NY Anchor Has Studio Named After Him

Legendary WNBC Anchor Chuck Scarborough has had a studio named after him. 

If you want to see it, don't go to 30 Rock, go to Mississippi. 

The University of Southern Mississippi held a dedication ceremony for the "Charles Bishop Scarborough III Television Studio Suite" at College Hall yesterday morning.   

Scarborough made a large gift to the school and that got his name on the new studio. 

"It was actually quite nice to stand in the studio, which will be, I think, a vital tool for them (students) as they progress forward in their careers," Scarborough said.  "I'm very pleased to be able to make this gift."

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Scarborough served four years in the U.S. Air Force before beginning his television career at WLOX-TV in Biloxi.  In 1968, while earning his bachelor’s degree in radio and TV at Southern Miss, Scarborough worked for WDAM-TV as a reporter and anchor. 

"I was able to learn from some very seasoned broadcast journalists at WDAM in a practical way," Scarborough said.  "Actually covering news and anchoring news for that year, while I studied it academically here. So it was almost like a year of 24/7 immersion in this business."

H/T WDAM

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