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Cantú now working at hardware store

November 16, 2011 by Veronica Villafañe

 

Austin TV personality Fred Cantú,who was ousted from his full-time anchor gig at KEYE-42 in December of last year, is now working part-time at Home Depot to make ends meet.

According to the Austin American-Statesman, “Uncle Fred,” as he’s known in town, took the Home Depot job – his first ever outside of TV and radio industry – in part for the health insurance.

Fred is still freelancing on the early morning news show at KEYE. But apparently, that job will end after Thanksgiving.

Fred worked as an anchor/reporter at KEYE (both for CBS and Telemundo) from 2002 to 2010.  He was also a radio talk show host at KXBT in 2010.  From 1995 to 2001, he was morning anchor for Austin ABC affiliate KVUE .  He was previously news director, radio anchor and fill-in talk show host for KVET-AM/FM and KASE-FM Austin.  Before that, he spent 4 years as weekend anchor at KTBC (then Austin’s CBS affiliate).

 

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: Fred Cantu, Home Depot, KEYE

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  1. Macho Man says

    November 24, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Good for him.

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Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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