At the program's debut,
Good Day was hosted by veteran WNYW reporter Marian Etoile Watson and radio personality Bob Fitzsimmons. After only a few months, Watson and Fitzsimmons were dropped in favor of
Jim Ryan, who became sole anchor; Watson remained on the program in a reduced role. By 1990, Ryan was joined by weathercaster Julie Golden and newsreader Lyn Brown, who also later served as the anchor of
Good Day Wake Up. Brown later flipped positions with then-
GDNY co-host Maria Genero, with Genero co-anchoring
Wake Up alongside Mario Bosquez. When Genero was let go from WNYW, Brown moved back to
Wake Up as Bosquez's co-anchor, While Felipe Luciano and Lynne White anchored
First Edition , in the early/mid 1990s, While Jim Ryan continued anchoring the main program solo and Brown provided news updates and conducted interview segments, until 1999 when Lyn Brown co-anchored the main program alongside Jim Ryan. On the morning of September 11, 2001, the program broadcast some of the first live images of the
terrorist attack on the
World Trade Center. The program interrupted a commercial for the 2001
Ben Stiller comedy film
Zoolander at 8:48 a.m., to show video from a tower camera atop the
Empire State Building and its news helicopter
Chopper 5 (now
SkyFox HD) of the WTC's North Tower on fire after the
first plane hit. Kai Simonsen reported from
Chopper 5, which captured footage of the
second plane crashing into the South Tower. In 2002, Mario Bosquez left WNYW for
WCBS-TV (channel 2), and was replaced on
Good Day Wake Up by
Ken Rosato. Ken would then report for
GDNY, anchor the midday show and report for the 5pm and 6pm broadcasts. He would later leave WNYW for
WABC-TV (channel 7) and was replaced by
Chris Gailus. Lyn Brown also provided news stories and interview segments on
GDNY, with Ryan acting as primary anchor. Ryan and Brown displayed a great deal of chemistry on-air, and Brown appeared on-air for the majority of the 7-9 a.m. block. In 2004, Lucy Noland joined WNYW as Gailus' co-anchor on
Wake Up, with Gailus also taking over as newsreader on
GDNY. Brown's role on
GDNY, shifted to doing interviews and feature stories during the 7-9 a.m. block of the program. When Gailus was moved to the evening newscasts, Brown was brought back for a few months to anchor
Wake Up with Noland, continuing to provide interviews and feature stories on the main
GDNY program.
Jodi Applegate later replaced Brown completely, when she moved to the evening newscasts with
Ernie Anastos, anchoring solo from 6-7 a.m. with Noland, and acting as newsreader and co-anchoring with Ryan on
GDNY from 7-9 a.m. Ryan retired shortly afterward, and Gailus took over as co-anchor of
GDNY from 6-9 a.m., with Noland doing news updates and news-related interviews; Noland then began to solo anchor
Wake Up. In April 2006, former WCBS-TV traffic reporter
Vanessa Alfano joined WNYW as a feature reporter and substitute meteorologist for the morning newscasts. At the same time, she became a full-time weathercaster for channel 5's
Secaucus sister station
WWOR-TV (channel 9). In late 2006,
Mark Joyella joined the
Good Day New York team with his infamous ''Mark's Missions
and Fox Soup
segments, which aired every Friday. The first segment featured Joyella being assigned missions from the anchors; if he did not complete the mission as it was requested, he would be ordered to perform an embarrassing stunt. The latter segment, Fox Soup'', reflected on the highlighted mistakes/bloopers that occurred in the corresponding week. Joyella left the station in early 2007, effectively resulting in the removal of the two segments. In March 2007, both Lucy Noland and
Stacy-Ann Gooden left
Good Day.
Lynda López unofficially replaced Noland, before
Christina Park joined as a full-time anchor; Gooden, meanwhile, was replaced by
Ines Rosales. Park would eventually be moved to the weekend 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts with then-weekend anchor
Karen Hepp moving to
Good Day, and former
WPIX reporter
Julie Chang joining the program to cover entertainment stories.
Ron Corning was let go from the program while on vacation during the week of April 7, 2008. It was the first move by
news director Dianne Doctor, notorious for shaking up the talent lineup on New York area newscasts, often with mixed results. Corning's departure was met with an overwhelming outcry from
GDNY viewers. That same week, Corning and Applegate won
Good Day an
Emmy Award for best morning show. On July 9, 2008, WNYW announced that
Greg Kelly would replace Corning on the program beginning July 1. On September 22, 2008, popular WNYW 10 p.m. anchor
Rosanna Scotto was moved to the main
Good Day program, taking over the co-anchor spot with Kelly in place of the departing Jodi Applegate. In February 2009,
Heather Nauert was appointed co-anchor of
Good Day Wake Up, alongside Reid Lamberty; she would later go on maternity leave in July of that year, with business reporter Lisa Murphy filling in for Nauert. On July 13, 2009,
Good Day New York was expanded by one hour until 10:00 a.m., as a result of the cancellation of syndicated talk show
The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. After Lamberty departed the station in October 2009, Murphy was named co-anchor of
Wake Up alongside Nauert. Murphy left WNYW for
Bloomberg Television in October 2010, with
Dick Brennan, the station's chief political correspondent, serving as an interim anchor until a permanent replacement was found. Nauert went on maternity leave again in November 2010, prior to the birth of her second child, with
Good Day New York reporter Tai Hernandez filling in. In August 2011, Nauert returned from maternity leave, with Hernandez resuming her reporting duties. Steve Lacy was also named full-time co-anchor of
Wake Up. In March 2012, Nauert joined the
Fox News Channel's
Fox and Friends First as its co-host, simultaneously remaining on
Good Day, although typically appearing every three weeks; Tai Hernandez then took on co-anchoring duties. On June 30, 2012, Greg Kelly was appointed anchor of the 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. newscasts, respectively replacing Harry Martin and Ernie Anastos on both programs. It was also announced that former
Good Day weather anchor Dave Price would rejoin the program, replacing Kelly as co-anchor. The move was met with much controversy, with ratings in the first month of Price's role as morning co-anchor becoming significantly lower than usual, falling behind perennial runner-up
WPIX (channel 11)'s morning newscast. In October 2012, Nauert left WNYW, due to her increased duties on
Fox and Friends First. Tai Hernandez became
Wake Up co-anchor, although she would later leave the station in March 2013. On January 24, 2013, Dave Price announced his departure from
Good Day New York and former host
Greg Kelly would be returning and
Good Day Early Call and Wake Up anchor Steve Lacy would replace Greg Kelly at the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. news. Antwan Lewis would become the interim host of the 4:30-7 a.m. show, while the station decides on the new permanent host. In June 2013, Ben Simmoneau joined Good Day New York as the co-anchor to Juliet Huddy, (for Good Day Wake Up) who replaced Tai Hernandez. Simmoneau would take Antwan Lewis' seat while he moved to become the anchor of the Weekend Editions of Fox 5 News at 6 and 10 PM with Christina Park. On June 14, 2016, it was announced that he would be joining WCVB Channel 5 in Boston as an anchor/reporter, where, beginning July 6, he co-anchors NewsCenter 5 at 5PM as well as The 10 O'Clock News on MeTV Boston. On November 1, 2016, Antwan Lewis was moved from anchor of the Weekend Editions of the Fox 5 News at 6 and 10 PM to join Teresa Priolo as host of the 4:30-7am show. The two fill the slots left by the departure of Juliet Huddy in September and Ben Simmoneau in May. On August 21, 2017,
Sukanya Krishnan and
Jennifer Lahmers became anchors of Good Day Wake Up 4:30-7 a.m. Teresa Priolo and Antwan Lewis were moved to the evening newscasts at 5 and 10 p.m., becoming news reporters. On September 29, 2017,
Greg Kelly announced his departure from Good Day New York.
Lori Stokes, who departed
WABC-TV that August, replaced Kelly the following week. In 2021, Stokes would move to WNYW's evening broadcasts.
Curt Menefee, a former Fox 5 sports anchor who is also the studio host for the Fox network's
National Football League coverage, became Scotto's co-anchor on January 16, 2024, while maintaining his
Fox NFL Sunday duties. ==Ratings==