Rick Folbaum (born August 5, 1969) is an American broadcast journalist. Since September 2019, he has been a news anchor at Atlanta's WANF (channel 46). Most recently, he was a freelancer at CNN International and was also an original news anchor and correspondent for the Fox News Channel.

Early life and education

Folbaum grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and graduated in 1987 from Cherry Hill High School West.

He graduated from Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.

Career

Folbaum began his career as a part of the launch team of MSNBC as a writer He anchored at WFOR until 2018.

Since November 2018, he worked as a freelance anchor for CNN International. In September 2019, Folbaum was named the evening anchor of WGCL, the CBS affiliate in Atlanta.

Aside from his anchoring duties, he was also a recurrent guest-panelist on Fox's late-night satire show Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld prior to its cancellation.

Personal life

Rick is the father of five children: Dylan, Summer, Chase, Harlowe, and Cash.

In March 2020, Folbaum was diagnosed with and recovered from coronavirus.

References

  • Bio from WGCL, cbs46.com