Trailblazing KCTV5 anchor Anne Peterson to be inducted into Missouri Broadcasters Hall of Fame

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A KCTV5 news anchor who came into your living room every night for decades is being inducted into the Missouri Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.

It’s an honor given to those who make a significant contribution to the fields of radio and television broadcasting, an honor that Anne Peterson certainly deserves.

The youngest main female anchor in the nation in 1979, Peterson came to KCTV (then KCMO) at the age of 22 and joined veteran anchor Wendall Anschutz on the desk. Proving herself time and again, Peterson and Anschutz made history as the longest-running anchor duo in the country, working together for 22 years.

“This was the golden age of broadcasting,” Peterson reflected. “I am forever blessed that I was part of it.”

The Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, previewing the royal wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles and reporting from the 1981 presidential inauguration of Ronald Reagan are just some of the highlights from her illustrious career.

Her tenure with KCTV ended in 2003, but she left behind a legacy that will be memorialized forever in Missouri broadcasters’ elite club. Her name will reside alongside legendary broadcasters like Walter Cronkite, Bob Costas, Rush Limbaugh, and, of course, her late co-anchor Wendall Anschutz.

“I just want to say thank you Kansas City,” she said. “Thank you so much for all your love, your support, your encouragement and embracing me throughout the years, since 1979 until today.”

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