Sally Wiggin Biography
Sarah Sally Wiggin is a well-known news anchor and personality in Pittsburgh. She initially worked for (then ABC station) WBRC-TV (now a Fox affiliate) in Birmingham, Alabama.
Age
Sally was born and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America.
Education
She spent a year at Emory University before moving to the University of Alabama, where she studied East Asian history and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. She holds a master’s degree in Asian Studies from the University of Michigan and studied Japanese at the University of Pittsburgh.
Family- Parents
Wiggin was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and moved to Florence, Alabama, with her family when she was six. Born to Chadwick and Margaret Wiggin.
Career
He first worked at WBRC-TV (now a Fox affiliate) in Birmingham, Alabama (then an ABC affiliate), making his debut in 1980 on “Are You Yours?” He did it with the program called. Married on the Rock?[1] Bama Associated Press Award. prize. In 1980 left his broadcasting job in Atlanta to join WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh. In 1981, he became anchor of WTAE-TV’s weekend news. He was nominated for weekend evening news in November 1986. In this position he was part of a successful team with Don Cannon. In 1987, he received the United Press International Special Film Award for his performance in the movie “The Bud Dwyer Special”, about the suicide of Pennsylvania Treasury Secretary Bud Dwyer.
Wiggin hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers pregame show in 1993 and continued to do so until December 2017. Wiggin’s role at WTAE changed in 2004 when she left the 11 p.m. news and joined the afternoon news. He left “6 o’clock News” in 2008 but continued reporting and doing in-depth interviews for the station. On June 21, 2013, WTAE announced that Wiggin would take over “The Chronicle” and step down as host of the noon broadcast. His team received the Peabody Award in 2015. She retired from WTAE on November 30, 2018.
Wiggin served on the Board of Directors of the Greater Pittsburgh Women’s Center and Shelter, one of the top six domestic violence and prevention centers in the United States, in 1998 and 1999. She has also served on the boards of the Cares Foundation, the Pittsburgh Parent Stress Center, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra [13], and the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium [14], contributing and raising funds to the greater region. Historical year. She was elected to the Metropolitan League of Greater Pittsburgh Board of Directors in 2022.
Net Worth
Sally has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.