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WNBC’s Michael Gargiulo Reports From Fire-Ravaged Breezy Point: ‘I just could not brace myself for what I encountered here’

By Merrill Knox on Nov. 1, 2012 - 12:28 PM

Michael Gargiulo stepped away from the WNBC anchor desk on Wednesday to visit Breezy Point, a beachfront area of Queens that was devastated during Hurricane Sandy. Gargiulo, whose parents own a home there, provided emotional cover ...

NBC Affiliates | Top 10

Sue Simmons On Being Let Go From WNBC: ‘I cried every day’

By Merrill Knox on Sep. 25, 2012 - 5:32 PM

Just three months after her departure from WNBC, Sue Simmons is speaking out about the NBC O&O’s decision not to renew her contract. “It wasn’t so all of a sudden. I had an inkling,” Simmons said in an ...

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After Referring to Shiba Russell as Sue Simmons, WNBC Drops Chyron Altogether

By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 21, 2012 - 10:46 AM

For the first time in over three decades, WNBC debuted a new main anchor team this week, and it seems like the station is hoping that viewers don’t notice. When Shiba Russell made her debut as Sue Simmons’s replacement ...

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Sue Simmons Lives On at WNBC

By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 20, 2012 - 11:34 AM

It’s almost as if WNBC is trying to trick viewers into thinking Sue Simmons never left. On Tuesday night, as Shiba Russell, Simmons’s replacement, anchored her second 11 p.m. newscast alongside Chuck Scarborough, the s ...

Anchors | NBC Affiliates | Top 10

As Shiba Russell Debuts at 11 p.m., No Mention of WNBC Anchor Change

By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 19, 2012 - 6:01 PM

On Friday, WNBC marked the end of an era: after 32 years, Sue Simmons anchored her final newscast at the station. On Monday, as Shiba Russell assumed Simmons’s longtime spot next to Chuck Scarborough, it was business as usua ...

Anchors | NBC Affiliates | Top 10

Shiba Russell Replacing Sue Simmons at WNBC

By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 18, 2012 - 1:10 PM

In a move that many have anticipated since she joined the station last year, Shiba Russell is replacing Sue Simmons on WNBC‘s 11 p.m. newscast. During a monthly staff meeting that took place this morning, WNBC president and ...

Reporting | Top 10

New York Stations Go Live for Shuttle Landing

By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 27, 2012 - 4:08 PM

As a jet carrying the space shuttle Enterprise touched down today at JFK airport around 11:21 a.m. ET, every major news station in New York was carrying live coverage of its arrival. Beginning at 10:30 a.m., WABC, WCBS, WNBC, and ...

Anchors | NBC Affiliates | Top 10

NY Post Cartoon Depicts Sue Simmons Love Triangle, Featuring Shiba Russell and NBC Peacock

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 12, 2012 - 10:37 AM

Here’s New York Post cartoonist Sean Delonas’s take on the news that longtime anchor Sue Simmons would be leaving WNBC.

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WNBC Cutting Longtime Anchor Sue Simmons

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 7, 2012 - 11:46 AM

WNBC has reportedly decided not to renew the contract of longtime anchor Sue Simmons. Simmons, 68, has been a fixture of the WNBC anchor desk for the past three decades. New York Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams reports that WN ...

On the Move, 12/6/11

By Andrew Gauthier on Dec. 6, 2011 - 10:15 AM

Ginger Zee joins ABC’s “Good Morning America” as a meteorologist from WMAQ in Chicago. Sarah French joins WHDH in Boston as a weekend evening anchor. Most recently, French worked as a weekday morning anchor at WT ...

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