Celebrity Biographies
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Darieth Chisolm is co-anchor for Channel 11 News 11 at 11 with David Johnson. She is also a reporter for Channel 11 News at 5 and 6 PM.
Darieth returned to Channel 11 in April 2004 after a nearly four year hiatus. She originally joined the Channel 11 News team as an anchor and reporter in February 1993, and left in July 2000 to spend more time with her family. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Darieth began her television career at WGPR-TV62. She hosted a weekly talk show, "Strickly Speaking," while she finished her undergraduate studies at Wayne State University. In 1990, Darieth moved to WDTN-TV2 in Dayton, Ohio, where she was a general assignment reporter and anchor. She then moved to Pittsburgh and joined the Channel 11 News team in 1993. Darieth and her husband have a son.
Darieth is active in many community and charitable organizations. She sits on the board of several organizations. She's been honored and has received numerous awards for her news coverage, community service and professional affiliations. Darieth runs regularly and finished her first marathon in January 2004.
"This is one of the most exciting periods of my life!" Darieth says. "I get to come back to work with an awesome team, in a great city, with important news issues. It's a great time to be back!".
Keith Jones joined KDKA-TV in September of 2005 as KDKA's morning anchor alongside Sonni Abatta.
Keith comes to KDKA from WOWK-TV Charleston/Huntington where he anchored the 5, 5:30, 6, 7, and 11 news. Previously, Keith was the weekend Anchor/Reporter for WPXI in Pittsburgh. A little bit of "The Burgh" stayed with him which made returning an easy decision.
The first taste of broadcast journalism presented itself at Barry University in Miami, Florida where Keith also played NCAA baseball. It was during an impromptu speech class that a professor helped Keith realize he had the gift of gab and story telling. From there, he discovered the power of word and creative writing which lent itself to the start of a career in broadcast journalism.
Keith brings 10-plus years of anchoring and reporting experience to KDKA. His career began as a reporter at WPBF in West Palm Beach, Florida where he covered several national stories including the President and the crash of ValueJet in the Everglades. From there, Keith moved to WTVG Toledo, Ohio as an anchor. Then it was on to WPXI in Pittsburgh where he covered the tragedy of 9/11's United Flight 93, Quecreek Mine Rescue, and numerous other national stories. At WOWK TV in Charleston, Keith field anchored national stories including Private Jessica Lynch's return home and several Presidential visits.
Along the way, Keith has earned journalism awards, some of which include Emmy Nominations, Pennsylvania AP 1st Place for feature reporting, Cleveland Press Club 1st Place for spot news, and a Crystal Award.
When Keith's not at work, he spends all of his free time with his family. Keith has 2-little girls who he adores: Madeline 9-years and Mary Margaret 8-years old. They do everything together. Baseball, football, golf, tennis, skiing, anything outdoors, and reading are huge interests for Keith.
Happy to offer his time, Keith is involved organizations including: The American Heart Association, Children's Miracle Network, Children's Hospital, and anything involving kids.
Sally Wiggin can be seen every weekday anchoring Channel 4 Action News at noon and 6 p.m. She joined WTAE in 1980, and in January 1981 became co-anchor of the weekend news, a position she held until being named anchor on the weeknight newscasts in November 1986.
In 1987, Wiggin won the United Press International Best Special Award for her role as reporter/narrator of The Budd Dwyer Special. The same year, she received recognition as anchor/reporter on the WTAE 4 Newscast, which was named as the "Best in the Northeast Region." For her investigative reporting series on radon gas, she was nominated for a 1987 Golden Quill Award. Wiggin also won second place in the 1990 AP awards for Enterprise/Individual Reporting for her series on Critical Care Units. For that series, she also received special recognition from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Wiggin won a regional Emmy and a National Headliners award for WTAE-TV’s Sept. 11 coverage. She has also been nominated for several regional Emmys, including her feature "Bowling with Bettis," and the WTAE special on Steelers owner Dan Rooney's entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. She has won several state AP Awards for “Steelers Primetime” and an AP Award for the Ivan Flood special.
Before moving to Pittsburgh, Wiggin was weekend anchor at WBRC-TV in Birmingham, Ala., where she was cited with the 1980 Alabama Associated Press Award for her series, "Is Your Marriage on the Rocks?" While working at Birmingham's WSGN Radio in 1977, she was a member of a four person investigative team that won the RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award, National Headliners Award, and National Sigma Delta Chi Award for a report on insurance fraud. In 1978, she won the state Sigma Delta Chi Award for Best Radio Feature Series. A native of Kalamazoo, Mich., Wiggin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Alabama and holds a Master's degree in Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan. Later, she studied Japanese at the University of Pittsburgh, and she continues to be involved with the Asian community here.
Wiggin serves as a board member of a number of organizations, including The Caring Foundation, the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium, the Women's Center and Shelter, the Humane Society and the American Heart Association. She previously served as a board member for the Ronald McDonald House, the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Pittsburgh, City Theater and the Pittsburgh Dance Council.
She was a spokesperson for the campaign Working Hearts. She was selected as the 1989 Hadassah Woman of the Year, the Vectors 1990 Communications Person of the Year, and Carlow College Woman of Spirit. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pittsburgh Radio and TV Foundation and the Humanitarian of the Year award for the United Cerebral Palsy in 2003. For 15 years she was the honorary chairperson of the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days Campaign.
An active sportswoman, Wiggin is a horseback riding, skiing and golf enthusiast, when time permits. She considers meeting new people and working with school children the favorite aspects of her job.
It was in the 1990s that Rose Tennent joined Jim Quinn as his producer and sidekick becoming one of America's first female conservatives on the air. Since then their loyal audience has grown into more than just listeners, they are supporters.
FM NewsTalk 104.7 is the proud flagship station for the new Media's first syndicated morning show, now heard coast-to-coast on XM Radio as well as affiliate stations across our great nation.