Mekahlo Medina Biography
Mekahlo Medina is an American Emmy Award-winning Anchor and Reporter working at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, California as a weekend anchor and weekday reporter. He has been working for the station since January 2006.
Mekahlo Medina Age
Medina was born on August 31 (according to his Twitter bio), in the United States. He therefore celebrates his birthday on the 11th of November every year. However, he has not disclosed his year of birth, hence it is difficult to know how old he is (he might be in his 30s).
Mekahlo Medina Height
Medina stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 9 inches.
Mekahlo Medina Family
Medina has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Medina has any siblings.
Mekahlo Medina Partner / Gay
Medina is openly gay, but he is very private about his personal life therefore it is not known if he is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of Medina being in any past relationship with anyone.
Mekahlo Medina Net Worth
Medina has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as an Anchor and Reporter.
Mekahlo Medina Salary
Medina earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Mekahlo Medina Education
Medina is a proud alumnus of New Mexico State University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Broadcast Journalism. During his stint at the university, he served as an executive producer and news anchor for KRGW-TV, production manager and reporter for The Echo, and reporter for Round-Up. Medina had his high school studies at Valley High School.
Mekahlo Medina Career
Medina serves at KNBC 4 News as a weekend news anchor and weekday news reporter. As a reporter, he appears on the 3, 4, 5, and 6 PM newscasts. He mainly reports on stories in Mexico and leads the stories in the Long Beach Bureau. Joining KNBC-TV, he did different jobs, like being a digital news anchor, a tech editor, and an anchor on the weekend mornings. Medina was also the manager and anchor of the 1st digital KNBC news channel, “News Raw”. This channel talked a lot about local news, social media, tech, and culture.
According to his LinkedIn Page, Medina has been a part-time Advisory Board Member for CalMatters since August 2016. Also, according to his Twitter bio, he works as an executive director for Latino Journalists of California CCNMA, and a national president for NAHJ – National Association of Hispanic Journalists (he is the first gay president!). Additionally, Medina is actively involved in the National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association. In the year 2023, he emceed the Downey Pride Festival.
Before joining KNBC-TV, Medina worked as a news reporter at KSTP 5 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, from October 2004 to December 2005. Prior to that, he worked at KPNX 12 News NBC in Phoenix, Arizona, from November 2001 to November 2004. Before that, he was at KOB 4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from January 1998 to September 2001. He began his career as a news reporter at NewsChannel 9 KTSM in El Paso, Texas, from April 1997 to December 1997. Throughout his journalism career, he has won 6 Emmys for his incredible reporting and anchoring work.
Mekahlo Medina KNBC-TV
Medina is working at KNBC-TV alongside other famous KNBC-TV meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;
- Lolita Lopez
- Melissa Magee
- Shanna Mendiola
- Conan Nolan
- Annabelle Sedano
- Mario Solis
- Michelle Valles
- Kathy Vara
- Colleen Williams
- Robin Winston
Mekahlo Medina Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. He has over 207K followers on Instagram, over 15K followers on Facebook, and over 34.1K followers on Twitter.
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