Demetria Kalodimos Biography
Demetria Kalodimos is a television news presenter based in Nashville, Tennessee. She was formerly an anchor for WSMV-TV, an NBC affiliate based in Nashville, Tennessee, where she appeared on weeknight broadcasts at 6 and 10 p.m.
How old is Demetria Kalodimos? – Age
The television news presenter is 61 years old as of 2021. She was born in 1960 in Morton Grove, Illinois in the United States.
Demetria Kalodimos Parents
Kalodimos was born to parents Mike Kalodimos who is her father and Betty Kalodimos her mother. She holds an American nationality.
Demetria Kalodimos Education.
Kalodimos grew up in Morton Grove, in Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. She earned her bachelor’s degree in music education from Illinois Wesleyan University, where she lived in Dodds Hall, in 1981. She later earned a master of science degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In the early 1990s Kalodimos was part of a lawsuit involving a contractor she hired to build a home.
The contractor eventually filed for bankruptcy. In the late 1990s she went through a well-publicized divorce and faced sensational allegations regarding her behavior.
Demetria Kalodimos Marriage – Husband
The television news presenter is married. She is married to her husband known as Verlon Thompson. He is a renowned guitarist, singer, and songwriter. They dated for almost 8 years before tying the knot on 11 October 2008. Their ceremony was held at Thompson’s cabin in Fernvale, Tennesse. Though they are married for 12 years, they don’t have any children.
Previously, She was to her ex-husband, James Mauries. They were together for 13 years since they married in 1984. Mauris Sued Demetria for divorce, saying that she had physically abused him and threatened to kill him if he left her. After their divorce was finalized in 1997, she got a restraining order to harras, abuse, or threaten Mauries.
Demetria Kalodimos in WSMV
The television news presenter started her journalism career at WICD in Champaign, Illinois. She joined WSMV in Nashville in 1984. In 2000, She started Genuine Human productions, a documentary film company focusing on people. Her first feature-length documentary was pre-Madonna, a film about 1970s Nashville. The film won an award of excellence at the 2004 Berkeley Video and Film Festival.
Kalodimos’s contract with WSMV expired on December 31, 2017, and was not renewed. She was the longest continuously serving evening news anchor ever at WSMV.
Demetria Kalodimos Net worth
The television news presenter has a yearly salary that ranged between $350,000-$474,965. And her net worth is estimated around $5 million.