23 Facts About Jodi Applegate

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Jodi Applegate was born on May 2,1964 and is an American broadcast journalist.

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Jodi Applegate served as an anchorwoman at local stations as well as nationally for MSNBC and NBC News.

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Jodi Applegate spent her freshman year at Temple University in Philadelphia.

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Jodi Applegate transferred as a sophomore to New York University, where she received a degree in television and film.

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In 1987, Jodi Applegate appeared in a television version of the Mercer Mayer children's book There's a Nightmare in My Closet, as the main character's mother.

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Jodi Applegate later worked as a radio and television traffic reporter for Metro Traffic in San Francisco.

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From 1993 to 1996, Jodi Applegate hosted Good Morning Arizona on KTVK in Phoenix.

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In Reno is where Jodi Applegate met Rob Nikoleski, who was the sports news director at a competing Reno station, KOLO.

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In 1996, Jodi Applegate was the first face seen on the cable network MSNBC at the station's launch.

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Jodi Applegate anchored MSNBC Live and Weekend Today on the main NBC network.

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Jodi Applegate filled in as a substitute host on the Today show.

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Jodi Applegate anchored the short-lived Fox 25 News at 4:30 newscast then moved to 5:00 by early 2002.

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Jodi Applegate anchored the Fox 25 Morning News for about a year from September 2003, then moved to New York sister station WNYW in October 2004.

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Jodi Applegate joined WNYW as co-anchor of the station's morning program, Good Day New York, in 2005.

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Jodi Applegate remained there for three years and was replaced in the role by Rosanna Scotto in 2008.

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On May 28,2008, Jodi Applegate made a one time only appearance in the Broadway musical Chicago.

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In 2009, Jodi Applegate began work as a fill-in anchor on all-news WCBS radio.

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Jodi Applegate guest-hosted Living Today on Sirius XM Radio's Martha Stewart Living Radio channel, filling in for another former Good Day New York anchor, Mario Bosquez.

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Jodi Applegate guest-hosted radio talk shows hosted by Joan Hamburg on WOR in New York, and Howie Carr on WRKO in Boston.

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Jodi Applegate made a return to television news in September 2009 when she joined News 12 Long Island as an evening co-anchor.

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Jodi Applegate anchored the station's hour-long 5:00 PM newscast, which was launched in the fall of 2011.

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Jodi Applegate married New York Yankees television broadcaster Michael Kay on February 12,2011, in New York City.

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On November 21,2012, it was announced that Jodi Applegate was expecting a baby, which was conceived by way of a gestational surrogate.