Steve Murphy announced on September 22, 2021 that he would be stepping down in his role of anchor of the 6:00pm evening news program effective November 30, 2021.

Murphy replaced Dave Wright, who moved into television full-time at CTV Atlantic as the host of Live At 5.

[4] Murphy would eventually stop doing his commentaries on Live At 5 and become a co-host of that program in 1986, replacing Wright who moved to Boston to anchor at WNEV-TV.

After an arbiter of ethics[6] ruled that CTV violated industry code,[7] the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council found the interview was "discourteous and inconsiderate".

It also found that Steve Murphy didn’t have the authority to offer restarts, but that once it was agreed CTV as the broadcaster should have honoured the agreement.

CTV had to provide a statement saying it violated the RTNDA Code of Ethics, and air it during the supper hour broadcast.

Murphy is also very involved in the community and serves as chair of Christmas Daddies, a charity that holds a telethon every year to raise money for underprivileged Maritime children.