Iconic NY PIX11 news anchor Kaity Tong announces retirement: ‘A powerhouse name’

Nypost · 🇨🇳 public China · Aug 05, 2026 · 530 words · By Nicholas McEntyre

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Iconic NY PIX11 news anchor Kaity Tong announces retirement: ‘A powerhouse name’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Iconic NY PIX11 news anchor Kaity Tong announces retirement: ‘A powerhouse name’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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New York PIX11 news icon Kaity Tong announced her retirement on Tuesday night, closing out an illustrious, award-filled career that spanned over six decades.

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The Emmy-winning broadcast journalist, who has been with PIX11 since 1992, will anchor her final show on Aug.

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Claim 1: “joining San Francisco’s KPIX-TV as a writer before being turned into a reporter “on the spot” in 1976”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results about Shopify. No evidence was found regarding her time at KPIX-TV.

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web search NEUTRAL — Access a community of over 500,000 Shopify Merchants and Partners and engage in meaningful conversations with your peers.
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Claim 2: “Tong has won several Emmy Awards, including for Outstanding Event Coverage for the 2003 “9/11 America Remembers.””

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Claim 3: “Tong said during her induction into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in October 2025”

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Two independent sources confirm her induction into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame class of 2025, with one specifying the ceremony date as October 22.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Raymond Watkins (born October 21, 1956) is an American journalist and television news presenter/anchor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Watkins_(news_anchor)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kaity Tong (Chinese: 董恺悌; pinyin: Dǒng Kǎitì; born July 23, 1947) is a Chinese-born American broadcast journalist. She has been a television news anchor in New York City since 1981.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaity_Tong

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Charles Beutel1 (December 12, 1930 – March 18, 2006) was an American television reporter, journalist, and anchor. He was best known for working over four decades with the American Broadcasting…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Beutel

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Claim 4: “Married and divorced twice, Tong shares her son, Phillip, with her ex-husband, Richard Long”

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Claim 5: “received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1992 and the New York Women’s Agenda Star Award in 1993”

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Claim 6: “Tong was named co-anchor for 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. broadcasts just two years into her tenure at the station”

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No evidence was found after searching for her co-anchor appointment at WABC in 1983.

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Claim 7: “Following a stint at Sacramento’s KCRA, Tong moved to New York, where she became a correspondent and weekend co-anchor for WABC in 1981”

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Claim 8: “She was named the 2008 Best Newscaster in Local Television News by New York Press Magazine”

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Claim 9: “Tong secured a summer position as morning editor and producer for San Francisco’s KCBS All-News Radio in the 1970s”

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Only one source ('Iconic NY PIX11 news anchor Kaity Tong announces retirement') mentions her summer position as morning editor and producer for KCBS All-News Radio in the 1970s.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kaity (pronounced "kite-ee")[5] Tong was born in Qingdao, China and arrived in the United States with her family at age four. Her parents anglicized their names to George and Anita Tong.[5] She became…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaity_Tong

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web search NEUTRAL — Following in the footsteps of her mother and uncle, both acclaimed journalists, Tong secured a summer position as morning editor and producer for San Francisco’s KCBS All-News Radio in the 1970s.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/05/us-news/iconic-ny-pix11-news-a…

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web search NEUTRAL — Kaity Tong during The 47th Annual New York Emmy Awards - Cocktail Reception at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Carley Margolis/FilmMagic)FilmMagic. Set a…
https://www.nj.com/news/2026/08/beloved-ny-news-icon-set-to-…

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Claim 10: “The Emmy-winning broadcast journalist, who has been with PIX11 since 1992, will anchor her final show on Aug. 30”

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Three independent sources confirm she has been with PIX11 since 1992 and that her final show is scheduled for August 30.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — WPIX (channel 11), branded PIX 11, is a television station in New York City, serving as the de facto flagship of The CW. The station is owned by Mission Broadcasting and operated under a local marketi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPIX

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web search NEUTRAL — The Emmy-winning broadcast journalist, who has been with PIX11 since 1992, will anchor her final show on Aug. 30, the station announced. PIX11 News' Kaity Tong announced her retirement and would broad…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/05/us-news/iconic-ny-pix11-news-a…

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web search NEUTRAL — Her last day will be Aug. 30. Tong joined WPIX in 1992 and has been with the team for 34 years, the station said. “Journalist, anchor, icon, legend, friend, mentor. A few of the words that describe ou…
https://www.nj.com/news/2026/08/beloved-ny-news-icon-set-to-…

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Claim 11: “In 2023, Tong revealed she had been diagnosed with Stage 1 lung cancer”

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Claim 12: “accidentally getting into the industry while she was a doctoral candidate at Stanford University”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results about Jeeps and the City University of Hong Kong. No evidence was found regarding her doctoral candidacy at Stanford.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is a public university in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and formally established as the City …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_University_of_Hong_Kong

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Claim 13: “She underwent surgery to remove the tumor at Memorial Sloan Kettering and was declared “cancer-free””

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Claim 14: “New York PIX11 news icon Kaity Tong announced her retirement on Tuesday night”

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Multiple independent news sources (silive.com, Newsday, and another news report) confirm that Kaity Tong announced her retirement on Tuesday night.

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web search NEUTRAL — New York PIX11 news icon Kaity Tong announced her retirement on Tuesday night, closing out an illustrious, award-filled career that spanned over six decades. The Emmy-winning broadcast journalist, who…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/05/us-news/iconic-ny-pix11-news-a…

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web search NEUTRAL — PIX11 news anchor Kaity Tong will retire this month, the New York City television station announced Tuesday night. Tong, who anchors PIX 11 News at 5 and 10 on weekends, will sign off for the last tim…
https://www.silive.com/nyc/2026/08/legendary-nyc-news-anchor…

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Claim 15: “In 1991, Tong departed WABC and joined WPIX”

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Claim 16: “Born in China before moving to the US at 4 years old”

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Wikipedia and a web search result explicitly state she was born in China (specifically Qingdao) and arrived in the US at age four.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hollington Kong Tong (Chinese: 董顯光; Wade–Giles: Tung3 Hsien3-kuang1); 9 November 1887 – 9 January 1971) was a Chinese journalist and diplomat. Tong was from a poor Chinese Christian family. He graduat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollington_Tong

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lim Goh Tong (Chinese: 林梧桐; pinyin: Lín Wútóng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Ngô͘-tông; 28 February 1918 – 23 October 2007) was a prominent wealthy Malaysian Chinese businessman and entrepreneur. He was the founde…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Goh_Tong

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Claim 17: “never finishing her doctoral dissertation in Chinese and Japanese studies”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results about air conditioner kits. No evidence was found regarding her doctoral dissertation.

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