Pittsburgh icon Sally Wiggin

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Sally Wiggin is a flurry of activity shortly before the noon news telecast on Wednesday July 12, 2006.

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WTAE anchor Sally Wiggin applies a beauty item she can't do without, Juicy Tubes lip gloss from Lancome before the evening broadcast on Tuesday, December 10, 2002.

Sally Wiggin's small office is where she types her copy for telecasts on Wednesday July 12, 2006.

Sally Wiggin of WTAE-TV in her office on Wednesday July 12, 2006.

WTAE-TV news anchor Sally Wiggin in the news studio on Wednesday July 12, 2006.

WTAE news anchor Sally Wiggin shows off one of four closets in her Fox Chapel home.

Veteran WTAE newswoman Sally Wiggin on Wednesday July 12, 2006.

WTAE anchorwoman Sally Wiggin at S.F. Ford Stables in Hampton indulging in one of her passions-horse riding on Saturday July 15, 2006.

WTAE anchor Sally Wiggin shares a laugh with Steelers' defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau during Superbowl XLIII media day at Raymond James Stadium Jan. 27, 2009.

Sally Wiggin with Fran the Boa Constrictor during the Suffer Safari at the Pittsburgh Zoo on Friday, July 31, 2009. Photo by: Mike Mancini

WTAE chief meteorologist, Joe DeNardo and Sally Wiggin talk on the air for the first time since DeNardo's return after time off due to cancer. 'You are at peace now, my friend,' Wiggin said on Twitter. 'You made me laugh when I wanted to cry, you showed us all what giving back to the community meant and your joy in the science of meteorology was inspirational. Your presence will always be a part of Pittsburgh.'

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Anchors Sally Wiggin (right) and Michelle Wright (left) rehearse from a site away from the main desk on the new set at WTAE in Wilkinsburg on Friday, August 31, 2007. The first broadcast from the new set will be on Tuesday, September 4.

Photo by: Michael Lloyd, Hill's Studio

Jim Roddey and Sally Wiggin as the Wizard of Oz and Glinda the Good Witch. Photo by: Michael Lloyd, Hill's Studio

Sally Wiggin and Coconut during the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society Best Friends Ball held at the North Side shelter, Saturday, September, 25, 2010.

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Sally Wiggin and Sean Gray with Macey at the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society's unveiling party for its 2013 Best Friends’ Calendar at the Fox Chapel Yacht Club on Thursday evening.

After a 40-year career with WTAE, Sally Wiggin announced Monday during a prime time lead in for the Steelers on Monday Night Football she was retiring.

Wiggin's retirement will take effect in November 2018.

“My decision to retire next year is something I've been planning for quite some time now,” Wiggin said in a prepared statement. “Serving southwestern Pennsylvanians as a news anchor, Black & Gold Primetime co-host, and in my current role as Chronicle host has always been both a joy and an honor. I have worked with the best and have served the best community any journalist could ask for.”

Wiggin joined WTAE in 1980, and in January 1981 became co-anchor of the weekend news, a position she held until November 1986, when she was named anchor on the weeknight newscasts. She anchored the 11 p.m. news for 16 years and the 6 p.m. news for 22 years. During her legendary career Wiggin has earned numerous awards including a George Foster Peabody Award, regional Edward R. Murrow Award, a National Headliner Award, and the Board of Governors Award for the Mid-Atlantic Emmys, and she was inducted into the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

“Sally is and will always be a Pittsburgh Icon. Pittsburghers remember her as a trusted news anchor, a born story teller, but her real legacy is the countless lives she's impacted with her unmatched commitment to community service,” said WTAE President & General Manager Charles W. Wolfertz III. “We, and our viewers, have enjoyed and benefitted greatly from the remarkable career of Sally Wiggin.”

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