Overview
- PIX11 announced Tuesday that Kaity Tong will anchor her final PIX11 broadcast on Aug. 30, 2026, ending a 34‑year run at WPIX and a roughly 50‑year career in broadcast news.
- Tong, 79, told reporters she is retiring because she is "tired" and wants to relax, travel, and spend more time in Tokyo where her son lives.
- Her long career includes a high‑profile decade at WABC in the 1980s, joining WPIX in 1992, multiple Emmy Awards, and induction into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.
- Tong has faced major health challenges in recent years, including a 2018 surgery for colitis and treatment for stage 1 lung cancer in 2023 after surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering that left her cancer‑free but requiring annual scans.
- PIX11 has not announced a replacement, creating a visible succession task for the station and ending the on‑air presence of a widely recognized mentor to younger journalists.