Anne Hudson Photo: Annie Ray Photography
Anne Hudson was raised in The Woodlands, Texas and graduated from Texas Tech University.
While at Texas Tech, Hudson was a Texas Tech Cheerleader, a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, a radio personality on KTXT-FM, and held internships at KCBD & The Avalanche Journal.
After graduation, Hudson started her media career in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where she was a morning show co-host on 103.7 WPTQ and a mid-day show host on 100.7 WKLX. Hudson spent her weekends as a TV- Reporter on the ABC affiliate WBKO.
Hudson has been with iHeartMedia Austin since August of 2001. She started out as a traffic reporter, eventually getting her own show on the legendary Top 40 Country Radio Station KASE 101 in Austin, Texas.
Hudson was the morning show co-host on sister station 96.7 KISS-FM’s popular morning show The Billy The Kidd Show (2016-2021), and is currently hosting middays on KASE 101 & 96.7 KISS-FM.
Hudson is one of iHeartMedia’s top talents, hosting national broadcasted events such as: the iHeart Country Festival in Austin, Texas, the Florida Georgia Line national album release party in New York, the iHeart Summer Pool Party in Miami, and the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. She has also hosted multiple local events in Austin, TX during SXSW, Austin City Limits Music Festival, and Rodeo Austin.
Outside of radio, Hudson is an award-winning television personality for nationally syndicated fashion segments airing on Time Warner Cable News. Hudson is also an on-air host for LiveXLive, has appeared nationally on Fox Sports Television and Fox7Austin as a celebrity commentator and was the host of two television shows on ME Television in Austin, Texas.
Most recently, Hudson was awarded the 2019 Texas Tech University Outstanding Alumni Award and took home “On-Air Personality of the Year” in 2018 and 2019 for the Alliance for Women In Media.
Hudson dedicates much of her time to philanthropy, hosting and raising awareness for such events as: Lifeworks Austin, The Birthday Party Project, March of Dimes, St Jude Children’s Hospital, The ARC of the Capital Area, McLane Children’s Scott and White, CureSearch for Children’s Cancer, Key to the Cure, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, and Center for Child Protection.
Hudson and her husband Fred live in south Austin, and are proud parents of three boys, Hudson, Freddie, and Walsh, and their dogs Chewy & Dolly.