His first cousin was the fellow Russell native and long-time KCTV news anchor Wendall Anschutz.

From 1979 to 1994, KCTV's Anne Peterson and Wendall Anschutz were Kansas City ’ s top-rated news anchor team.

* Wendall Woodbury ( 1942 – 2010 ), American television journalist and news anchor

* 1964 – Phil Gayle, English news anchor

* 1962 – Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become " the most trusted man in America ".

* 1960 – Pascale Nadeau, Canadian news anchor

* 1969 – Robin Meade, American news anchor

* 1945 – Martyn Lewis, British news anchor

Celebrities may be known around the world ( e. g., pop stars and film actors ), within a specific country ( e. g., a top Australian rugby player ); or within a region ( e. g., a local television news anchor ).

* 2008 – Freddy Breck, German schlager singer and news anchor ( b. 1942 )

* Ron Magers, news anchor

* 1959 – Keith Olbermann, American news anchor & political commentator

* 1959 – Brian Williams, American news anchor

* 1936 – Tom Snyder, American news anchor ( d. 2007 )

* 1958 – Jorge Ramos, Mexican news anchor

* 1978 – Charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor ( d. 2007 )

* 1970 – Megyn Kelly, American television news anchor

* 1946 – Lynne Russell, American news anchor

* 1950 – Jane Pauley, American news anchor

The line was perceived as a slap at NBC Nightly News main anchor John Chancellor, who due to his background as a foreign correspondent, felt the network should weigh its news more heavily toward world events, and had kept Franco's deathwatch at the top of the headlines.

* July 16 – Jean-Luc Mongrain, Canadian news anchor and journalist

** Hal Fishman, Los Angeles based local news anchor ( d. 2007 )

** Lauren Sánchez, American news anchor

** Chris Matthews, American news anchor

* November 4 – Chuck Scarborough, American news anchor

** Cheryl Cosim, Filipina journalist, news anchor and TV host

** Brian Williams, American news anchor

* June 9 – Miles O ' Brien, American television news anchor, pilot