KFDM 6 Beaumont just moved into its new studios, and is looking back to its past of 69 years to see where some of its previous anchors have gone to.
Weeknight anchor Aaron Drawhorn interviewed some of the previous anchors, meteorologists, and hosts that made up the station's past.
"And there was just a culture about KFDM television that you just assimilated and you learned and you...you fit in. And we were able to attract great talent," former anchor and general manager from 1974 to 2011 Larry Beaulieu said in the report. "KFDM had a reputation. It was a...had some of the highest news shares of any television station in the United States."
Other on-air KFDM talents included:
Cecile Burandt
Albert Zipp
Sally Rieger (anchor 1984 to 1997)
Meteorologist Bob French (went on to KBTX 3 Bryan - College Station)
Leeza Gibbons PM Magazine host 1979 to 1980 (went to Entertainment Tonight)
Kerry Andersen (anchor 1994 to 1996)
Bill Leger
Liz Wiggins (anchor 1995 to 2002)
Jackie Simien (anchor 1994 to 2007)
Kelli Phillips (anchor 2002 to 2015 went on to Texas Country Reporter)
Scott Lawrence (anchor 1985 to 1988, now a KFDM Executive Producer)
And look what I found on this old Facebook post! It features ABC13 KTRK Houston's Bob Slovak from his time at KFDM.
