Benjamin "Ben" Aron Colonomos (born September 10, 1981) is a New York City-based media personality formerly for NBC Universal's LXTV and WNBC's New York Live, and for the nationally syndicated Crazy Talk television series. Currently he co-hosts the Scripps-produced talk show Pickler & Ben with country artist Kellie Pickler, which airs on Scripps stations and CMT; the show is produced out of Scripps' Nashville station, WTVF.
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Early life and education
Benjamin Aron Colonomos was born on September 10, 1981, in New York to Janis Yudelson Salerno and Mark Colonomos. He grew up in Piermont, New York and graduated from Emerson College, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Career
Aaron started his journalism career on radio in 1999 at 18 years old working for "Radio Disney". After a brief stint hosting a radio show in Tucson, Arizona, he moved to L.A. and landed an on-air television hosting job for "Daybreak OC", an Orange County-based morning lifestyle/news show serving all of Los Angeles. From there he went to "Fox" in San Diego continuing his work as a features reporter until WNBC in NY picked him up. He has worked for NBC Universal at WNBC as their host of "New York Live" and as a part of their LXTV-branded series'. There he received three consecutive "Emmy Awards" for "Best Features Reporter". His was a co-host of the nationally syndicated television program, Crazy Talk as well as being a correspondent for EXTRA. In September 2017, Ben began co-hosting Pickler & Ben, a syndicated talk show, with country star Kellie Pickler.
Personal life
In August 2013, Aaron became engaged to ABC News Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee. The couple wed on June 7, 2014. Their son Adrian Benjamin Colonomos was born in December 2015. in Petoskey, Michigan. On August 14, 2017, she announced on Good Morning America she is pregnant with her second child. The family resides in New York City. Due to Aaron's new show, he travels between home and Nashville, Tennessee.
References
External links
- Ben Aaron on Facebook
- Ben Aaron on Twitter
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