Rick Folbaum (born August 5, 1969) is an American broadcast journalist. Since September 2019, he has been a news anchor at WANF, the CBS affiliate in Atlanta. Most recently, he was a freelancer at CNN International and was also news anchor and correspondent for the Fox News Channel.
Folbaum began his career as a part of the launch team of MSNBC as a writer[2] and also worked in radio at WOR-AMinNew York City.
Known for his years at Fox News as an anchor of Fox News Live, the Fox Report Saturdays, and as a substitute anchor for Shepard Smith's programs, Folbaum joined in 1996 as one of the original anchors and correspondents, and was the network's London-based correspondent from 1998 to 2000, covering news stories across Europe and the Middle East.
Folbaum was co-anchor for the FOX flagship station in New York City, WNYW,[3] 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 CBS station in Miami, as an evening anchor.[4] He anchored at WFOR until 2018.[3]
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.
^Staff. "He's got it all on tape", Courier-Post, October 22, 2003, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 7, 2016. Accessed October 29, 2018. "While several of Hamson's proteges have gone on to successful broadcasting careers, the one viewers will recognize best is Rick Folbaum. The 1987 CHHSW graduate is now an anchor for Fox News Channel."
