in more – and more diverse – community initiatives including new events like the Lunar New Year celebration, Veteran’s Day Parade, “Following in my Father’s Footsteps” – which celebrates fathers and daughters, a “Bone Marrow Drive” in the “Live with Kelly and Ryan” studio, and an Opioid town hall in partnership with sister station WPVI.

The station also launched a “BeKind” campaign. The station has produced more than 100 original content stories, creating a Facebook community to help foster awareness and conversation around these stories. WABC also elevated its pre-existing partnerships by adding Eyewitness News talent to all Disney corporate social responsibility campaigns such as the Magic of Storytelling, Choose Kindness and Foster More campaign.

In addition to its renewed community efforts, the stations slate of award-winning local specials performed well in 2019:

  • WABC-TV’s coverage of TCS New York City Marathon reached 1 million viewers locally and averaged 371,000 viewers per quarter-hour during the race coverage. Marathon coverage online saw about a 6% increase in site traffic and a 25% increase in app traffic over Marathon Sunday last year. Live streams on abc7NY.com had more than 115,000 views, with over a quarter million unique users visiting the station’s digital platforms on the day of the race.
  • Coverage of the “National Puerto Rican Day Parade” attracted an average of 171,000 viewers with a big imprint online that included 20,000 views across our platforms and YouTube with nearly 300,000 reached on Facebook.
  • The “NYC Pride March” attracted 261,000 viewers, more than some prime programs that evening. WABC’s coverage topped 200,000 cross-platform views online and reached 164,000 people on Facebook. WABC also led the market in social engagement across multiple platforms. For the month leading up, Channel 7’s Pride content attracted more than 90,000 unique visitors to our site and app.
  • A live preview program from “The New York International Auto Show” reached an average of 221,000 viewers, up 18% from last year.
  • WABC-TV’s first-ever coverage of the Veterans Day Parade was a huge success, reaching 542,000 viewers in the tri-state area with more than 14,000 views online.
  • WABC-TV’s coverage of the Women’s World Cup Parade was the most viewed in the market on Facebook with more than 225,000 views. Megan Rapinoe’s full speech also generated the station’s most-viewed YouTube video with more than 117,000 views.
  • Channel 7 offered up extensive coverage of The Jimmy Awards this year and the content saw more than 15,000 views across platforms.
  • WABC-TV commemorated the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and Long Island’s important role with a local special that attracted 237,000 viewers and three original videos that generated nearly 13,000 views across platforms.
  • The “Columbus Day Parade,” “United Airlines NYC Half Marathon,” “Operation 7: Save-A-Life” fire safety campaign, “Hidden Heroes,” breast cancer awareness, Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, two editions of “Broadway Backstage,” coverage of the “Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach,” a well-received weather special, three Localish specials and “Protect Our Children”rounded out Channel 7’s mission to reflect the large and diverse community it serves.

Source: NY Nielsen LPM Live+SD Overnights 1/1/19-12/31/19; Nielsen Npower; Live +SD; 12/31/18 – 12/29/19; Instagram; Facebook, Twitter, Hitwise, Omniture.