Steve Kmetko Biography
Steve Kmetko is a broadcast and entertainment journalist from the United States. Kmetko began his career as a news anchor and reporter in the Midwest of the United States before moving to Los Angeles, California, and embarking on a 30-year career as an entertainment journalist and television news show host.
How old is Steve Kmetko? – Age
He is 69 years old as of 16 February 2022. He was born in 1953 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States. His realname is Stephen James Kmetko.
Steve Kmetko Family – Education
Kmetko is the fifth child of Rev. Andrew and Alice Gladys (née Newman) Kmetko. In 1970, Kmetko graduated from William Howard Taft High School in Chicago, Illinois. Kmetko earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Columbia College Chicago in 1976.
Steve Kmetko Partner
Kmetko avoided discussing his personal life in interviews for years. However, in 1999, he was interviewed by Judy Wieder, Editor-in-Chief of The Advocate magazine. Kmetko talked about his past as a closeted gay man and why he decided to come out.
Steve Kmetko Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth is $5 Million.
Steve Kmetko E! News
Kmetko was hired as co-anchor of E! News Daily and E! News Weekend in 1994, where he covered the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Cannes Film Festival, and other high-profile events. Kmetko also hosted the E! Entertainment Report, which was distributed daily to NBC affiliates across the country. “E! News Daily” expanded from a half-hour to an hour of entertainment news in 1997. E! increased its production staff in Los Angeles by half and established a satellite bureau in New York.
Steve Kmetko Career
Kmetko began his career as a broadcast reporter. Kmetko claims that after watching the local news team, he called the station and insisted on doing a better job. “They put me in front of the camera and told me to read. He was hired by the station a week later.
Kmetko then went on to work as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter for WAVE-TV in Louisville, Kentucky, and WOTV (now WOOD-TV) in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Kmetko was hired as a general assignment reporter by CBS’s Los Angeles affiliate KCBS in 1982, later moving to a four-day-a-week schedule as the station’s entertainment reporter. Kmetko stated that he enjoyed reporting on entertainment.
In September 1986, Kmetko was the anchor of The Rock ‘N Roll Evening News, a “pop music-oriented show” created and written for King World Productions by producer Andy Friendly. Friendly was the creator of Entertainment Tonight. Kmetko also worked for CBS This Morning and hosted the syndicated entertainment show Studio 22.
On October 4, 2005, Kmetko hosted the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association’s Excellence in Journalism Awards at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, California. Kmetko was hired as the anchor, producer, and writer for Q Television Network World News in 2006. Kmetko was hired as a general assignment reporter for KTTV Fox 11 News in Los Angeles in May 2007. Kmetko worked as a producer and reporter for theadvocate.com, the website of the gay news magazine The Advocate, on several video segments about California’s gay marriage ruling.