News anchor Chuck Scarborough retiring from NBC New York after 50-plus years

Longtime quality anchor Chuck Scarborough is stepping down from the anchor’s table astatine NBC New York aft much than 50 years.

“The clip has travel to walk the torch,” Scarborough said astatine the decision of WNBC’s 6 p.m. broadcast Thursday. “50 years, 8 months and 17 days aft I walked successful the doorway present astatine the office of the nationalist broadcasting company, I volition measurement distant from this anchor desk.”

The presumption said his past time astatine the anchor’s table volition beryllium Dec. 12, but that helium volition enactment connected arsenic a peculiar contributor.

“There is lone 1 word: gratitude,” Scarborough said. “Our WNBC viewers welcomed maine into their homes for much than 50 years, trusting maine to contiguous the quality escaped of immoderate agenda, faithful to the cardinal principles of accuracy, objectivity and fairness—and to bring them vital, timely accusation during our darkest and brightest hours. That has been an bonzer honor.”

After leaving the U.S. Air Force, Scarborough got his commencement successful TV quality arsenic an anchor successful Biloxi, Miss. earlier stops successful Hattiesburg, Miss., Atlanta and Boston.

Scarborough, 81, became the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weekday anchor astatine WNBC’s workplace astatine 30 Rock connected March 25, 1974.

He chopped backmost to co-anchoring the 6 p.m. broadcast successful 2016. He’s won 36 section Emmy Awards and received the New York Chapter of Television Arts & Sciences’ “Governor’s Award” successful 2014. He besides won a National Emmy and a Edward R. Murrow grant for the station’s sum of Hurricane Sandy successful 2012.

The station, and Scarborough, besides received the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for its sum of the COVID-19 pandemic successful 2021. The grant is considered the Pulitzer of broadcast journalism.

“Chuck Scarborough is the golden modular successful American broadcast journalism. His skills arsenic an anchor, newsman and newsroom person are unmatched — and helium is simply a beauteous peculiar feline off-camera too,” said Eric Lerner, president and wide manager of NBC 4.

His successor successful the 6 p.m. clip slot volition beryllium announced astatine a aboriginal date.