Sue Simmons

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Sue Simmons on NewsChannel 4 at 11.

Sue Simmons (born May 27, 1943) has been the lead female anchor at WNBC-TV in New York since 1980. A native New Yorker, she has been co-anchor for Live at Five with several co-anchors, including Jack Cafferty, Tony Guida, Matt Lauer, Dean Shepard, Jim Rosenfield, and Perri Peltz, and 11PM weeknight anchor with Chuck Scarborough.

Before she joined NewsChannel 4, she was with WRC-TV in Washington, D.C.from 1976 to 1980, where she co-anchored with Jim Vance. Prior to her arrival at WRC, she was with WBAL-TV in Baltimore from 1974 to 1976. There she was an anchor for the station's Action News broadcast and the "Baltimore At One". She was one of the first female African-American anchors on television. Prior to joining WBAL, she worked for a year at WTNH-TV in New Haven.

Facts about Sue

• Sue's father is John Simmons, a noted jazz bassist
• She was the co-host of the syndicated programme Images - A Year in Review in the late 1980s.
• Sue was one of the first inductees into New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2005. She was inducted with Chuck Scarborough, her 11 PM co-anchor. The pair has been anchoring together since 1980.
• Every year on February 2nd, Groundhog's Day, and live on-air during the evening news broadcast, Sue does a cute facial impression of a groundhog for fun.