Ben Aaron
Ben Aaron | |
|---|---|
| Born | Benjamin Aron Colonomos[1] September 10, 1981 New York,US |
| Education | Emerson College |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Known for | Co-host forCrazy TalkandPickler & Ben |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Benjamin Aron Colonomos(born September 10, 1981) is aNew York City-based media personality formerly forNBCUniversal'sLXTVandWNBC'sNew York Live,and for the nationally syndicatedCrazy Talktelevision series. From 2017 to 2019, he co-hosted the nationally syndicated TVtalk showPickler & Benwith country artistKellie Pickler.[2]As of the start of 2020, he is a features reporter for thePIX11 Morning NewsonWPIX-TVin New York.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Benjamin Aron Colonomos[4]was born on September 10, 1981,[5]in New York to Janis Yudelson Salerno and Mark Colonomos of Jewish heritage.[6][7][8]He grew up inPiermont,New York[9]and graduated fromEmerson College,inBoston,Massachusetts.[5]
Career
[edit]Aaron started his journalism career on radio in 1999 at 18 years old working forRadio Disney.[10]After a brief stint hosting a radio show in Tucson, Arizona, he moved to Los Angeles and landed an on-air television hosting job forDaybreak OC,an Orange County-based morning lifestyle/news show serving all of Los Angeles. From there he went toKSWBin San Diego continuing his work as a features reporter untilWNBCin New York picked him up. He has worked forNBCUniversalat WNBC as their host ofNew York Live.[10]There he received three consecutive Emmy Awards for "Best Features Reporter". He was a co-host of the nationally syndicated television program,Crazy Talkas well as being a correspondent forExtra.[11][12]In September 2017, Aaron began co-hostingPickler & Ben,a syndicated talk show, with country starKellie Pickler.[13]After that talk show's cancellation in summer 2019, he returned to New York working forWPIX-TVas a morning features reporter at the start of 2020.[3]
Personal life
[edit]In August 2013, Aaron became engaged to ABC News Chief MeteorologistGinger Zee.[14]The couple wed on June 7, 2014.[15]Their son Adrian Benjamin Colonomos was born in December 2015.[16]inPetoskey,Michigan.[17]On August 14, 2017, Zee announced onGood Morning Americathat she was pregnant with the couple's second child. On February 9, 2018, she gave birth to a boy, named Miles Macklin.[16]The family lives in Rockland County, New York.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Zee, Ginger (2017).Natural Disaster: I Cover Them. I Am One.Los Angeles: Kingswell. p. 244.
- ^Morona, Joey (September 18, 2017)."Kellie Pickler's new talk show 'Pickler & Ben' offers a little bit of everything".The Plain Dealer.RetrievedSeptember 21,2017.
- ^ab"PIX11 announces Morning News expansion; station adds 9 a.m. hour beginning Jan. 2020"(Press release). WPIX-TV. 18 December 2019.Retrieved31 December2019.
- ^Good, Dan (December 20, 2015)."ABC News meteorologist Ginger Zee, husband Ben Aaron welcome son's birth".Daily News.New York City.Archivedfrom the original on June 9, 2016.RetrievedAugust 14,2017.
Aaron was born Benjamin Colonomos, but uses his middle name on television.
- ^abBen Aaron."About".Facebook.Archivedfrom the original on August 14, 2017.RetrievedOctober 28,2015.
- ^Mark Colonomos (January 19, 2013)."Fathers Day KDOC. Ben Aaron".KDOC-TV.YouTube.RetrievedOctober 28,2015.
- ^Ben Aaron (December 28, 2010)."Mother".Facebook.RetrievedOctober 28,2015.
- ^Ben Aaron Meets Amish MaryYouTube. 17 June 2013
- ^Zee, Ginger (2017).Natural Disaster: I Cover Them. I Am One.Los Angeles: Kingswell. p. 251.
- ^abNBC Universal link
- ^Joi-Marie McKenzie (September 17, 2015).""Crazy Talk" Co-Host and Ginger Zee's Husband Ben Aaron Says Fatherhood Makes Him 'Nervous'; Talks New Show ".ABC News Radio.RetrievedOctober 28,2015.
- ^KDFW(October 5, 2015)."New comedy show 'Crazy Talk' comes to my27".KDFW.RetrievedOctober 28,2015.
- ^Miller, Valerie."Scripps Greenlights New Lifestyle Talk Show in Partnership with Faith Hill".Scripps.E.W. Scripps.RetrievedAugust 18,2017.
- ^"Ginger Zee: Taken by storm".Splash.Chicago Splash. May 30, 2014. Archived fromthe originalon June 10, 2016.RetrievedJune 9,2014.
- ^Strohm, Emily (June 7, 2014)."Ginger Zee Marries Ben Aaron".People.RetrievedAugust 14,2017.
- ^ab"ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Zee expecting 2nd child".ABC News.August 14, 2017.RetrievedAugust 14,2017.
- ^Chance, Todd (June 8, 2014)."Ginger Zee's wedding: See the 'after party' pictures from Petoskey".MLive.Archivedfrom the original on April 5, 2016.RetrievedAugust 14,2017.
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American Jews
- 21st-century American journalists
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- American male journalists
- American male non-fiction writers
- Emerson College alumni
- Jewish American journalists
- Jewish American non-fiction writers
- Journalists from New York (state)
- Journalists from New York City
- People from Rockland County, New York
- Television personalities from New York City
- Writers from New York City