Melanie Hastings Bio, Age, Height, WJLA, Net Worth, Salary, Parents, and Husband

Melanie Hastings Bio, Wiki

Melanie Hastings is an Emmy Award Winning American anchor/reporter working at WJLA-TV in Washington, DC serving as weekdays morning anchor from 7, 8, 9, & 11 am. She has been working with this station since 1991.

Melanie Hastings Age

Hastings is 67 years old as of 2023. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on the 9th of May 1955.  Accordingly, she celebrates her birthday on the 9th of May every year, and her zodiac sign is Taurus.

Melanie Hastings Height

Hastings stands approximately 5 feet 7  inches (1.7 m) and weighs around 73 kg.

Melanie Hastings Education

For her Education, Melanie enrolled and graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in Speech Communications.

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Melanie Hastings Career

Hastings works at WJLA-TV in Washington, DC serving as a weekday morning anchor. She anchored the station’s very 1st newscast when the 24-hour local news service was introduced as NewsChannel 8 in 1991. Melanie currently anchors Good Morning Washington at 4:24 a.m. on ABC7,  co-anchors the Midday Report on WJLA 24/7, and Good Morning Washington Express at 6 a.m. on WJLA 24/7.

Melanie has earned a few broadcasting awards including a commendation from American Women in Radio and Television, “Best Public Affairs” by the Associated Press, and was appointed for a regional Emmy Award. Her previous experience includes work reporting and anchoring for WTTV-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana,  KTVI-TV in St. Louis, Missouri, and WSAZ-TV in Huntington, West Virginia.

Melanie’s Hastings Net Worth

In Melanie’s career as an anchor/reporter, she was able to amass a net worth ranging between $1 Million-$ 5 Million.

Melanie Hastings Salary

Hastings acquires annual earnings that range between $ 110, 545 and $ 275, 425.

Melanie Hastings Parents and Siblings

Hastings was born and raised by her devoted parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She is the daughter of Mr. Jean Athanase (father) and Annabell Sayegh (mother). However, details on whether she has a sibling or not will be updated soon.

Melanie Hastings Husband

Hastings is married to married Edmund Ross Wotring Jr. The duo has been together for about four decades since April 19, 1980.

Melanie Hastings Kids

She and her husband are proud parents of two children, a son named Edmund Ross III Hastings and a daughter named Allison Stewart Hastings.

Melanie Hastings Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram

Hastings is vocal on her social media accounts where she posts often. On her Twitter account, she has about 2,543 Followers around 1K followers on her Facebook page, and 774 followers on her Instagram account.

Melanie Hastings WJLA

Hastings works at WJLA where she works alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;

  1. Jonathan Elias
  2. Michelle Marsh
  3. Alison Starling
  4. Scott Abraham
  5. Robert Burton
  6. Ashlie Rodriguez
  7. Veronica Johnson
  8. Britt Waters
  9. Steve Rudin
  10. Brian van de Graaff
  11. Eileen Whelan
  12. Dave Lucas
  13. Brad Bell
  14. Sam Ford
  15. Adrianna Hopkins
  16. Carl Willis
  17. Lisa Fletcher
  18. Caroline Patrickis
  19. Olivia Garvey
  20. Lindsey Mastis
  21. Heather Graf
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