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Sue Simmons (born May 27, 1942) [1] is an American retired news anchor who was best known for being the lead female anchor at WNBC in New York City from 1980 to 2012. Her contract with WNBC expired in June 2012 and WNBC announced that it would not renew it. Her final broadcast was on June 15, 2012, shortly after her 70th birthday. [2]
WNBC-TV New York news anchor Charles Bishop Scarborough III (born November 4, 1943) is an American television journalist and author. From 1974, to 2024, he was been the lead news anchor at WNBC , the New York City flagship station of the NBC Television Network and has also appeared on NBC News .
After more than three decades, Sue Simmons, who reportedly is the top-paid local news anchorwoman in the country, was told last week that her contract with WNBC A Top-Paid New York News Anchor ...
On June 15, 2012, Sue Simmons left WNBC as her contract with the station was not renewed. [49] In January 2013, the station expanded its Sunday 11 p.m. newscasts to one hour, possibly to compete with WABC which expanded its late news in January 2012. [50] On June 6, 2016, WNBC revamped its website.
For a while, WNBC moved its 5:30 newscast back to 5 p.m. (bumping Extra to the 5:30 slot), but did not return the Live at Five name to the newscast. Once again, Sue Simmons anchored the program, with David Ushery as co-anchor; the current 5 p.m. newscast continues to use the general News 4 New York brand rather than the Live at Five brand.
An article published in the New York Times shortly after her promotion described Marsh as part of a wave of anchorwomen in New York television news, along with Sue Simmons, Rose Ann Scamardella, Judy Licht and Pat Harper. At age 25, Marsh was the youngest of this group and was sometimes called "the baby of the newsroom" at her station. [1] [12]
In 2006, Ushery was named co-anchor of WNBC's iconic "Live at 5" program, alongside legendary anchor Sue Simmons. After a change of programming, Ushery returned to anchor the weekend broadcasts for "News 4 New York." [6] As an anchor at WNBC, he has steered coverage of some of the most memorable events in recent memory.
Admitting to drinking on the job during a live television interview would typically be considered a bad career move. Not for Sue Simmons, though. The WNBC-TV New York anchor recently appeared on a ...