Matt Belanger Biography
Matt Belanger is a journalist working as the weekday Morning News Anchor at KSTP 5 Eyewitness News. She joined the KSTP 5 Eyewitness News team in June 2016.
How old is Matt Belanger? – Age
Matt was born and raised in York County, PA. His date of birth is not revealed.
Matt Belanger Education
Matt earned a bachelor’s degree in communications and political science from Elon University in North Carolina. Matt has received numerous awards for his investigative work over the years, including three regional Emmy Awards and five Associated Press first-place awards.
Matt Belanger Wife
He secretly married his long-term boyfriend in a simple ceremony in another country. He is known for zealously protecting his privacy and rarely reveals details about his private life or personal life to the media.
Matt Belanger Attack
On May 12, 2020, Matt was attacked by a civilian named Vennie Jerome Williams in Minneapolis. Vennie Jerome Williams threw something at Belanger’s face, striking his left eye and causing corneal and ocular abrasion to the KSTP anchor. The corneal and ocular abrasion damage, according to doctors, would result in permanent damage to Matt’s left eye. Vennie Jerome Williams hurled homophobic rants after being apprehended, concluding that he struck Matt Belanger because he was gay.
Vennie Jerome Williams was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and harassment with intent to injure. Despite this, Belanger is now in good health and has returned to the newsroom.
Matt Belanger Career
He’s been a reporter and now co-anchors the Midday newscast with Leah McLean. He relocated to the Twin Cities from Atlanta, Georgia, where he was an anchor and reporter for WSB-TV. Matt previously worked at WTAE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and WGAL-TV in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is no stranger to the Midwest, having begun his career at KELO-TV in Sioux Falls, SD.
KSTP-TV (virtual channel 5) is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Saint Paul, Minnesota, that serves the Twin Cities television market. Hubbard Broadcasting, based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, owns the station and has done so since its inception. KSTP-TV is part of a duopoly with Minneapolis-licensed independent station KSTC-TV (channel 5.2), and it is also the sister station to radio stations KSTP (1500 AM), KSTP-FM (94.5), and KTMY (107.1 FM). The five stations share studio space on University Avenue, near the Saint Paul–Minneapolis border; KSTP-transmitter TV’s is housed at Telefarm Towers in Shoreview, Minnesota.
Matt Belanger Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1 Million.