Biography

Rob Nelson

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The famous news anchor, Rob Nelson is currently working as a  weekday reporter and weekend morning anchor at WABC-TV. He is also famous for co-authoring news program World News Now and American This Moring on the ABC.

Early Life, Bio, and Education Of Rob Nelson

Rob Nelson was born on 5th of June, 1978 New Jersey. He is American by nationality and belongs to African American ethnicity.

 
 
 
 
 
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Rob Nelson's Career

He co-anchored the program America This Morning and World News Now on ABC channel with numerous co-anchors, including Tanya Rivero, Paula Faris, Peggy Bunker, Vinita Nair and frequent fill-in Sunny Hostin. He initially joined ABC on July 12, 2010, and left on March 15, 2013.

He is a local of southern New Jersey and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before joining ABC channel he was an anchor for WWL-TV in New Orleans and also worked for the newspaper Times-Picayune. Rob Nelson succeeded as fill-in of John Muller as a co-anchor of 'World News Now' his immense popularity among the fans led him to become the regular fill-in for Muller. Nelson joined WABG-TV as co-anchor of the weekend morning newscasts, replacing Phil Lipot in January 2014.

Rob's broad reporting has taken him everywhere throughout the world, covering such various stories as Nelson Mandela's discharge from the doctor's facility months before his pa s sing, the capture of infamous Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, the prosecution famous athlete Oscar Pistorius and the homicide argument against previous New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez. Rob has likewise anchored breaking news scope of significant world occasions, including the demise of Osama receptacle Laden, the staggering Japan earthquake and tidal wave and the Aurora, Colorado motion picture theater slaughter.

Nelson separated himself on the overnight leading the network coverage of the Japanese tsunami, a story that broke just before WNN airtime. He likewise drove a two-hour ABC News Special Report taking after the late-night theater slaughter in Aurora, and he's reported frequently for the weekend versions of World News and GMA. As an overnight anchor, Rob's reporting, effortlessness, and funniness imbued every telecast with a triumphant style he culminated over numerous years covering the Big Easy at The Times-Picayune and WWL-TV, New Orleans' first-cla s s station. His enormous talent and the capability to attract audiences is the main reason for his ma s sive popularity. He can be called as one of the most popular TV anchors according to the audiences.

Rob Nelson's Net Worth and Salary

Rob Nelson has a net worth of around $1 million. An average salary of WABC-TV newscaster is supposed to be $32,000 – $41,000, so he also might be receiving his salary in the same range. 

Rob Nelson's Personal Life

As far as his personal life is concerned he is very secretive about it. He actually doesn't share his personal life apart of being a media person. There is no information about him being married or having any children and definitely no rumor about divorce. There is no information about his personal life.

He is a very talented and intelligent person with the unique quality of presenting news. People love to watch him on the screen sharing the latest news. His hard work is the USP of his success. 

Age, Body Measurements and Other Facts

  • Age: As of 2019, Rob Nelson is 41 years old. 
  • Birth Sign: Gemini
  • Height: He has a tall height of 5 feet 10 inches(1.78m).