Rick Folbaum (born August 5, 1969) is an American

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. Since September 2019, he has been a news anchor at

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, the

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affiliate in

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. Most recently, he was a freelancer at

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and was also 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 Cherry Hill High School West (also known as Cherry Hill West or CHW) is a four-year comprehensive public high school, serving students in ninth grade through twelfth grades in Cherry Hill, Camden County, New Jersey, United States, operating a ...

. He graduated from Syracuse University's

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with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.

Career

Folbaum began his career as a part of the launch team of

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as a writer and also worked in radio at

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. Known for his years at

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as an anchor of ''

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,'' the ''

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'' Saturdays, and as a substitute anchor for

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's programs, Folbaum joined in 1996 as one of the original anchors and correspondents, and was the network's

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-based correspondent from 1998 to 2000, covering news stories across

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and the

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. Folbaum was co-anchor for the

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flagship station in

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, for ''Fox 5 News at 6''. He joined in early 2006. In 2009, he returned to Fox News as a weekday substitute anchor and regularly hosted the Saturday 6:00 p.m. edition of '' America's News Headquarters''. In August 2013, Folbaum joined WFOR, the

station in Miami, as an evening anchor. He anchored at WFOR until 2018. Since November 2018, he worked as a freelance anchor for

. In September 2019, Folbaum was named the evening anchor of WGCL, the

affiliate in

. Aside from his anchoring duties, he was also a recurrent guest-panelist on Fox's late-night satire show ''

Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld ''Red Eye'', also known as ''Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld'' from 2007 to 2015 and ''Red Eye w/ Tom Shillue'' from 2015 to 2017, was an American late-night/early-morning satirical talk show on Fox News, which aired at 3:00 a.m. ET Tuesday throu ...

'' prior to its cancellation.

Personal life

Rick and his wife Kelcey (née Kintner) have five children: Dylan, Summer, Chase, Harlowe, and Cash. In March 2020, Folbaum was diagnosed with and recovered from coronavirus.

References

External links

Bio from WGCL, cbs46.com
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