Bill Melugin Biography
Bill Melugin is a 2x Emmy award-winning American journalist serving as a SoCal native and investigative reporter for KTTV-TV FOX 11 Los Angeles. He previously worked as a weekend anchor/investigative reporter at WJZY-TV (FOX 46 Charlotte)
Bill Melugin Fox 11 Age
Bill Melugin Height
Bill stands at a height of 6 feet 4 inches tall.
Bill Melugin Education
He graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He also has a minor in Spinach Linguistics.
Bill Melugin Family
He was born in Orange county although there is no available information regarding the name of his parents. He has posts photos with his mother on his Instagram. He also revealed in an Instagram post that his father died on May 12, 2016 of pulmonary embolism while he was at work.
Bill Melugin Wife
It is not clear whether Bill is married or not but he is in a relationship with Katy Johnson since November 2018. She is an American actress and model. As a model, she has been featured in numerous magazines such as GQ, Maxim, Esquire, Men’s Health, Influential Magazine, FHM, LA Fashion Magazine, Glamour, People Magazine, Hello Magazine, Ok Magazine, Heat magazine among others.
Bill Melugin Fox 11
Bill joined KTTV-TV (FOX 11 Los Angeles) in June 2017 where he serves as an evening/ investigative reporter. He previously worked as an anchor and investigative reporter at WJZY-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina for two and a half years, where he won a 2017 regional Edward R. Murrow award for breaking news reporting, and won the SPJ’s national Sigma Delta Chi award for best breaking news reporting for his live coverage of the Charlotte riots.
Melugin began his career as a reporter and fill-in anchor at KFOX-TV in El Paso Texas for two years. He interned at KNXV-TV ABC 15. He also worked as a reporter and anchor for Cronkite News in Phoenix, Arizona area, the #1 college newscast in the country.
Bill Melugin Salary
His actual salary is unknown but according to some websites, the average salary of a Reporter at Kttv Fox 11 News in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area is $59,100.
Bill Melugin Model
He has also worked as a model for Abercrombie & Fitch for 10 months. He was later signed to URBAN management where he modeled overseas in Milan, Italy for winter of 2011. In June 2011 he was signed to Wilhelmina Models in Greater Los Angeles Area until January 2013.
Bill Melugin Emmy
Bill is a two times Emmy award winner; 2017 he won an EMMY for Spot news and also in 2019 he won the Television Academy Emmy for investigative reporting.
So honored to win the 2019 @TelevisionAcad EMMY for Investigative Reporting!! Trying to catch up with all the messages I’ve gotten, THANK YOU all so much for the constant support!!! And big congrats to my @FOXLA colleague @MattJohnsonNEWS for his big EMMY win as well! pic.twitter.com/DddKfZ87pg
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) July 28, 2019
He is also the 2018 and 2019 recipient of the RTNA’s Golden Mike Award for “Best Investigative Journalism” in southern California. He is also the recipient of a 2018 regional Edward R. Murrow award for hard news reporting.