Jim Mertens Biography
Jim Mertens is an American journalist working for KCRG-TV9 as an anchor of KCRG-TV9 News First at Four and KCRG-TV9 News at 6 and 10. He joined the station in May 2022 after broadcasting eastern Iowa and western Illinois from the Quad Cities at WQAD for 27 years.
Jim Mertens Education
Mertens joined the University of Winsconsin-Eau Claire in 1980 when he finished his high school education in Fond du Lac Wisconsin. In 1984, he graduated with a Bachelor Of Arts degree in Journalism. During his time in high school, he was a newspaper editor and local radio announcer.
Jim Mertens Career
Mertens works for KCRG-TV9 as an anchor of KCRG-TV9 News First at Four and KCRG-TV9 News at 6 and 10. Previously, he broadcasted eastern Iowa and western Illinois from the Quad Cities at WQAD for 27 years. He started his career in high school as a newspaper editor and local radio announcer in Fond du Lac Wisconsin. While in college, he began working at WAXX/WAYY Radio as a news reporter and anchor. Mertens then worked as an anchor, reporter, and producer at WEAU-TV in Eau Claire, before moving to its sister station, WWMT in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
He later joined the team at WQAD-TV in the Quad Cities in 1995, as an anchor, reporter, and public affairs host. He has covered the Iowa Caucuses, the floods of 1993, and 2008, and the derecho that tore across Iowa in August 2020. Mertens is a Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association board member and a past president of the Iowa Broadcast News Association and the Northwest Broadcast News Association.
Jim Mertens Age
Mertens likes to keep his personal life private and hence has not yet disclosed the year and month he was born. It is therefore not known when he celebrates his birthday. However, he might be in his 50s.
Jim Mertens Height
Mertens stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 12 inches (Approx. 1.83 meters) tall.
Jim Mertens Family
Mertens was born and brought up in Cedar Rapids and later Manitowoc, Wisconsin by his parents. His parents were born, brought up, and married in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Jim’s father was a die-hard Cubs fan- though Jim mostly roots for the Brewers and is also a fan of the Green Bay Packers.
Jim Mertens Wife
Mertens is very private about his personal life therefore it is not known if he is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of him being in any past relationship with anyone.
Jim Mertens’s Net Worth
Mertens has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through being an anchor and reporter.
Jim Mertens’s Salary
Mertens earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.
KCRG-TV9
Mertens works at KCRG-TV9 where he works alongside other famous KCRG anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sports anchors including;
- Beth Malicki
- Kristin Rogers
- Jackie Kennon
- Becky Phelps
- Emily Schrad
- Joe Winters
- Jan Ryherd
- Corey Thompson
- Hannah Messier
- Scott Saville
- Jack Lido