Carl Pendley joined the KTBS 3 News team in January 2021, bringing with him more than four decades of award winning experience in broadcast journalism and communications. Youâll find him anchoring the KTBS 3 News Hour at 4:00 on KPXJ 21.
Carl began his career in television news as a reporter/photographer at the ABC network affiliate in his home town of Lubbock, Texas, while majoring in communications and broadcasting at Texas Tech University. Upon graduation, he further honed his anchoring and reporting skills at the CBS affiliate in Beaumont, Texas, before landing at the CBS affiliate in Shreveport in 1979. During his thirty years at that station, he became a highly popular fixture in the Arklatex-- anchoring and reporting for every newscast in every time slot. He closed out his tenure as the stationâs Senior News Anchorâanchoring the weekday 5:00. 6:00 & 10:00 newscasts for 17 years. That position also entailed anchoring election coverage, moderating gubernatorial and mayoral debates, hosting special events, and live field anchoring from major news events such as the Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City, the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Hurricane Rita in Vermillion Parish, and non-stop coverage on September 11, 2001.