Wendall Anschutz

{{short description|TV newsman/KCTV/Kansas City/Missouri(1966-2001)}}

Wendall Anschutz (January 21, 1938 – January 7, 2010) was a television journalist for KCTV in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1966 until he retired in 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.kctv5.com/news/22169740/detail.html |title=Longtime KCTV5 Anchor Wendall Anschutz Dies - Kansas City News Story - KCTV Kansas City |publisher=Kctv5.com |date=2007-06-28 |accessdate=2011-04-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111051652/http://www.kctv5.com/news/22169740/detail.html |archivedate=2010-01-11 }}

Anschutz was born in Russell, Kansas, and he was a first cousin to billionaire Philip Anschutz.{{cite web|last=Gilpin |first=Kenneth N. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/04/business/business-people-anschutz-founder-shuns-limelight.html |title=BUSINESS PEOPLE - BUSINESS PEOPLE - Anschutz Founder Shuns Limelight |work=The New York Times |date=1984-10-04 |accessdate=2011-04-01}}

He received a bachelor's degree in speech and drama and later a master's degree, both from the University of Kansas.{{cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Wendall-Anschutz&lc=2770&pid=139104786&mid=4117052 |title=Wendall Anschutz Obituary: View Obituary for Wendall Anschutz by McGilley State Line Chapel, Kansas City, MO |publisher=Obits.dignitymemorial.com |date= |accessdate=2011-04-01}}

After serving {{frac|3|1|2}} years as an operations officer aboard the {{USS|Hornet|CV-12}}, he began working as a reporter for KCTV in 1966.

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