16-05-2025
Jay Scott Smith Joins WDIV in Detroit
Jay Scott Smith has joined Detroit NBC affiliate WDIV as a reporter.
'After 147 days on the shelf, a massive move back home, and a week to get my feet underneath me, I made my official debut on Channel 4 today,' he said on social media. 'It was kinda surreal but also felt like home. And it's great to be back home. And thanks to Kim and Ty for welcoming a brother into the fold. We'll do it again tomorrow.'
The Detroit native started in radio at WQHH-FM in Lansing. He's also worked at The Detroit News, WDET, and TheGrio - then a division of NBC News. He spent three years at Philadelphia's NPR station WHYY, where he won Best Newscast and two Best Sports Feature Awards from the PA Associated Press in 2016 and 2017. He then moved to KYW Newsradio in 2019.
He then moved to television at WPHL in Philadelphia and WGAL in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
