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	Boston.com / A&E / Celebrity news / Ex-news anchor Floyd Kalber dies at 79 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Floyd Kalber, a television news anchorman whose career included stints on NBC's "Today" show and on two highly rated programs in Chicago, has died of emphysema, family members said.
		Kalber was nicknamed "The Big Tuna" because his aura and power in the newsroom were perceived to be as great as the late Chicago mob boss Tony "Big Tuna" Acardo.
		Kalber was able to mix rock solid authority with his pleasant, folksy demeanor to create a larger-than-life persona," said Steve Scott, president of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association.
	www.boston.com /ae/celebrity/articles/2004/05/14/ex_news_anchor_floyd_kalber_dies_at_79 (310 words)

	Floyd Kalber "The Big Tuna" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Floyd Kalber of Burr Ridge, formerly of Hinsdale and New Canaan, Connecticut.
		Kalber’s newscasts held the number one position in the Chicago ratings for an unprecedented number of years through the sixties and early seventies.
		Kalber was famous for opening his news broadcasts with “Good evening Chicago!” and ending his shows with “and finally… “ lighthearted stories, that often cracked up his studio crew.
	www.floydkalber.com /family-obituary.htm (339 words)

	Floyd Kalber, longtime top TV anchor, dies at 79
		Kalber spent part of his childhood in an orphanage after his parents were divorced.
		Kalber was inducted in the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame and the Silver Circle of the Chicago Television Academy.
		Kalber is survived by a son, David Michael "Mick" Kalber, and six grandchildren.
	www.suntimes.com /output/obituaries/cst-nws-xkalber14.html (637 words)

	Floyd Kalber---the anchor called 'Tuna'
		Floyd at KMTV in the late 1950's---before the dawn of Omaha's era of color television.
		Hardship characterized Floyd Kalber's early years (these details are based on an article that appeared in the alumni newsletter of the Journalism School of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in the spring of 1995; Floyd had spoken to students there the previous December).
		Floyd Kalber was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on December 23rd, 1924.
	www.richsamuels.com /nbcmm/tuna.html (1824 words)

	Blog of Death: Floyd Kalber
		Floyd Kalber, an Emmy Award-winning news anchor, died on May 13 of emphysema.
		Kalber was covering sports for a station in Peoria, Ill., in 1949, when he saw television for the very first time.
		Floyd Kalber will continue to be remembered by me wherever I read an english text, to practice another skill as a radio announcer in Brazil.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000958.html (944 words)

	Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com
		Floyd Kalber, an Emmy-award-winning news anchor whose career included highly rated programs on two Chicago stations and the "Today" show, has died of emphysema, his family said.
		Kalber was hired in 1960 by NBC News after a decade as the one-person news department of KMTV-TV in his native Omaha, Neb. Within a few months of his arrival at WMAQ-TV he began a 16-year run as the 10 p.m.
		Kalber retired from the network in 1981, but was coaxed out of retirement in 1984 to help revive Chicago's WLS-TV by anchoring the 6 p.m.
	www.thetimesonline.com /articles/2004/05/15/news/local_illinois/fdd0bdc5ad247ed086256e94006ebaa0.prt (542 words)

	NU College of Journalism & Mass Communications - Alumni News - Spring 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Broadcast journalist Floyd Kalber has been writing news stories for almost 50 years, but he says his own life may be the best story of all.
		Kalber’s mother remarried a few years after moving to the farm, but the family continued to struggle financially.
		Kalber says he fought the return to Chicago, telling his friend Dennis Swanson, who was trying to persuade him to take the job: “I spent a good share of my life in Chicago, fighting Channel 7.
	journalism.unl.edu /an/spring95/kalber.html (1387 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Kalber died of emphysema Thursday at his home in west suburban Burr Ridge.
		Kalber reached the height of his popularity at WMAQ TV in Chicago in the 1960s.
		Kalber is survived by his wife of 57 years, Betty, and a daughter, son and six grandchildren.
	www.officer.com /news/IBS/wmaq/news-2205343.html (133 words)

	La Luna Cigars: THE Morgue> Floyd Kalber
		Floyd Kalber, a television news anchor whose career included stints on NBC's "Today" show and on two highly rated programs in Chicago, has died, family members said.
		Kalber was able to mix rock-solid authority with his pleasant, folksy demeanor to create a larger-than-life persona," said Steve Scott, president of the Illinois News Broadcasters Assn.
		Kalber was born in Omaha and spent his childhood in an orphanage after his parents were divorced.
	www.lalunacigars.com /aspboard/viewthread.asp?forum=AMB_AP327538543&id=169 (377 words)

	ABC7Chicago.com: A broadcast legend passes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Floyd later left Chicago for New York and the Today Show with Tom Brokaw and Jane Pauley and in 1984, Kalber began his career with Channel 7 anchoring the 6 p.m.
		Floyd Kalber retired from the anchor desk at ABC 7 in 1998.
		Floyd is survived by his wife Betty, daughter Kathy Kinsella, son Mick and six grandchildren.
	abclocal.go.com /wls/news/051404_ns_kalber.html (650 words)

	Chicago Sun-Times: Channel 7 freshens up with classy makeover
		Close friends and colleagues of the late Floyd* Kalber will gather downtown tonight to remember the television news anchor affectionately known as "The Big Tuna" and to screen a documentary on his life and legacy, produced by his filmmaker son, Mick Kalber.
		The family also is expected to announce establishment of the Floyd Kalber Scholarship at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
		Kalber, whose legendary career spanned five decades as an NBC News correspondent and top-rated anchorman at two Chicago stations, died of emphysema in May 2004 at age 79.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20050609/ai_n14673460 (752 words)

	Northwest Herald - Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		CHICAGO –; Floyd Kalber, an Emmy-award-winning news anchor whose career included highly rated programs on two Chicago stations and the "Today" show, has died of emphysema, his family said.
		Kalber died Thursday at his home in west suburban Burr Ridge.
		CHICAGO –; No resolution was reached Friday when several University of Illinois trustees met with state Senate President Emil Jones to discuss the future of Chief Illiniwek, a mascot considered by critics as a racist caricature and by supporters as a beloved symbol that honors American Indians.
	www.nwherald.com /print/282799849563110.php (400 words)

	Roger Lee Miller's Studio E
		I recall walking for the first time into E. Floyd Kalber was reading the news and I couldn't believe my ears.
		Speaking in bursts, David and Floyd hit the nouns with staccato emphasis, ending a thought by hitting the last word, while bringing the pitch down.
		News production in the mid ‘60s was a simple affair: Floyd Kalber sat at a drawing board, Len O'Connor sat behind a desk on a riser.
	www.richsamuels.com /nbcmm/miller/millerstudioe.html (754 words)

	School of Communication- The Mark Gautier Scholarship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The endowment for the Mark Gautier Scholarship, the only Omaha Press Club scholarship funded entirely by individual donations, was started with a large contribution from the television station KMTV's first news director, Floyd Kalber.
		Kalber, who left Omaha in 1960 for a long and distinguished career with NBC and ABC helped form a committee of Gautier's friends who had worked with Mark at KMTV in the pioneering years of television news.
		The committee then contacted other Gautier firneds and associates who quickly donated the balance of funds needed to endow the scholarship.
	www.unomaha.edu /~wwwcomm/Students/gautierscholarship.html (258 words)

	'And Finally' a salute to legendary anchorman
		In a splendid career that spanned five decades, "The Big Tuna," as he came to be known, was the epitome of the rock-solid, no-nonsense anchorman.
		Now, thanks to a loving and insightful documentary produced by Kalber's photojournalist son, fans and future generations can see for themselves what made him so great both on and off the air.
		For anyone who takes the news business seriously, one highlight of the DVD is hearing Kalber rail against the "laugh-in news, happy-talk news" format of the late '60s that offended him to the core (and led directly to his ratings decline after 16 years at Channel 5).
	www.suntimes.com /output/feder/cst-fin-feder051.html (563 words)

	Hurricane Dennis and general hurricane information for the Abacos - updates
		The Bahamian government has asked Palm Beach County to help direct relief efforts for the Abaco islands, where damage from Hurricane Floyd may be much greater than first believed.
		Robert Sweeting, who represents the Abacos in the Bahamian Parliament, said government damage estimates are between $750 million and $1 billion.
		Checks should be made payable to the Hurricane Floyd Bahamas Relief Fund and sent to 2328 S. Congress Ave., Suite 2B, West Palm Beach 33406.
	www.go-abacos.com /storm/pbpost.html (515 words)

	USATODAY.com - Ex-news anchor Floyd Kalber dies at 79 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		USATODAY.com - Ex-news anchor Floyd Kalber dies at 79
		CHICAGO (AP) — Floyd Kalber, a television news anchorman whose career included stints on NBC's Today show and on two highly rated programs in Chicago, has died of emphysema, family members said.
		Kalber started his career in television at KMTV-TV in Omaha, where he was born.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2004-05-14-obit-kalber_x.htm (392 words)

	Candle in the Wind-Celebrity Remixes: Floyd Kalber Chicago News Legend 5/14
		Candle in the Wind-Celebrity Remixes: Floyd Kalber Chicago News Legend 5/14
		Floyd was the guy who channel 7 would use
		This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
	deadcelebritysongs.blogspot.com /2004/05/floyd-kalber-chicago-news-legend-514.html (154 words)

	Sucks to Yer Az-Mar!: The Rampage of Tom Skilling
		This is Floyd Kalber outside of the WGN studios, and the monstrous Tom Skilling is attacking the city of Chicago with all his monstrous monstrosity.
		Reporting live from the scene, this is Floyd Kalber, WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News.
		I'm Floyd Kalber, and it appears that, John, your plan didn't work, because they're in Boston and not New York.
	www.ellwanger.tv /writing/radio/azmar/skilling.html (2588 words)

	AP Online : Ex-News Anchor Floyd Kalber Dies at 79 @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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	Floyd
		Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery
		1935 Floyd Patterson, heavyweight champ, 1956-59, 1960-62, Oly-gold-1952
		1924 Floyd Kalber, born in Omaha, Nebraska, newscaster, NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/f/floyd.html (824 words)

	DisneySites!! Messageboards - Sam Donaldson's wearing WHAT?
		It's been years since the folks at WLS-Channel 7 were forced to wear those ridiculous "Circle 7" lapel pins on the air.
		Back in the era of "Eyewitness News," only the gray eminence himself, Floyd Kalber, had enough clout to ignore the silly edict.
		But don't be surprised if you start seeing some veterans of the ABC-owned station sporting lapel pins bearing the likes of Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Tinkerbell and Jimminy Cricket.
	boards.disneysites.com /printthread.php?t=6217 (258 words)

	CHICAGO'S TRUSTED FACES
		Floyd Kalber moved to Chicago and WNBQ in 1961 to front the NBC station's 10:00 news program.
		He was brought out of retirement in 1984 to lead the 6:00 news program on WLS-TV.
		Floyd Kalber passed away on May 13, 2004.
	www.chicagotelevision.com /newsmen.htm (550 words)

	Chicago Sun-Times: Floyd Kalber, longtime top TV anchor, dies at 79
		Chicago Sun-Times: Floyd Kalber, longtime top TV anchor, dies at 79
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		When he was coaxed out of retirement to help revive WLS- Channel 7 in 1984, he enjoyed another phenomenal run atop the ratings for 14 years.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20040514/ai_n12544841 (744 words)

	Gapers Block, Chicago, IL - Merge: May 24, 2004
		Cook County Hospital already had among its defenders Preservation Chicago and The Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.
		About a week after veteran Chicago anchorman Floyd Kalber died, veteran journalist Vernon Jarrett died on Sunday.
		Jarrett worked in TV, in radio and for three separate Chicago newspapers, but he was most proud of his work with young people, particularly the annual intellectual competition he founded for African-American high school students, ACT-SO.
	www.gapersblock.com /news/archives/2004_05_24.php (807 words)

	THIS WEEK \| CHICAGO TONIGHT ARCHIVES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		We get details of that and other local business stories in our weekly visit by Christine Woolsey, online editor of Crain's Chicago Business.
		• Last Thursday, longtime Chicago anchorman, Floyd Kalber died at the age of 79.
		Tonight, Rich Samuels looks back at Kalber's impressive journalistic career and tells us some little known facts about this beloved newsman.
	www.wttw.com /chicagotonight/archive/thisweek051704.html (1490 words)

	Message Chair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		During the summer of 1967, I was an intern at WMAQ-TV.
		Back then the studios were in the Merchandise Mart; the evening news was anchored by Floyd Kalber; the weather was presented by Harry Volkman; Len O'Connor gave the commentaries, and Floyd Brown was the "golden voice" of the stations promos.
		I mainly hung out with Scott Craig and Linda Noyle, who were producing documentaries about Chicago and Illinois.
	www.gcbm.org /MessageC.htm (353 words)

	Floyd Kalber, born in Omaha, Nebraska, newscaster, NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973 December 23 in History
		Floyd Kalber, born in Omaha, Nebraska, newscaster, NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973 December 23 in History
		Floyd Kalber, born in Omaha, Nebraska, newscaster, NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973
		The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/1924/december_23_1924_84513.html (58 words)

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