in october 1980, sue simmons joined the wnbc and "live at five" team from washington, d.c. sister station wrc-tv. simmons had several co-anchors, or as she colloquially called them "anchor husbands", including cafferty, tony guida, matt lauer, dean shepherd and jim rosenfield. from 1980 to 1991, announcer don pardo performed the talent introductions and other voice overs, usually live in-studio.