Wendall Anschutz

Who was Wendall Anschutz?

Wendall Anschutz was a television newsman for KCTV in Kansas City, Missouri from 1966 until he retired in 2001.

Anschutz was born in Russell, Kansas. His first cousin was billionaire Philip Anschutz

He received a bachelors degree in speech and drama from the University of Kansas and later a masters in communication from the school.

After serving 3 1/2 years as an operations officer aboard the USS Hornet he began working as a reporter for KCTV in 1966.

He began anchoring KCTV's evening newscast in 1979 with Anne Peterson and they were the dominant newscast team until 1994.