Emmy award-winning anchor and correspondent Chuck Scarborough has been with NewsChannel 4 since 1974. He is the anchor of “New York Nightly News at 7 p.m.” and also serves as co-anchor of “NewsChannel 4 at 11 p.m.” A veteran New York television journalist, Scarborough celebrates his 34th anniversary with NewsChannel 4 on March 25, 2008.

In addition to anchoring, Scarborough delivers high-profile reports on a variety of topics and has hosted special news programs for NBC 4HD, including the station’s coverage of the Columbus Day parade.

A native of Pittsburgh, Scarborough served four years in the U.S. Air Force before beginning his television career at WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Miss. In addition to working as an anchor, Scarborough was in charge of all on-air operations for the station. From 1968 through 1969, he worked for WDAM-TV in Hattiesburg, Miss., as a reporter and anchor. In 1969, he moved to WAGA-TV in Atlanta, where he remained until 1972. While there, he served as managing editor of the station’s newscasts, supervising and coordinating all news production, in addition to his duties as a reporter and anchor of the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. From 1972 until he joined NBC in 1974, Scarborough worked as an anchor and reporter at WNAC in Boston.

Among his awards are 28 Emmys for virtually every category of broadcast journalism. Scarborough won a special Emmy for his coverage of the terror attacks on New York on Sept. 11, 2001. He has also won Emmy awards for his investigative reports on airport security, criminal justice and building safety. His special reports on convicted teenage hitman Sean Pica received several honors for Outstanding Feature reporting, including an Emmy, UPI, New York Press Club and New York State Broadcasters Association awards.

In addition to Emmy awards, Scarborough has received six awards from the Associated Press, the Aviation and Space Writers Award, the Washington Review of Journalism’s Best in the Business Award and the Working Press Association Terry Anderson Award.

Working with various non-profit organizations, Scarborough supports numerous projects. He serves annually as master of ceremonies for the Kennedy Child Study Center benefit. Scarborough is on the Board of Trustees of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and was honored with the JDRF’s Humanitarian Award. In addition, Scarborough hosts charitable events in support of the arts, education, literacy, animals and the environment.

Scarborough is an accomplished writer and has authored three novels, "Stryker" (1978), "The Myrmidon Project" (1980), and "Aftershock" (1991); as well as articles published in New York, Boston and American Home magazines. A proficient aviator, Scarborough holds a commercial pilot’s license and flies frequently for recreation.

Scarborough is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor of science degree, Phi Kappa Phi and holds an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Mercy College. He is married and has two children.

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