Longtime Pittsburgh TV News Anchor Retiring

PITTSBURGH, PA — Pittsburgh's longest-tenured news anchor team is breaking up. Peggy Finnegan, who has anchored WPXI-TV newscasts with David Johnson for three decades, announced her retirement Monday.

Finnegan, who joined the station in 1990, anchors the station's noon and 5 p.m. broadcasts. Her last day will be Dec. 18, WPXI announced in a release.

"When I moved to Pittsburgh to work on Channel 11 News, I could never have imagined the profound impact it would have on my life," Finnegan stated on her station website page. "I fell in love with a Pittsburgh man, married, became a mother of four children, and have enjoyed an exciting, enriching career."

In 2015, the Western Pennsylvania Press Club recognized Finnegan and Johnson with the President's Award, for their lifetime achievements in journalism. The pair also were honored by the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters as the 2016 Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Broadcasters of the Year, the first time two people were honored together for the award.

Finnegan also has received the Carlow College Women of Spirit Award, the Leadership Award in Communications from the YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh, the Courageous Woman Award from Mom's House, and the Source of Life Award from Magee Women's Hospital. She has been involved with several charities, including Mother's Hope, Angel's Place, Family Resources, and Presents for Patients, according to her station website page.

When Finnegan retires, WPXI anchor Lisa Sylvester will join Johnson at 5 p.m.,6 p.m., 11 p.m. and on Channel 11 News on Fox 53 at 10.