Frank Buckley Ktla Bio Wiki Age Height Family Wife Interviews Salary and Net Worth
Frank Buckley is an American anchor and reporter. The Award-winning broadcast journalist currently serves as an anchor at KTLA. There, Frank anchors the station’s Emmy Award-winning show and the L.A.’s No.1-rated KTLA 5 Morning News. He is also the host of a TV show as well as a podcast that airs on KTLA Weekends. The podcast also streams live on his Youtube.
As a reporter, Frank got a chance to visit every city in Southern California. He has also been to different locations all over the world. In 2011, Frank has the privilege to visit Japan to cover some breaking news for KTLA. In Japan, Frank reported live the devastating tsunami struck, he reported from the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture called Sendai. Additionally, during the presidential election, Frank went cover breaking news from London. He as well reported a terror attack in Iran.
He was born on February 9, 1964, in Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino, California,United States of America. Frank is58 years old.
He is a man of above-average stature. Frank stands at a height of5 ft 11 in ( Approx 1.8m).
He was born to his father and mother on February 9, 1964, in Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino, California, United States. However, Frank has maintained a very low key about his parents and siblings.
He is a married man. He married his wifeElena Buckley in 1995.The couple celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on May 13, 2020. Frank posted on his Facebook page:Elena is still my everything after 25 years of marriage.On May 13, 2022, he posted their wedding photo on his Instagram account with the captionI’m a lucky, lucky man. I married this beautiful woman 27 years ago today.
He holds a double major in broadcast journalism and history from the University of South California. Frank graduated from the university in 1987.
He became part of KTLA in 2005. Frank holds numerous awards, such as Emmys for hard news reporting, for news special and his coverage of the Hong Kong handover, as well as for entertainment programming. He has another award for co-hosting KTLA’s Rose Parade pre-show. He also holds other awards from the Los Angeles Press Club, such as the best documentary for KTLA’s“When Disaster Strikes: A Survival Guide”.
Frank has other honors such as APTRA Awards presented by the Associated Press Television-Radio Association. Golden Mike Awards from the Radio and Television News Association as well as the national Americanism in News Media Award. In 2019, his Interviews podcast was nominated for the Los Angeles Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Award.
Again, in 2020, the same program was nominated for an Emmy Awards. Before working for KTLA and CNN, Frank worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles station KCAL-TV from 1992 to 1999. he as well worked at WXII-TV based in Winston-Salem, N.C., and also at KESQ-TV based in Palm Springs.
Frank’s colleagues at Ktla include:
Eric Spillman-reporter
Jennifer McGraw-reporter
Rick Chambers– anchor
Kimberly Cheng-reporter
Gayle Anderson-reporter
Samantha Cortese– anchor
Liberte Chan– meteorologist
Ellina Abovian-anchor
Rich DeMuro-reporter
He currently anchors KTLA’s signature broadcast, L.A.’s No.1-rated KTLA 5 Morning News. The show airs every weekday from 7 am to 11 a.m. He is also the host as well as the executive producer of the weekly podcast and TV show calledFrank Buckley Interviews.The show airs every weekend on KTLA. It also streams live on YouTube as well as all podcast platforms. Additionally, Frank co-anchorsInside California Politics. The show airs on weekends on KTLA as well as other Nexstar TV stations.
He was born to an American father and a Japanese mother. Therefore, Frank belongs to a mixed ethnicity but holds American nationality by birth.
His main source of income is his role as an anchor at KTLA. Frank earns an average salary of$77,276 per year.
He has a very successful career which acts as the pillar of his wealth. Frank has an estimated net worth of$1.2 million.
Frank was born on February 9, 1964, in Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino, California,United States of America. He is58 years old.
He is a married man. He married his wifeElena Buckley in 1995.The couple celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on May 13, 2020. Frank posted on his Facebook page:Elena is still my everything after 25 years of marriage.On May 13, 2022, he posted their wedding photo on his Instagram account with the captionI’m a lucky, lucky man. I married this beautiful woman 27 years ago today.
Frank is an American anchor and reporter. The Award-winning broadcast journalist currently serves as an anchor at KTLA. There, Frank anchors the station’s Emmy Award-winning show and the L.A.’s No.1-rated KTLA 5 Morning News. He is also the host of a TV show as well as a podcast that airs on KTLA Weekends. The podcast also streams live on his Youtube.
