Ken Rosato Biography
Ken Rosato is a nine-time Emmy Award-winning media personality who served as the morning anchor for WABC-TV in New York City from 2007 until May 2023. He joined WABC-TV in 2003 as a freelance reporter. Rosato was dismissed from WABC in May 2023 after he was caught making offensive comments directed at Shirleen Allicot, a co-anchor, on a hot mic. Previously, he worked as an anchor and reporter at WNYW in New York City from 2002 to 2003.
Ken Rosato Age
Rosato is 56 years old as of 2023. He was born on May 4, 1967, in Manhasset, New York, United States. He celebrated his 56th birthday in May 2023.
Ken Rosato Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches approximately 1.75 m or 175cm tall.
Ken Rosato Nationality
He holds an American Nationality.
Ken Rosato Education
Upon completing his high school education at Regis High School in New York City, he joined New York University and pursued a bachelor’s degree in Film, TV, and Radio. He also obtained a master’s degree in Spanish and Italian.
Ken Rosato Parents
Ken is the son of Dan Rosato (father) and Rosemarie Rosato (mother). However, there is no information on whether he has any siblings or not
Ken Rosato Husband
Who is Ken Rosato married to? Ken is married to Chris Sobel, an executive producer at WCBS. The couple has been together for 24-plus years and tied the knot on August 6th, 2016. On August 6th, 2023, they celebrated the 7th anniversary of their legal wedding.
Three years prior to dating, Ken worked as a priest in a church he helped found in Florida. He was a pastor at the Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Community, a chapel that he and fellow South Florida Catholics created in October 2000, which followed Roman Catholic ideologies but was not directly affiliated with the religious institution. Ken’s church said it encouraged parishioners to attend their masses “knowing that they will not be judged for their human frailties.”
In 2007, he officiated over the wedding of a fellow news reporter and a divorcée who was a “personal trainer with a bad-boy reputation,” according to a New York Times article.
Ken Rosato WABC-TV
Rosato was the morning anchor for WABC-TV in New York City from 2007 until May 2023. He joined WABC-TV in 2003 as a freelance reporter. On July 6, 2007, it was announced that Rosato would be joining Lori Stokes and Bill Evans as a co-anchor on Eyewitness News This Morning and Eyewitness News at Noon. He replaced reporter Steve Bartelstein, who had been fired a few months earlier.
Before his tenure at WABC-TV, Rosato worked as an anchor and reporter at WNYW in New York City from 2002 to 2003. He also spent time in Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as an anchor at WFOR-TV from 1998 to 2002. Additionally, Rosato worked as an anchor for 1010 WINS radio in New York City. He held the positions of news director and main anchor at WLNY-TV (now owned by CBS), and WBLI Long Island (where he was known as “Ken Rhodes”). He was also an assistant manager, program director, and disc jockey at WVIP Mount Kisco, New York.
On July 19, 2007, Rosato received an Emmy Award for his reporting on a steam pipe explosion in New York City. In April 2010 Rosato announced that he underwent surgery to remove a non-functioning kidney.
In May 2023, Rosato was dismissed from WABC. According to reports, he made an offensive comment directed at co-anchor Shirleen Allicot which was picked up by a hot mic; while the comment did not make air, it was heard by everyone in the studio.
Ken Rosato Salary
Rosato’s salary was around $500,000 annually as the Eyewitness News This Morning” anchor.
Ken Rosato Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of between $1 million and $ 5 million as of 2023.
