Fox News Signs KTTV’s Bill Melugin As National Correspondent

Fox News Channel has hired KTTV Los Angeles investigative reporter Bill Melugin as a national correspondent, announced. He will begin his new role on May 3 and will be based in FNC’s Los Angeles bureau.

In making the announcement, Jay Wallace, president and executive editor of Fox News Media said: “We are extremely proud to welcome Bill to the network. His investigative reporting skills are second to none, and he will be a great addition to our news team.”

Melugin said: “I am thrilled to be joining FNC as a national correspondent and look forward to working alongside their team of top journalists in shedding light on the most important stories of the day for viewers across the country.”

Since 2017, Melugin has been an investigative reporter for KTTV. A two-time recipient of Radio & TV News Association of Southern California’s Golden Mike Award for Best Investigative Journalism (2018 and 2019), he also was awarded a local Emmy award for his investigative reporting in 2019.

Prior to joining KTTV, Melugin worked as an anchor and investigative reporter at WJZY Charlotte, N.C., and as a fill-in anchor at KFOX El Paso, Texas. A native of Southern California, Melugin is a graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, where he majored in broadcast journalism.