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Wisdom Martin Channel 5 News Bio Wiki Age Wife Podcast Salary and net Worth

Wisdom Martin is an American anchor and reporter. He currently serves as the morning anchor at Fox5 in Washington D.C., Wisdom starts his day from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. and then from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Good Day DC. He has been with FOX 5 News team since 2003. Wisdom started his TV career while still a college student.

His first TV news job was at WAPT News working the teleprompter on the weekends.  From there, he became a news photographer, editor, and later sports reporter for the weekend shows prior to his graduation. During his free time, Wisdom spends time with his wife and children. He also likes working out, cooking, speaking at different schools, as well as coaching kids’ basketball and also baseball in the area.

He was born on September 25, 1985, in theUnited States of America. Wisdom is36 years oldand he celebrates his birthday on September 25 every year.

He is a man of above-average stature. Wisdom stands at a height of6 ft 0 in ( Approx 1.83m).

He was born to his fatherWisdom D Martinand his mother whose name has not been revealed. His father is a retired U.S. military man. Wisdom wished his mother “Mother’s Day” in a tweet on  May 8, 2015. He grew up along with his brother whose name has not been revealed. His father-in-law,McKinley Alexander, is a former professor at Jackson State University. Wisdom holds American nationality and belongs to the African-American ethnicity.

He married his wifeMonifa Martin. Together, the couple shares three children. Wisdom and Monifa are proud parents to two daughters and one son. His firstborn daughter was born in 2003. His son is called Martin Jr.

He and his wife Monifa shares two daughters and a son. The couple welcomed their first daughter in 2003.

He enrolled at Jackson State University and graduated with a degree in journalism.

He became part of the FOX 5 News team in 2003. Currently, Wisdom serves as the morning anchor at Fox5. He starts the day at 4 a.m. up to 6 a.m. and also from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Good Day DC. His TV career started while still a sophomore at Jackson State University. Wisdom got his first job in TV news as a teleprompter on the weekends at WAPT news. From there, Wisdom worked his way up to news photographer, and editor, and later became a sports reporter for the weekend shows even before his graduation

After leaving his graduation,  Martin became a news and sports reporter/anchor at KSEE based in Fresno, California. He also worked at WRAL based in Raleigh, North Carolina (Go Tar Heels!). Wisdom was a weekend anchor at CNN based in Atlanta, and an anchor/reporter at WKRN based in Nashville Tennessee.

While in Washington, Wisdom covered several big stories such as reporting live for several days in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and covering live reports in Miami on the murder of Sean Taylor, Washington Redskins football player. He was the first reporter to arrive on the scene of FOX 5’s award-winning coverage of the serial bank robberies in D.C.

Wisdom’s colleagues at Fox News Include;

Huel Perkins-anchor

Charlie Langton-tv personality

Alan Longstreet-meteorologist

Alex Boyer-anchor

Samantha Gannon-Sportscaster

Shirin Rajaee-anchor

Maureen Umeh-anchor

Marissa Mitchell-anchor

Holly Morris-reporter

Sue Palka-meteorologist

As a FOX 5 Anchor Wisdom sits down with reality TV stars, actors, and everyone in between. Nothing is off-limits as Wisdom brings his viewers unconventional wisdom on his podcastunconventional wisdom

His primary source of income is his job as the morning anchor at Fox5 in Washington D.C. Wisdom has an average salary of$72,458 per year.

He has accumulated a lot of wealth from her career which he started way back in college. Wisdom has an estimated net worth of$1,254,724.

Wisdom is a 36-year-old American journalist who was born on September 25, 1985, in the United States.

Wisdom is a man of above-average stature who stands at a height of6 ft 0 in ( Approx 1.83m).

Currently, Wisdom serves as the morning anchor at Fox5 in Washington D.C., Wisdom starts his day at 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. and then from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Good Day DC. He has been with FOX 5 News team since 2003.

He married his lovely wifeMonifa Martin. Together, the couple shares three children, two daughters, and one son.

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