View Post ABC Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk Former WXYZ News Director Phil Nye Dies By Kevin Eck on Mar. 24, 2014 - 5:21 PM Phil Nye, former news director for Detroit ABC affiliate WXYZ, has died. Nye was the news director for the station in the 1970’s. According to WXYZ, Nye’s friends and colleagues shared their thoughts about him on socia ...