Sue Simmons is seen weekdays on WNBC as co-anchor of "News Channel 4/Live At Five," and "News Channel 4 at 11 p.m.," New York's No. 1 rated late newscast. A veteran of more than 25 years in television journalism, Simmons will celebrate her 20th anniversary as a member of the WNBC anchor team in January 2000. Shortly after her arrival at WNBC, Simmons became co-anchor of the original "Live At Five" newscast. In addition, for the past two years, Simmons has served as host of the nationally-syndicated program "Images: A Year in Review." She has also co-anchored the station's live coverage of the National Puerto Rican Day parade for the past three years in a row.

Simmons joined WNBC from WRC-TV, the NBC-owned station in Washington, D.C. where she had been a correspondent/anchor since 1976. Highlights of her reportage there include her coverage of the aftermath of the assassination of Chilean statesman Orlando Letelier and a series of stories on the status of special education in the public school system. She was the first correspondent to interview the Hanafi Muslims who seized several Washington buildings shortly after the 1979 takeover of the U.S. embassy in Teheran. While at WRC-TV, Simmons was one of the few reporters to interview Mrs. Walter Mondale while her husband was Vice-President. She also hosted two public affairs series, one of which was devoted to women's issues.

Simmons began her broadcasting career in 1973, as a correspondent for WTNH-TV in New Haven, Connecticut. While there, she hosted a community affairs series and served as the station's action reporter, handling a variety of consumer complaints on the air to provide assistance.

In 1974, Simmons joined WBAL-TV in Baltimore, Maryland. Beginning as a correspondent, Simmons later became the station's primary anchor and host of its acclaimed news magazine program, "Baltimore At One."

Honored several times for outstanding journalism, Simmons is the recipient of four Emmy awards. In 1981, she was presented with an award for "Outstanding Performance By A News Commentator" by Barnabus McHenry, Vice-Chairman of The President's Task Force on the Arts and Humanities.

A native New Yorker, Simmons is the daughter of the late John Simmons, a renowned jazz bassist whose collaborators included Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, John Coltrane, Billie Holliday, Benny Goodman and Nat King Cole.

Simmons lives in New York.

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