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Mike Klis Bio/ Wiki

Mike Klis is an American broadcast journalist working as a sports reporter for KUSA-TV, 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado. He joined the 9NEWS team on April 27, 2015, after spending seventeen years at The Denver Post in Greater Denver.

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Mike Klis Age

Klis is 66 years old as of 2025, he was born on January 24, 1959, in Aurora, Illinois, United States of America. However, he celebrates his birthday every January 24 and his zodiac sign is Aquarius.

Education Background

In September 1973, Klis joined Oswego High School and graduated in June 1977 with a high school diploma. During high school, he was a pretty good practice player and also a really good farmland, schoolyard, and sandlot athlete in Oswego. He later proceeded to Murray State University and four years later, he graduated in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism.

Mike Klis Career Experience

Klis works as the Broncos Insider at KUSA-TV, 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado. He joined the 9NEWS team on April 27, 2015. In addition to his role, he still writes and his stories about the Denver Broncos can be read on 9NEWS.com. Before joining 9NEWS, he worked as a sports reporter at The Denver Post in Greater Denver for seventeen years from January 1998 to April 2015. Prior to that, he also reported sports for Gazette Telegraph in Colorado Springs from December 1984 to January 1998.

During his tenure, Klis has covered numerous sports including preps, one of his first leads, from a high school basketball game. In addition, he also covered the Colorado Buffaloes, Colorado College Tigers (4-33-1 in his first hockey season), and Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox. However, he gained so much knowledge about the Broncos that he got a job at a TV station while writing and reporting.

After college, Klis worked as a gas station, convenience store clerk, weed eater, and snow shoveler. Furthermore, he served as a part-time sports writer for the Oswego Ledger Sentinel and part-time sports announcer for a now-defunct Aurora radio station. He also worked as an umpire, basketball referee, and player-coach of the Shuler’s Drugstore slow-pitch softball team. He later moved to Colorado Springs and got his first job as a dishwasher at the Air Force Academy’s freshman cafeteria. In addition, he also served as a radio play-by-play for Colorado Springs Christian High School Basketball.

Mike Klis’s Height

Klis has an approximate average height of 5 feet and 7 inches equal to 170.18 cm.

Mike Klis’s wife

Klis is married to his dear wife Becky. The two meet at Coors Field, where she still works as a suite attendant. The couple is blessed with four children who make Mike go upstairs if he wants to watch sports on TV.

Parent and Siblings

Klis was born and raised in Aurora, Illinois, by his parents Joseph and MaryAnn. He is the first-born son and the oldest of six kids. He felt pressure from the crib and when he was 8 years old he moved six miles down the road to Oswego, Illinois.

Mike Klis’s Children

Klis together with his wife Becky are proud parents of four children, Kaitlyn, Blake, Brittney, and Johnny. His son Blake is a paramedic in the Denver area.

Salary

Klis has an average salary range of between $30,000 and $80,000 from working as a Broncos Insider at KUSA-TV, 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado.

Mike Klis’s Net Worth

Klis has an estimated net worth of $1 million to $5 million, reflecting his successful career in the media industry. His major source of income is mainly associated with working as a journalist.

Mike Klis’s Social Media Accounts

Klis frequently uses social media sites where he interacts and connects with his followers by sharing information about his professional and personal encounters. Some of his platforms include Twitter @mikeklis with more than 112.1k followers, Instagram klis.mike with more than 2.1k followers, and Facebook Mike Klis with more than 4k followers.

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