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Bruce Beck
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BRUCE BECK
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Lead Sports Anchor NBC 4 New York
Bruce Beck has been part of the NBC 4 New York team for over two decades. Now in his 24th year, he serves as the station’s Lead Sports Anchor and is the host of NBC 4’s popular Sunday night sports show “Sports Final.” Beck also works as the sideline reporter for New York Giants pre-season football.
The National Sports Media Association (NSMA) has named Beck “New York State Sportscaster of the Year” on nine separate occasions, earning the honor six consecutive years from 2007 through 2012, as well as in 2014, 2015 and 2017. He received a 2011 New York Sports Emmy for his interview with former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand and received the 2006 New York Emmy for Outstanding Sports Anchor. He was also the recipient of a 1999 New York Emmy Award for outstanding On-Camera Achievement in Sports Reporting. Overall, Beck has received eight New York Sports Emmys, two Mid-Atlantic Sports Emmy, and three national Cable Ace Awards.
A proud graduate of Ithaca College, Beck was presented with the prestigious Jessica Savitch Award of Distinction for Excellence in Journalism on March 10, 2017 at the Paley Center for Media in New York City. The Savitch Award was established in honor of Ithaca College alumna and pioneering journalist Jessica Savitch, recognizing the top journalists in their field and their commitment to mentoring the next generation of broadcasters.
The versatile sportscaster has covered a multitude of events for NBC 4 New York including six Super Bowls, six World Series, the NBA Finals, the Stanley Cup Finals, the U.S. Open Tennis Championship, the U.S. Open Golf Championship, the NCAA Final Four, the Kentucky Derby and the 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 Olympic Games.
Beck’s reporting was also a key component of NBC 4 New York’s award-winning COVID-19 coverage, honored in January, 2021 with the prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for “creat(ing) a 360 view in real time of the coronavirus pandemic, with courageous and thorough reporting on the virus’s explosion in New York City.” The duPont has long been recognized as the broadcast, documentary and on-line equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, also awarded by Columbia University.
Beck resides in Westchester County with his wife, Janet. He has two sons, two daughters-inlaw and four grandchildren.
