Ben Aaron Bio
Ben Aaron is an American journalist who currently serves as featured correspondent on the 9 – 11 a.m. hours of the PIX11 Morning News. He joined the team as part of an expansion of the show in 2020 after a two-year run as co-host of the nationally syndicated Pickler & Ben with Kellie Pickler, for which he earned two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for “Best Host.”
However, Aaron is a former media personality for NBCUniversal’s LXTV and WNBC’s New York Live, and for the nationally syndicated Crazy Talk television series. From 2017 to 2019, he co-hosted the nationally syndicated TV talk show Pickler & Ben with country artist Kellie Pickler.
Moreover, Aaron began his journalism career on radio in 1999 at 18 years old working for Radio Disney. After a brief stint hosting a radio show in Tucson, Arizona, he moved to Los Angeles and landed an on-air television hosting job for Daybreak OC. This is an Orange County-based morning lifestyle/news show serving all of Los Angeles. From there he went to KSWB in San Diego continuing his work as a features reporter until WNBC in New York picked him up. Furthermore, Aaron has worked for NBCUniversal at WNBC as their host of New York Live. During his time there he received three consecutive Emmy Awards for “Best Features Reporter”.
However, Aaron was a co-host of the nationally syndicated television program, Crazy Talk. Additionally, he was a correspondent for Extra. In September 2017, Aaron began co-hosting Pickler & Ben, a syndicated talk show, with country star Kellie Pickler. Moreover, after that talk show’s cancellation in summer 2019, he returned to New York, staying employed by Pickler & Ben distributor Scripps as a morning features reporter for their newly acquired New York station, WPIX-TV at the start of 2020.
Ben Aaron Age
Aaron is 42 years old as of 2023. He was born on September 10, 1981 in New York, in the United States. In addition, Aaron celebrates his birthday on 10 September every year and his zodiac sign is Virgo.
Ben Aaron Height
Aaron stands tall at an average height of 5 feet 8 inches.
Ben Aaron Family
Aaron was born as Benjamin Aron Colonomos in New York in United States. She is the son to Janis Yudelson Salerno and Mark Colonomos of Jewish heritage. He grew up in Piermont, New York . Moreover, he graduated from Emerson College, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ben Aaron Wife
Aaron is happily married to his lovely wife Ginger Zee an ABC News Chief Meteorologist. They tied the knot on June 7, 2014. Aaron and his wife got engaged in August 2013. Moreover, they have two children a son Adrian Benjamin Colonomos who was born in December 2015 in Petoskey, Michigan. On August 14, 2017, Zee announced on Good Morning America that she was pregnant with the couple’s second child. However, on February 9, 2018, she gave birth to a boy, named Miles Macklin. In addition, the family resides in Rockland County, New York.
Ben Aaron Salary
Aaron earns an annual salary ranging between between $ 45,000 – $ 110,500 from his career as a featured correspondent on the 9 – 11 a.m. hours of the PIX11 Morning News.
Ben Aaron Net worth
Aaron has an estimated net worth of between 1 million – $5 Million as of 2023. His main source of income is his successful career as a journalist.