Joe Arena Biography
Joe Arena is a well-known media personality who currently serves as the lead weekday afternoon/evening news anchor at News 12 Long Island, a 24-hour local cable news channel. He started working at News 12 in July 2022 after spending nearly a decade as an anchor/reporter at Channel 11. He began his career at Channel 11 as a weekday morning anchor and was later reassigned to a weekend morning anchor role in 2019.
Joe Arena Age
It’s unclear how old Joe is as his date and month of birth are undisclosed to the media despite appearing to be in his 40s.
Joe Arena Height
He is 5 feet 10 inches tall approximately 1.78 m or 178 cm.
Joe Arena Nationality
He holds an American Nationality.
Joe Arena Education
After he successfully graduated from high school, Joe attended and graduated from Syracuse University a private research university in Syracuse, New York in 1998 with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Broadcasting.
Joe Arena Family
Joe grew up in midtown Manhattan with his parents, Francesco Arena and Jean Arena. His mother was an advertising professional who famously created the Excedrin ad with the slogan “I have a headache this big.” Joe’s father, a former Marlboro Man model, later became a construction business owner. In addition, Joe’s older brother worked in advertising and was responsible for the popular Betty White Snickers commercial. Despite his family’s talent in the field, Joe humbly joked that he was the least skilled of them all. Both his mother and brother have since relocated to Long Island, where Joe recently joined them.
Joe Arena Wife
Arena and his wife Mary Clare have two daughters, aged 7 and 9. One of their daughters is named Jane.
Joe Arena News 12
Arena currently works as the lead weekday afternoon/evening news anchor at News 12 Long Island, a 24-hour local cable news channel. He has previously worked for almost a decade as an anchor/reporter at Channel 11, starting off as a weekday morning anchor before being moved to a weekend morning anchor role in 2019. Arena found this to offer a good balance between anchoring and reporting, but he eventually hoped for a larger role, which led him to join News 12. In addition, during November and May sweeps last year, Arena co-anchored Channel 11’s 4 p.m. weekday newscast with Susan Koeppen. Prior to moving to Pittsburgh in October 2012, Arena spent four years as an anchor at WIVB-TV in Buffalo, a similar market to Pittsburgh.
Joe Arena Salary
It is estimated that his annual earnings fall between $130,106 and $228,488.
Joe Arena Net Worth
Arena earned his estimated $1-$5 million net worth as an Anchor and Reporter.
