Anchors | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk After 33 Years, Jim Sackett Will Retire from WPTV By Merrill Knox on Nov. 21, 2011 - 10:29 AM After 33 years at WPTV, Jim Sackett will anchor his last broadcast at the West Palm Beach NBC-affiliate on Wednesday. “I came up when the anchors just gave the news of the day, with no bells and whistles,” Sackett told ...