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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