Kaity Tong

Kaity Tong Chinese 董恺悌 pinyin Dǒng Kǎitì born July 23 1947 is a Chineseborn American broadcast journalist She has been a television news anchor in New York City since 1981 Tongs television career began as a reporter for KPIXTV in San Francisco where she worked from 1976 to 1979 Originally hired as a writer for the station Tong was asked to do an onair test and was immediately promoted to street reporter where her first onair story was a report on the new carts that transported people around the airport In December 1979 she became coanchor of the 5 pm and 11 pm newscasts on KCRATV in Sacramento California where she soon became the number onerated out of all the television news personalities in Sacramento Referring to the difficulties of having a family and career she said at the time Anchoring is fun At one time I wanted to be a network reporter but now I think that is too difficult a life One of these days I want to have a baby6 In 1981 she moved to WABCTV in New York City Within two years she became coanchor of the stations 5 pm and 11 pm newscasts first with Tom Snyder from 1983 to 1984 and later with Ernie Anastos until 1986 She moved to the 6 pm newscast rotating the anchor chair with John Johnson alongside Bill Beutel after Roger Grimsby was fired in 1986 while still coanchoring the 11 pm broadcast with Anastos until he left for WCBS in 1989 Eventually her sole anchor role was the 11 pm news as Beutel became a solo anchor of the 6 pm broadcast In 1984 she appeared as herself reporting on the defection of the Soviet circus performer played by Robin Williams in the feature film Moscow on the Hudson She has also played a newscaster in Wolf City Hall Marci X Night Falls on Manhattan and the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate