Daily News
Less than a year after WPIX/Ch. 11 got into the 6:30 p.m. news business, the station is getting out.
Later this month, the station will pull the plug on the half-hour newscast anchored by Jim Watkins and Kaity Tong. The time period will be turned over to sitcom reruns.
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“We have decided to move our resources to late news and morning news, and we’re confident this will speed growth in both,” station news director Bill Carey said Tuesday. More…