Michael Kay

Michael Neil Kay is a television personality who does play-by-play broadcasting. He is also the host of the show CenterStage on the YES Network. The Michael Kay Show, which airs on WEPN-FM in New York City and simulcast on ESPN Xtra on XM Satellite Radio, is hosted by Michael.

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Biography and Early Life

Michael Neil Kay or Michael Kay was born on February 2, 1961, in the Bronx in New York in the United States of America.

Not much about his parents is known except that the name of his mother is Rose Kay. It is said that his father had passed away just a few months after he was born. Even though he lost his father, his mother never let him and his sister feel the loss of his father. He has a sister named Debbie Kay. Michael Kay is the nephew of the well-known actor Danny Aiello.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Michael Kay in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Michael Kay’s age is 60 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 2 February 1961. Though, he is 6′ 4″ in feet and inches and 193 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 196lbs in Pound and 89kg in Kilograms.

Education

Kay did his initial schooling at Bronx High School of Science. After that, he began reporting at the Fordham University for WFUV and did a Bachelor of Arts course on communication from the same university.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

On February 12, 2011, Kay got married to the television journalist Jodi Applegate where New York’s former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani officiated. Several well-known personalities were seen at the wedding, namely Al Leiter, Tino Martinez, Paul O’Neill, actor Robert DeNiro, actor Bobby Cannavale, and his uncle actor Danny Aiello.

The couple has one daughter and a son. Their daughter Caledonia Rose Kay was born on January 5, 2013, and their son, Charles Applegate, was born on November 14, 2014.

In 2019, he had revealed that he needed to have a vocal cord surgery which is why he shall be out of broadcasting from July to August in that very same year. He returned to his job in the mid of August.

Is Michael Kay Gay?

He is married to the television journalist Jodi Applegate since 2011. They also have two children. It can be concluded that he is not a gay man.

Professional Career

Although Kay started reporting since his school days but professionally, he started broadcasting in the year 1982. As a general assignment writer, he has worked for the New York Post with sports-specific assignments to college basketball, the National Basketball Association, and the New Jersey Nets coming up over time.

Although in 1989, he started working for the Daily News, he continued working on the Yankees. He also started working for the Madison Square Network as a Yankee reporter.

Kay had worked as a partner with John Sterling. From 1992 to 2001, they served as the WABC team’s radio announcers. In 1998, they combined once again and started a show called the Sports Talk with John Sterling and Michael Kay. It’s been a night show on WABC.

Michael had started working with the newly launched YES Network on television when WCBS had acquired the radio rights to the Yankees broadcasts in 2002. Kay has been the television play-by-play announcer since then.

He has worked with YES Network with different partners. Often, his partners were changed in the same season, sometimes even 3 to 4 times. Some of them were Jim Kaat, David Cone, and Bobby Murcer.

In the year 2002, Kay had started hosting a drive time talk show called The Michael Kay Show on WEPN (former WEVD). In that same year, he hosted the CentreStage, an interview format show which aired on YES Network.

Awards

Kay has been in the nominations for New York Emmy Awards for his work with the YES Network and his show called the CentreStage. He finally received one Emmy Award for his work on YES Network.

He was honored with the Dick Young Award for Excellence in Sports by the New York Pro Baseball Scouts in 1995.

He had received an Emmy Award for the Outstanding Live Sports Coverage Series in the year 1998.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Michael Kay in 2021

Michael Kay’s net worth as of 2021, is $4 million. Most of his earnings come from broadcasting sports events and his television play-by-play broadcasting. He has a pretty successful career, so his net worth is not surprising at all.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

Michael Kay is a part of the successful chain of WFUV alumni, which includes some well-known sports broadcasters like Bob Papa, Mike Breen, Gary Stanley, Ed Randall, Tony Reali, Vin Scully, Jack Curry, Spero Dedes, Chris Carrino, and Sal Marchiano.

He is very well known for some of the catchphrases which he uses while broadcasting a tournament.

Michael Kay is among those people who have lived their dream since their childhood. He had got into reporting at a very young age. Thus, he reached heights at such an age, where others like him were still struggling. Today he is one of the most popular sports broadcasters.