Mary Kay Kleist Biography|Profile
Mary Kay Kleist is a skilled American journalist currently working at CBS2-WBBM-TV as a meteorologist. Kleist can be seen on CBS News Chicago and weeknights on CBS2 News at 5 p.m.
Mary Kay Kleist Age|Birthday
How old is Kleist? She is around 50 years old as of 2024. Kleist was born on 3rd October in Miami, Florida, USA. Her year of birth is currently not available, research is ongoing will update it as soon as it is available.
Mary Kay Kleist Education
She attended the University of Central Florida and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. degree in Radio and Television in 1992. later she joined Mississippi State University to broaden her knowledge in weather broadcasting and graduated with a degree granted from Broadcast Meteorology Program.
Mary Kay Kleist Height|Weight
She stands on an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 60kgs.
Mary Kay Kleist Family|Parents|Siblings
She was born in the united state, however, she has not revealed information regarding her family members. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Mary Kay Kleist Husband|Married
She is happily married to her husband Mark. However, she has not revealed information regarding her husband. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Mary Kay Kleist Children|Kids
She has a son and a daughter with her husband but she has not disclosed information about her children. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Mary Kay Kleist Career
Since joining CBS2 News in 2002, Kleist became a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (2007), which is the industry’s highest distinction. On top of earning several local Emmy Awards at CBS2 — including three Emmy Awards in 2015 for coverage of the April tornados, a severe weather special, and best on-camera weather anchor, she has been awarded an AMS Seal of Approval and an NWA Broadcasting Seal of Approval.
Kleist has been a meteorologist for print, radio, and television broadcasts for more than 25 years. She first served in Chicago from 1994-95 as a weather anchor for WGN-AM Radio and CLTV. However, she joined the station Chicago from WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan, where she worked as a meteorologist since 1999, reporting weather for the station’s weekend newscasts. Before her work at WXYZ-TV, Kleist worked in Tampa, Florida (1995-99), as the meteorologist for WFLA-TV. In this capacity, she reported the weather for The Tampa Tribune, the local edition of CNN Headline News, and served as weather anchor at WFLA-AM Radio.
Kleist started her television career at WJCL-TV in Savannah, Georgia (1992-94), where she worked as the weekend weather anchor, a health and general assignment reporter, news anchor, photographer, and editor, as well as the anchor of the local edition of CNN Headline News. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Central Florida in 1992 with a B.A. in Radio and Television and later graduated from the Broadcast Meteorology Program at Mississippi State University. A mother of two lives in Naperville with her husband.
Mary Kay Kleist CBS2-WBBM-TV
CBS2-WBBM-TV is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It airs programming from the CBS network. The station is owned and operated by the network’s CBS News and Stations division and it maintains studios on West Washington Street in the Loop district, and its transmitter is located atop the Willis Tower.
WBBM-TV is currently the only “full-power” TV station in Chicago that operates its digital signal on the VHF band. Its rival station, WLS-TV, was the only other station to have operated its full-power digital signal on a VHF allocation until the station moved its digital broadcasts to UHF channel 44, to alleviate reception problems, although it retained VHF channel 7 as the allotment for its digital fill-in translator when it launched on October 31, 2009. Some of the viewers had trouble picking up VHF signals after the June 12 transition; as a result, WBBM’s newscasts were simulcast over WWME-CA (channel 23), which served as a low-power analog nightlight service on its analog signal following the transition.
The station launched a streaming news service, CBSN Chicago which is now CBS News Chicago, on April 21, 2020, as part of a rollout of similar services across the CBS-owned stations. The service was initially planned to launch by the end of March 2020 but was delayed by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2020, WBBM-TV was honored with a Peabody Award for the report “Unwarranted”, a 2019 investigation into botched police raids in Chicago and the impact they left on families and their homes.
CBS2 Colleagues
Jim Williams
Joe Donlon
Suzanne Le Mignot
Dana Kozlov
Albert Ramon
Mary Kay Kleist salary|Net Worth
She 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.
Who is Mary Kay Kleist?
She is a skilled American journalist currently working at CBS2-WBBM-TV as a meteorologist. Kleist can be seen on CBS News Chicago and weeknights on CBS2 News at 5 p.m.
How old is Mary Kay Kleist?
She is around 50 years old as of 2023. Kleist was born on 3rd October in Miami, Florida, USA. Her year of birth is currently not available, research is ongoing will update it as soon as it is available.
Is Mary Kay Kleist married?
She is happily married to her husband Mark. However, she has not revealed information regarding her husband. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Where does Mary Kay Kleist Live?
She lives in Naperville with her husband and their two children.
