 The program's roots originated with "A.M. New York", which debuted in 1970 as a local version of NBC's "Today" show; its first host was John Bartholomew Tucker, who remained with the program until 1972.After Tucker's departure, a succession of hosts came and went, the most successful of whom was Stanley Siegel, who hosted from 1975 to 1978 (for a year beginning in 1977, the series was called "The Stanley Siegel Show").After 1980, the show was retitled "Good Morning New York", whose co-hosts in the last years of its run in that form included Spencer Christian, Andrea Kirby, Judy Licht, Dick Wolfsie and longtime "Eyewitness News" reporter and anchor Doug Johnson.