William Charles Beutel December 12 1930 March 18 2006 was an American television reporter journalist and anchor He was best known for working over four decades with the American Broadcasting Company spending much of that time anchoring Eyewitness News for WABCTV in New York City He also was an ABC radio network newscaster before ABC Radios split into 4 networks on January 1 1968 After the split he reported on the American Contemporary Network and occasionally substituted for Paul Harvey while his Eyewitness News partner Roger Grimsby did a daily weekday afternoon radio newscast on the American Entertainment Network