Marius Payton Biography

Marius Payton is an American journalist of African descent working for WSMV as an evening news anchor on weekdays. He joined the station in 2021. Previously, he worked for WNCN in Raleigh as an evening anchor.

Marius Payton Education

Payton attended Westminster College in Salt Lake City in 1989 after completing her high school education. He graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications.

Marius Payton Career

Payton works for WSMV as an evening news anchor on weekdays. He joined the station in 2021. Previously, he worked for WNCN in Raleigh as an evening anchor. Aside from providing special project investigative reports, he extensively broadcasted politics like an assignment where he was a co-moderator of the 2020 North Carolina Senatorial Debate between Thom Tillis and Cal Cunningham.

For three years, Payton worked for WHBQ in Memphis as a weekend news anchor and weekday reporter. While there, he received two Emmys and received nominations for two Edward R. Murrow awards. He broadcasted a sex trafficking story leading to the discovery of a young girl who had been missing for nearly 3 months. Also, he did a feature about the Memphis Veterans Administration which helped cause a new Accountability Act within the V.A.

Previously, he worked as a sports anchor and had career stops at KTVX in Salt Lake City, Comcast Sportsnet Mid-Atlantic in Washington, DC, and Mountain West Sports Network in Denver. He joined Comcast Sportsnet Houston during its debut in the summer of 2012. While there, he held different positions including anchoring and reporting roles.

Payton served as the host of CSN’s nightly scores and highlights show, Sportsnet Central, and provided Houston Astros pregame and postgame studio broadcasts. He worked as the lead reporter on Houston Texans broadcasts. His work also aired on NBC Sports Network. Payton extensively broadcasted the 2013 NBA All-Star Game. During the dissolving of CSN Houston in 2014, Payton decided to change to news.

Marius Payton Age

Payton 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 40s.

Marius Payton Height

Payton stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 6 inches

Marius Payton Family

Payton grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia alongside his younger brother and older brother. His parents divorced when he was younger. Before the divorce, his father, Halsey “Jose” Payton, took him to the boy’s Little League games in Virginia and bought him a bike for his birthday.

When his parents divorced, he rarely saw his father and was continuously heartbroken when his father didn’t show up as he had promised. Ultimately, his father relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah, didn’t pay child support, and hardly called his sons.

After graduating high school, Payton joined a college in Salt Lake City so that he could be near his dad. He lived with his father for a short period despite his father’s estranged behavior. Later, his father died from a cerebral brain hemorrhage in 1992. Before his death, his father worked as a car salesman.

Marius Payton Wife

Payton married Susan Alcauskas. Susan celebrates her birthday every November 28th evidenced by his Instagram post on November 28, 2022, where he wished her a happy birthday. Further, he has a daughter whom he regularly posts on his Instagram account.

Marius Payton Net Worth

Payton has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through being a journalist.

Marius Payton Salary

Payton earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.

Marius Payton Ill/Brain

After noticing frequent headaches and failure to pronounce certain words on the teleprompter, Payton and his wife visited a hospital where they discovered that he had near-total blockage in a major artery in his brain. The blockage prevented blood from going to half his brain.

Initially, the doctors didn’t discover the blockage till the doctors knew of his father’s fatal brain hemorrhage. They then ordered a brain scan which exposed a 70 percent blockage in an artery leading to his brain. He underwent an experimental procedure to improve blood flow around the artery blockage and into his brain after waiting for months to get into the program.

In 2017, he started undergoing external counterpulsation which would increase blood flow to the heart and brain. The treatment spanned an hour a day each weekday for 35 days. Within a few days, the headaches subsided, he could pronounce certain words, and the new scans showed blood flowing throughout his brain.