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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 ...

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WPTV’s Jim Sackett Announces Long-Anticipated Retirement

By Andrew Gauthier on May. 26, 2011 - 11:27 AM

In a move that has been anticipated for a few years now, longtime WPTV anchor Jim Sackett, who has been the face of the the West Palm Beach station for 33 years, announced this week that he will retire at the end of the year (vide ...

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Veteran Reporter Michael Williams Leaving Miami to Helm WPTV Anchor Desk

By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 10, 2011 - 6:07 PM

Michael Williams is leaving Miami’s WFOR to become an anchor at WPTV in West Palm Beach. Williams is a veteran reporter with nearly three decades of experience in South Florida, including stops at WFOR competitors WSVN and W ...

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