Alex Drude is a reporter at NewsSource 16. He recently moved to the Eugene area from the Oregon Coast where he was our Coos Bay Bureau Director and Reporter.
Alex spent almost six years in Central Oregon before heading for the Coast. He was on radio as the creator, producer, and host of "Beatles with the Dude," a weekly show of music and a whole bunch of information on the Fab Four and their related solo endeavors that ran for nearly three years on KPOV, Bend's community radio station.
He also worked for KBND-AM as a sports reporter/anchor, and did play-by-play for baseball, basketball, and football. Prior to that, Alex spent three years as sports director/anchor for Bend's NBC affiliate, and was the official scorekeeper/web updater for the Bend Elks of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League. He began his Oregon media career as a sports producer/photographer at another TV station in Eugene.
Alex was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and went to the University of Kansas (the 2008 NCAA men's basketball champions, by the way). When not working (which isn't that often), he likes listening to the Beatles!
