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Is WNBC Kissing Chuck Scarborough Goodbye?
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Billy Parker
Published Mar 30, 2009
Modified Mar 30, 2009
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Could ongoing cuts to NBC News Channel 4 go so deep as to bring an end to the city's most beloved anchor team? Gawker reports: "A 'pervasive rumor' is making the rounds at NBC News that the network is putting Chuck Scarborough out to pasture." While a spokesman for WNBC denies it, sources tell the site that the network is looking to buyout big salaries it's carrying—Scarborough's is reportedly $3 million a year. NBC News has been trimming its budget for some time now—longtime reporter Asa Aarons was let go in 2007 and just recently a handful of anchors got the axe. If something this dramatic were to happen, a source says, "NBC is essentially getting out of the local news business." The only thing we can imagine worse is the reaction such a move could provoke out of the majestic enigma that is Sue Simmons.
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