Wendall Anschutz (January 21, 1938 – January 7, 2010) was a television newsman for KCTV in Kansas City, Missouri from 1966 until he retired in 2001.
Anschutz was born in Russell, Kansas. His first cousin was billionaire Philip Anschutz
He received a bachelor's degree in speech and drama from the University of Kansas and later a masters in communication from the school.
After serving 3 1/2 years as an operations officer aboard the USS Hornet (CV-12) he began working as a reporter for KCTV in 1966.
He began anchoring KCTV's evening newscast in 1979 with Anne Peterson and they were the dominant newscast team until 1994.