Floyd Kalber
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Floyd Kalber (December 23, 1924–May 13, 2004) was a noted American television journalist and anchorman nicknamed 'The Big Tuna'.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he spent two years in the army during World War II and began his television career as KMTV-Omaha's first newscaster. It was at KMTV that he mentored his most famous protege, Tom Brokaw.
Having attracted national attention for his coverage of the manhunt for mass-murders Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, in 1962 he became a popular anchorman for WNBQ-TV (later known as WMAQ), NBC's flagship station in Chicago. The broadcast, which paired Kalber with Jane Pauley, quickly became Chicago's top-rated newscast, and remained so until his departure in 1976.
Moving to national broadcasting for the NBC television network, Kalber was one of the most visible people in the country from 1976-1981 while he was news anchor for NBC's popular Today Show, working with hosts Brokaw and Pauley. He left the program after Brokaw went to NBC Nightly News. Kalber later was recruited again to Chicago broadcasting by station WLS in 1984, where he anchored the popular 6 p.m. evening news broadcast until retirement in 1998.
