Maria Stephanos Biography/Profile
Maria Stephanos is a skilled American journalist currently working at WCVB-TV. She is a highly-regarded local journalist with more than twenty-five years of experience as an anchor and reporter in New England.
Maria Stephanos Age| Birthday
How old is Stephanos? She is 59 years old as of 2024. Stephanos was born on June 9, 1964, in Groveland, MA, in the United States. She celebrates her birthday on the 9th of June every year.
Maria Stephanos Education
Stephanos graduated from Emerson College in Boston where she obtained both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in mass communications.
Maria Stephanos Height|Weight
She stands on an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 70kgs.
Maria Stephanos Family
Stephanos was born and raised in Groveland, Massachusetts, in the United States. She is the daughter of Lois Athena. Her father was a salesman and a designer for a beauty shop. Stephanos suffered a stroke when she was three years old, which impacted her early development. Fortunately, she recovered.
Maria Stephanos Husband|Married
She is happily married to her beloved husband named Dale. He is a writer who also talks about politics. They have been married for 25 years.
Maria Stephanos Children| kids
The couple is blessed with two children namely Liam Stephanos and Isabella Stephanos but she has not disclosed information about them. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Maria Stephanos Career
Stephanos is co-anchor of NewsCenter 5 at 6:00, 7:00, and 11:00 PM with Ed Harding and Meteorologist Mike Wankum. She also anchors NewsCenter 5 at 4:30 PM and The 10 O’Clock News on MeTV Boston. Notably, she came to Channel 5 from Boston’s WFXT-TV where she served as a news anchor and reporter for nearly eighteen years. Prior to that, she was a reporter at WJAR-TV in Providence, RI.
Stephanos started her career as a Statehouse reporter working for several local stations such as WBUR in Boston and has also reported for several NPR radio stations as well as WCBS Radio and WABC Radio in New York. Throughout her career, she has covered many of the most significant news events such as the plane crash of John F. Kennedy Jr., the Worcester Cold Storage fire, the Presidential recount vote live from Florida, the 9/11 attacks reporting from both Boston and Washington D.C., Red Sox World Series wins, Patriots’ Super Bowl wins, the deaths of Senator Edward Kennedy and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, the Boston Marathon bombings, the capture and trial of Whitey Bulger, and many more.
Most importantly, Stephanos received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alpha Omega Society presented by former Governor of the Commonwealth, Governor Michael Dukakis. She is a self-proclaimed “homer and proud of it,” born and raised in Groveland, MA, in the United States. Her hobbies include cooking (especially Greek recipes), playing sports with her family, and vacationing in New England “anyplace there is water.”
Maria Stephanos WCVB-TV
WCVB-TV, also known as channel 5 is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is affiliated with ABC and owned by Hearst Television. Its studios are located on TV Place in Needham, Massachusetts, and its transmitter is located on Cedar Street, as well as in Needham, on a tower that is shared with several other television and radio stations. The nearby Manchester, New Hampshire, is considered part of the Boston media market, making WCVB-TV part of a nominal duopoly with WMUR-TV or channel 9, that city’s ABC affiliate; however, the two stations maintain separate operations.
WCVB currently broadcasts 43 hours, and 55 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week; with 6 hours, and 35 minutes each weekday, five hours on Saturdays, and six hours on Sundays. It operates an Aérospatiale AS350B helicopter entitled “Sky 5” that is live broadcast capable. In addition, the station shares resources with the two other ABC affiliates in the state for statewide news coverage throughout Massachusetts: WLNE-TV in New Bedford and WGGB-TV in Springfield. Notably, WCAP in Lowell runs audio simulcasts of portions of WCVB’s morning and evening newscasts on weekdays.
Moreover, WCVB’s newscasts are titled NewsCenter 5, and the station’s sports segments are likewise branded as SportsCenter 5. The weather segments were similarly branded as WeatherCenter 5 before 2001. The station is believed to be the only local station permitted to use the SportsCenter name, owned by ESPN, for its sportscasts, owing to its ownership by Hearst and affiliation with ABC, along with its use predating ESPN’s 1979 existence.
Maria Stephanos Salary|Net Worth
Stephanos has an estimated salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000 and has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million which she earns from her broadcasting career.
Maria Stephanos Social Media Platforms
She is active on all social media accounts and often posts on her platforms. She has over 58.7k followers on Twitter, 28k followers on Facebook, and 2.9 k followers on Instagram.
WCVB-TV Colleagues
- Antoinette Antonio
- Jessica Brown
- Shaun Chaiyabhat
- Jennifer Eagan
- Anthony Everett
- Ed Harding
- Karen Holmes Ward
- Doug Meehan
- Ted Reinstein
- Rhondella Richardson
- Mary Saladna
- Shayna Seymour
- Ben Simmoneau
- Maria Stephanos
- Erika Tarantal
- Katie Thompson
- Janet Wu
- Josh Brogadir
- Bob Halloran
- Duke Castiglione
- Mike Lynch
- Naoko Funayama
- A.J. Burnett
- Harvey Leonard
- David Williams
- Kelly Ann Cicalese
- Michael Page
- Cindy Fitzgibbon
- Mike Wankum
Frequently asked questions about Maria Stephanos
Who is Maria Stephanos?
Maria Stephanos is a skilled American journalist currently working at WCVB-TV. She is a highly-regarded local journalist with more than twenty-five years of experience as an anchor and reporter in New England.
Is Maria Stephanos Married?
She is happily married to her beloved husband named Dale. He is a writer who also talks about politics. They have been married for 25 years.
Where does Maria Stephanos Live?
Currently, Stephanos resides in Foxboro with her beloved husband named Dale, and their children.