Fans Gather for Whitney Houston Funeral
As family and friends said a final farewell to Whitney Houston last weekend, millions of fans watched the event.
Houston was eulogized and praised during a four-hour service at her childhood church in Newark, New Jersey.
WABC/Channel 7 and WNBC/Channel 4 were the only broadcast stations covering the funeral. Other outlets, including
WCBS/Channel 2, offered the complete proceedings on their website. At its height of online coverage, according to its site, Channel 2 had more than 180,000 people watching the live video.
As for the traditional viewing, Channel 7 registered an estimated 560,000 viewers.
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