Cayle Thompson is an award winning reporter, anchor and producer with KAKE News. He can be seen daily on KAKE News at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00, as well as the Saturday edition of Good Morning Kansas with co-anchor Caroline Brady.
Since joining KAKE News, Cayle has reported from tornado-ravaged Greensburg, covered many high-profile criminal trials, and even flown with the U.S. Thunderbirds. His reports have been recognized by the Associated Press, the Kansas Association of Broadcasters, and nominated for an Emmy. In 2008, the Muscular Dystrophy Association named Cayle one of Wichita's Most Wanted young professionals.
Before coming to Kansas, Cayle was an anchor and reporter in Amarillo, Texas. In 2005, he rode out Hurricane Rita as a journalist embedded with the Salvation Army and the Texas National Guard. Cayle reported live from Houston the night Rita came ashore, and was the only television reporter inside the Astrodome as guardsmen waited out the storm. In the aftermath, he traveled with troops through Galveston and the hard-hit city of Beaumont.
Cayle cut his teeth in news behind-the-scenes as a producer with WNEM TV5 in Saginaw & Flint, Michigan. There, he was part of a team to produce wall-to-wall coverage of the 2003 Northeast Blackout and the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Cayle graduated from Ithaca College in upstate New York. Born and raised near San Antonio, Texas, he is excited to call Kansas home.
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February 2009
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