Floyd Kalber

In the late '60's I participated in high school speech tournaments. At my school's tournament my senior year, they added an event called Television News Broadcasting. I entered and, much to my surprise, I won. But the best part of the event was reading one of the judges' critique forms. It read in part, "...the next Floyd Kalber." Here it is, 53 years later, and I still remember that. Floyd Kalber was a fixture in Chicagoland news, and I took that comment as high praise.

I am sorry for the family's loss of their dear father, husband and grandfather. I was fortunate to witness a Floyd Kalber news broadcast live. I was 11 or 12 years of age and a Mr. Albert that worked with Mr. Kalber brought me to NBC studio in down town Chicago around 1965/66. The experience was great and I recall it with fondness 59 years later. Back then the news broadcasters were very special to young minds.

I never met Mr. Kalber, but my dad was his brother Jim’s best friend. I grew up hearing family stories. Jim was very proud of his brother.

I worked with Floyd on a video for LaGrange Community Nurse back in 1991 and he was a true professional. I was just watching a program on "The History of Comedy" and they cut to a report that Floyd had done on the Today Show which reminded me he had passed.

Bless his soul!

I am sorry to be adding this so late since his departure BUT I sure miss Floyd. I am a Chicago native though I moved to Florida in 1997 I still remembered his flare and great smile. What a wonderful man. I qwas just looking back at my times in Chicago and he popped into my head as someone I always looked forward to seeing on the news. My condolences! :(
Chuck Quesada - Fort Lauderdale, FL

It popped in my to checkout the great News Anchors. Yes i do remember Floyd Kalber on KMTV 3 out of Omaha. Dad,Mom & my Sis,Me in Syrasuse;Nebraska. My condolences tho so late. I do Remember!

I was just a little boy in Omaha Nebraska. I still remember watching Floyd Kalber doing the news on channel 3.

Then one day he was gone. Off to Chicago.

Doesn't matter. I still remember.

I grew up in Chicago, watching Floyd on NBC during the sixties. In fact, one day (on a day off from school) my Mom, my aunt, and my cousin were walking around downtown Chicago, and we went to the NBC studios for a short impromptu tour. There I saw Floyd in the hallway heading into the studio. I said "hello" and may have even shook his hand, I don't recall. I do remember him being congenial. He was a pro and a definite fixture in my young news-viewing life.

When I was in grade school I lived on South 52nd St. in Omaha. I'm pretty sure Floyd lived close by because I remember seeing him a few times. He was already a celebrity in Omaha; everyone knoew him by sight. Television was new and exciting.
As an adult, and living far from the midwest, I would occasionally see Floyd on the national news. I always thought to myself, "That's my guy!" Always the professional, always a straight shooter. So today, for some unknown reason, I decided to google...