network's flagship station, per its NHL on NBC obligations (which end in 2021), it broadcasts several Stanley Cup Playoff games all the way to the Cup Final, in addition to the NHL Game of the Week (if the Rangers, Islanders or New Jersey Devils are playing). It would be only in 2012 when it aired the Stanley Cup Final as part of the network-wide coverage when the Devils lost out to the Los Angeles Kings. Also, the station aired the 2014 Cup Final, where the Rangers also lost to the Kings. From 1990 to 2002, the station aired New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets games through the NBA on NBC; this included the Knicks' appearances in the 1994 and 1999 NBA Finals, as well as the Nets' appearance in the 2002 NBA Finals. News operation From the late 1960s through the 1980s, WNBC was involved in a fierce three-way battle with WCBS-TV and WABC-TV for the top spot in the New York television ratings. This continued during a lean period for NBC as a whole. WNBC's hallmark over the years has been strong coverage of breaking stories and straight news products that also feature light-hearted and/or entertainment elements (such as Live at Five and Today in New York). Many of WNBC's personalities have been at the station for over 20 years. Chuck Scarborough has been the station's main anchor since 1974. From 1980 to 2012, he was teamed with Sue Simmons at 11:00 p.m., and the two were the longest-serving anchor team in New York City television history. Senior correspondent Gabe Pressman was at the station from 1956 until he died in 2017, except for a seven-year stint (from 1972 to 1979) at WNEW-TV (now WNYW). WNBC-TV was the first major-market station in the country to have success with a 5:00 p.m. newscast, adding that program to its Sixth Hour show at 6:00 p.m. in 1974 and renaming all of its local newscasts NewsCenter 4 (three other NBC owned-and-operated stations in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, also adopted the NewsCenter name). The moniker remained until September 1, 1980, when the newscasts were renamed News 4 New York. Shortly before then the 5:00 p.m. program was renamed Live at Five, and the hour was reformatted from a straight news program to a mix of news and celebrity interviews. Live at Five eventually became the most-successful local program in New