WNYW Channel 5 in New York broadcasts 53 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 10 hours on weekdays, 2 hours on Saturdays, and 1 and a half hours on Sundays). On May 2, 1944, when the station first signed on the air under the original call letters WABD, the first newscast was Late Night News. In 1945, the station's news department rebranded its newscast titles as TV5 Late Report. In 1955, Mike Wallace joined Channel 5 as anchor of a late weeknight newscast Night Beat for 2 years. On September 7, 1958, when the station changed its call letters to WNEW-TV, the news department was growing again. In 1962, Channel 5 rebranded its newscast titles again, this time as TV5 24-Hour, it would run until its final broadcast on March 10, 1967. Finally, 3 days later, on March 13, 1967, Channel 5 began premiering its 10 p.m. newscast and the first primetime newscast in the New York television market, which was titled: The 10 O'Clock News (originally known until 2001 and has currently used since 2021), and every night, that 10 p.m. newscast is current preceded by the sample, but now well-known announcement: "It's 10 p.m., Do you know where your children are?", which was originally spoken by Mel Epstein, WNEW-TV's director of on-air promotions at the time, and later staff announcer Tom Gregory (this announcement continues to be shown before the newscast). In the late 1970s and through the 1980s, celebrities were often used to read the slogan. The anchor at the time was Bill Jorgensen. And Bill McCreary was one of the first reporters at the time (who would go on become the co-anchor), and became one of the first African-American reporters in New York television news history, including his own "In Your Face" segment. Also in 1967, Rolland Smith joined the station as anchor/reporter where he would remain for 3 years. In 1968, Bob O'Brien joined the station as a writer and later reporter. Also in 1968, Tom McDonald joined the station as sports anchor/reporter. In December 1969, John Roland joined Channel 5 as a political reporter and 10 p.m. weekend anchor. In 1970, Christopher Jones joined Channel 5 as reporter in which he would remain for the rest of his career. In 1971, Bill Mazer joined Channel 5 as its main sports anchor for the 10 p.m. weeknight newscast. In the early 1970s, the news department launched it's 30-minute Sunday Night sports program "Sports Extra", airing at 10:30 p.m. on Sunday Nights, and it continues to air. In 1972, Gabe Pressman (fresh from rival WNBC-TV) joined the station as the reporter, where he would be for the next 7 years. From 1975 to 1985, Channel 5 added a warmer announcement earlier in the day at the time: "It's 6 p.m., have you hugged your child today?" In 1975, Lee Leonard joined Channel 5 as sports anchor until he left 1979 to become one of the original anchors for the then-new American cable sports network ESPN. In the late 1970s, a younger John Miller was hired to joined Channel 5 full-time as a reporter. In 1978, Bill McCreary began host and anchor the station's public affairs news program "The McCreary Report". In 1979, after 12 years as the original 10 p.m. weeknight news anchor, Bill Jorgensen left Channel 5, and he was replaced by John Roland (who would go on to become one of the greatest news anchors in the history of New York television news) and McCreary joined him as co-anchor. In 1980, Steve Powers joined Channel 5 as reporter and weekend anchor for the 10 p.m news, and he was one of the first reporters to cover John Lennon's murder on December 8, 1980. Also in 1980, Lynne White joined Channel 5 as the first African-American female weathercaster for The 10 O'Clock News weeknight newscast, which was that October. In January 1982, Barbara Laskin joined Channel 5 as anchor and reporter, which she would be remain for nearly a decade. In 1984, Pablo Guzmán joined the station as reporter where he would remain for the next 8 years. In December 1985, Jim Ryan joined the station as political reporter, and at the time, he and Judy Licht began anchoring First Edition. When Channel 5 changed its call letters from WNEW-TV to WNYW on March 7, 1986, the news department continued to grow. 10 days later on March 17, 1986, Rosanna Scotto joined the station as reporter and later weekend evening anchor. In Spring 1986, Carl White joined Channel 5 as sports anchor/reporter. In July 1986, Maury Povich joined Channel 5 by launching a new newsmagazine program called A Current Affair, which would later be shown in national syndication across America. In late 1986, Cora-Ann Mihalik joined Channel 5 as anchor. On December 26, 1986, Nick Gregory joined WNYW as lead weathercaster on the 10 p.m. weeknight newscast while Lynne White was promoted to reporter. In 1987, Mihalik replaced Bill McCreary as John Roland's co-anchor on the 10 p.m. weeknight newscast while McCreary continued hosting and anchoring "The McCreary Report". Also in 1987, WNYW debuted its newest weekday evening newscast which was a 7 p.m. half-hour weeknight newscast, simply known as Fox News at Seven, and Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz also joined the station as weekend evening meteorologist. On August 1, 1988, WNYW became the first Fox station in the United States to run a weekday morning newscast with a debut of the 2-hour weekday morning program Good Day New York, with veteran reporter Marian Etoile Watson and Bob Fitzsimmons as original hosts, Jim Ryan as news anchor, Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz as weathercaster, Nancy Remy with traffic, the newly-hired Dick Oliver as reporter. and feature reporters Gordon Elliott, Larry Hoff and Robyn Carter. In Christmas 1989, Jack Caffery joined the station, who would later go on as Cora-Ann Mihalik's co-anchor on the 7 p.m. weeknight newscast. In 1991, after 20 years at Channel 5 as sports director/sports anchor, Bill Mazer left the station, and he was replaced by Carl White. In late 1992, Fox News at Seven was cancelled when Jack Caffery left the station after just 3 years. On April 3, 2006, WNYW debuted a new set, theme music and graphics package, and a new logo for its newscasts. On November 9, 2008, WNYW became the fifth television station in the New York City market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition.