Biography
Bill Melugin is an American journalist who presently works as a correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC) in Los Angeles. In May 2021, he joined the network.
Bill Melugin Education
He majored in broadcast journalism and graduated from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Bill Melugin Age
Bill is 40 years old as of 2025. He was born in 1985 in Orange County is a region in Southern California.
Bill Melugin Parents
His mother is Audrey Melugin. Melugin’s father unexpectedly passed away at work due to a pulmonary embolism. Before live shootings, Melugin still asks his father to keep an eye on him, he said on Twitter.
Bill Melugin Wife
Melugin is married to Katy Johnson. Thee is not much known about their relationship.
Bill Melugin Height
Bill stands at a height of 6 feet 0 inches(1.7 m).
Salary
Melugin earns an estimated annual salary of $76,546.
Career
Since his first day at FOX News, Melugin has been at the vanguard of covering migrant crossings from the southern border, spending around half of his time there annually. Most recently, Melugin provided commentary on the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance live from Washington, D.C. on Inauguration Day 2025. Additionally, Melugin helped with the ongoing breaking news coverage of the January 2025 California wildfire disaster.
Melugin also helped with the thorough coverage of the Republican National Convention in 2024. He previously provided live reporting and analysis throughout the caucus and the days preceding it from the ground in Iowa. Melugin provided live coverage of the Robb Elementary School mass shooting in May 2022 from Uvalde, Texas, which claimed the lives of 19 children and two adults.
Furthermore, he has been reporting on the surge in migrants crossing the southern border from the Rio Grande. He covered Texas National Guardsman Bishop Evans’ drowning in the Rio Grande in April 2022. He shared copious drone and helicopter footage of hundreds of migrants crossing the southern border close to the International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, in September 2021.
Melugin worked as an investigative reporter for KTTV-TV Los Angeles before joining FNC. During his four years there, he won three local Emmy awards for investigative reporting. He assisted in breaking several stories in this role, such as the one about California Governor Gavin Newsom’s disregard for COVID-19 regulations while dining at the French Laundry.
Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Ingraham Angle, and The Story were among the FNC shows that aired his breaking news coverage while he was at KTTV. Before joining FNC, Melugin was a fill-in anchor at KFOX-TV in El Paso, Texas, and an anchor and investigative reporter at WJYZ-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Melugin has won three local Emmys for his investigative reporting in Los Angeles, two Golden Mike Awards for Best Investigative Journalism from the Radio & TV News Association of Southern California, and three regional Edward R. Murrow awards for hard news and breaking news reporting.
Net Worth
Bill has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
