Ben Aaron | |
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| Born | Benjamin Aron Colonomos[1] (1981-09-10)September 10, 1981 (age 44) New York, US |
| Education | Emerson College |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Known for | Co-host forCrazy Talk andPickler & Ben |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Benjamin Aron Colonomos (born September 10, 1981) is aNew York City-based media personality formerly forNBCUniversal'sLXTV andWNBC'sNew York Live, and for the nationally syndicatedCrazy Talk television series. From 2017 to 2019, he co-hosted the nationally syndicated TVtalk showPickler & Ben with country artistKellie Pickler.[2] As of the start of 2020, he is a features reporter for thePIX11 Morning News onWPIX-TV in New York.[3]
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]
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 toKSWB in San Diego continuing his work as a features reporter untilWNBC in New York picked him up. He has worked forNBCUniversal at 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 Talk as 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-TV as a morning features reporter at the start of 2020.[3]
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 America that 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.
Aaron was born Benjamin Colonomos, but uses his middle name on television.
