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Anchor brutally beaten

Popular 1010WINS anchor Brian Carey was brutally beaten in his Upper East Side apartmentį€£ and left with a broken jaw, sources told The Post Tuesday.

The 52-year-old newsman was found was found semi-conscious in the lobby of his apartment building on East 61st Street about 11 p.m. on Monday, souš’…Œrces said.

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Investigators believe Carey ā€” whose voiš’ce is familiar to millions ošŸ¼f news junkies who listen to 1010 WINS ā€” was beaten by an acquaintance in his home before he made it to the buildingā€™s lobby and collapsed, sources said.

He has IDed his attacker to cops, who are now searching for the suspect. Sources that Careyā€™s wallet and celā™›l phonešŸ» are missing after the beating.

The anchor has been hospitalized with a broken jaw, facial fractures and deep āœƒcuts. Sources said he is unable to communicate verbally.

Carey has been a fšŸ»ixture at the ā€œmost-listened to station in the nationā€ for more than a decade, and currently anchors the weekday ā€œafternoon driveā€ newscasts from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Heā€™s also heard acroš“€ss the country onā™• the ABC Radio Networks.

According to his official bio, Carey started out in radio news as a teen in Pennsylvania, where he got his fš“‚ƒirst job at WNAK by agreeing to cut the grass outside the station.

In 2005, he won the Achievement in Radio Award for Best News Anchor in New York City, as well as first place from the Aą¼’ssociated Press for 1st Place Associated Press Award for Best Regularly Scheduled Newscast.

WINS News Director Ben Mevorach Ü«said tonight: ā€œBrian is a treasured meš’ŠŽmber of the 1010 WINS family. Right now all of our focus is on helping him in his recovery.ā€