Home > Media & Platforms > Journalism “So, unless someone finds an amazing cure, and soon, tonight will be the last newscast I anchor,” the veteran journalist shares Bill Ritter, a beloved anchor for WABC’s “Eyewitness News,” shared Friday that he is stepping down following an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis. “After a series of tests, my doctors have told me I have Alzheimer’s,” Ritter shared during Friday’s broadcast of “Eyewitness News.” “It’s ‘early stage’ Alzheimer’s, and they say the