Krebs started off his broadcasting career at WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina, in October 1970 and remained there until August 1973. The first year he was a general assignment reporter in Greensboro with special attention to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and he produced and anchored Sunday newscasts. Krebs spent his second two years serving as the station's national correspondent and covered the state house, the governor's office, and politics in Raleigh, North Carolina. Krebs moved to WBAL-TV, Baltimore in August 1973 and worked there until March 1980.
