Jodi Applegate is journalist and anchor. She serves as anchor at MSNBC and NBC News. She works at the local as well as national television stations of the NBC Network. Born in May 2, 1964, Applegate grew up in Moon Township located in Pennsylvania. She studied at the Temple University in Philadelphia during her freshman year and later moved to New York University to complete her bachelor degree in television and film. Applegate married Michael Kay, a television broadcaster at New York Yankees in the year 2011. The wedding ceremony was officiated in the presence of former mayor of New York, Rudolph Giulani. In May 2012, Applegate announced that she was expecting a baby conceived by a gestational surrogate. Her daughter Caledonia Rose was born in the year 2013.
Before she began her career in broadcasting, Jodi Applegate worked for a short period as an actress. She was cast in the television version of the ‘A Pocket for Corduroy’ and ‘There’s a Nightmare in My Closet’ in 1987. She was the host of Close Up show on C-Span which is a public affairs show. She later started working at Metro Traffic situated in San Francisco as television and radio traffic reporter. She moved to KTVK situated in Phoenix to host the show ‘Good Morning Arizona’. She met her first husband Rob Nikolski while she worked at KTVK. However, they divorced later.
She was one of the first anchors at MSNBC during its launch in 1996. She anchored the shows Weekend Today on NBC Network and the show MSNBC Live. She also served as fill in anchor on Today show. She joined WFXT in 2001 and anchored the show Fox 25 News, which was cancelled soon after. She also hosted the Fox 25 Morning News and later moved to WNYW in 2004.
She served as fill-in anchor on WCBS radio in the year 2009. She also appeared on the show Living Today on Sirius XM’s radio channel Martha Stewart Living. She also hosted radio shows for WOR located in New York and for WRKO situated in Boston. In the year 2008, Applegate appeared in a Broadway Musical titled Chicago. It was her sole Broadway appearance. In 2012, Jodi Applegate announced that she would be leaving WPIX, when the stations refused to lower her work schedule. She wanted time off to look after her daughter, who was expected to be born in early 2013.
| Birth Date: | 2 May, 1964 |
| Age: | 55 yrs |
| Occupations: | Journalist News presenter |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Wheeling |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American broadcast journalist |
| Twitter Id: | Jodiapplekay |
| Spouse: | Michael Kay [M. 2011] |
| Net Worth 2021: | 2 million |
