Randy Meier Biography
Randy Meier is an American Emmy Award-winning reporter and anchors working for FOX 9/KSMP-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He joined the station as a reporter and anchor.
Randy Meier Education
After graduating from high school and earning his High School Diploma in General Education, he had to further her education. He joined the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse to pursue his career course. After completing his studies there, he earned his bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications.
Randy Meier Career
Meier is a multiple Emmy Award-winning anchor and reporter at KSMP-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has worked in the Twin Cities market for over three decades. Meier anchors FOX 9 at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. and also FOX 9’s 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. news. In addition to his career stops, he worked for NBC News and MSNBC. During his time working for those stations, he served as a reporter and anchor.
Throughout his journalism career, he has reported and anchored many of Minnesota’s biggest stories including the kidnapping and discovery of Jacob Wetterling. Furthermore, it took him weeks to cover Minnesota’s tornados, fires, and floods. Governor Jesse Venura’s time in the State Capitol was media jackal by the governor. However, he worked hard where he was on the Iron Range covering the tragic loss of Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone.
Apart from his journalism career, he likes being involved and active in community and charity events. He has helped to raise money for cancer research and outreach organizations. During his leisure time, he likes spending time with his family at their cabin in northern Wisconsin, snowmobiling, skiing, hiking, and biking.
Randy Meier Age
Meier likes to keep his personal life private 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.
Randy Meier Height
Meier stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 9 inches.
Randy Meier Family
Meier was born and raised in the United States by her caring father and mother. He has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if he has any siblings.
Randy Meier Wife
Meier is married to his better half Kami Potterton Meier. She was his college girlfriend. The two have been married for over 35 years. Together they share five daughters. During their free time as a family, they like skiing, biking, snowmobiling, and hiking. The family resides on the east side of the Twin Cities. One of their daughters, Abby Meier, and her fiance tied the knot on October 21, 2017, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hartington officiated by the Revs.
Randy Meier Net Worth
Meier has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned from his successful career as a reporter and anchor.
Randy Meier Salary
Meier earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.
Meier’s Awards
Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards for his reporting and anchoring. In 2020, received an Emmy Award for his work on Oil Field of Dreams, an investigative report on the environmental impact of oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
In addition to that, he received a Page One Award and two Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for Oil Field of Dreams. During his working time at KSTP-TV, he won three other Emmys, a National Iris Award and the 2003 National Headliner Award for Best Newscast.
Randy Meier FOX 9
Meier works at FOX 9 where he works alongside other famous FOX 9 anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sports anchors including;
- Hannah Flood
- Leah Beno
- Tim Blotz
- Tom Butler
- Kelcey Carlson
- Bisi Onile-Ere
- Amy Hockert
- Alix Kendall
- Alex Lehnert
- Ian Leonard
- Kendall Mark
- Keith Marler
- Cody Matz
- Jennifer McDermed
- Dawn Mitchell
- Pierre Noujaim
- Kelly O’Connell
- Jim Rich
- Karen Scullin