WABC-TV and ESPN2 have been home to the award-winning broadcast of the world's largest marathon since 2013.
This year's broadcast will have new features, including reduced interruptions of the professional athlete races, two-box commercial breaks, and split screen enhancements that allow viewers to keep track of the four professional athlete races simultaneously. Pro race coverage will feature new helicopter-supported graphics illustrating race stats, including a virtual course map and an enhanced ISOTrack2.0 graphic system that can virtually track up to three runners on the course.
The group will be joined by a talented array of reporters at the start, finish, along the course, and in the sky, including ABC7's Eyewitness News reporters Ryan Field, Sam Ryan, Anthony Johnson, Kemberly Richardson, Michelle Charlesworth, Lee Goldberg, Brittany Bell, and Josh Einiger. Pre-race and continuing coverage will also be streamed live nationally on ESPN3 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ESPN3 will present a view of the finish line from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST.