Ken Rosato
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{{Short description|American television journalist}}
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| birth_date = May 4, 1967
| birth_place = New Rochelle, New York, US
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| education = New York University
| occupation = Journalist
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| awards = Emmy Award
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| credits = Morning anchor for WABC-TV (2007–2023)
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Ken Rosato is an American journalist who served as the morning anchor for WABC-TV in New York City from 2007 until 2023.{{cite news |last=Gay |first=Verne |date=May 16, 2023 |title=WABC/7 anchor Ken Rosato fired for offensive comment: Report |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/ken-rosato-eyewitness-news-tl0oxeri |access-date=May 18, 2023 |newspaper=Newsday}}
Early life and education
Rosato graduated from Regis High School in New York City. He then pursued a bachelor's degree in Film, TV, and Radio at New York University. Following his undergraduate studies, Rosato obtained a master's degree in Spanish and Italian.{{Cite web |last=Rubal |date=2023-05-16 |title=Is Ken Rosato Gay? A Role Model for LGBTQ+ Youth in Journalism! |url=https://thenewspocket.com/is-ken-rosato-gay/ |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=The News Pocket |language=en-GB}}
Career
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.{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.ncacus.com/our-history |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=My Site |language=en}} 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 a program director and disc jockey at WVIP Mount Kisco, New York.{{cite news |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2001/08/11/ken-rosato/ |title=Ken Rosato |first=James D. |last=Davis |newspaper=Sun-Sentinel |date=August 11, 2001 |access-date=August 14, 2023}}
= WABC-TV =
Rosato 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.{{cite web |url=http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=5455168 |title=Ken Rosato named Eyewitness News morning co-anchor|date=July 6, 2007|website=abclocal.go.com |access-date=May 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801215311/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=5455168|archive-date=August 1, 2009}} Rosato replaced reporter Steve Bartelstein, who had been fired a few months earlier.{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/good-morning-ch-7-new-co-anchor-article-1.269342|title=Good 'Morning' to Ch. 7's new co-anchor|last=Huff|first=Richard|date=July 7, 2007|newspaper=New York Daily News|access-date=May 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227062319/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/good-morning-ch-7-new-co-anchor-article-1.269342|archive-date=February 27, 2017}}
Rosato received an Emmy Award for his reporting on a steam pipe explosion in New York City on July 19, 2007.{{Cite web |title=Ken Rosato returns to Instagram with Father's Day post a month after ABC ouster over hot-mic remark |url=https://meaww.com/ken-rosato-returns-to-instagram-with-fathers-day-post-a-month-after-abc-ouster-over-hot-mic-remark |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=MEAWW |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Tisdale |first=Jennifer |date=2023-05-15 |title=WABC News Anchor Ken Rosato Was Fired After 20 Years on the Job — What Happened? |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/what-happened-to-ken-rosato |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Distractify |language=en-US}}
In April 2010, Rosato announced that he underwent surgery to remove a non-functioning kidney.{{cite web |url=http://abc7ny.com/archive/7373432|title=Ken Rosato Returns Thursday|date=April 29, 2010|website=abc7ny.com |access-date=May 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410135432/http://abc7ny.com/archive/7373432|archive-date=April 10, 2016}}
In May 2023, Rosato was dismissed from WABC. According to reports, he made an offensive comment while with a co-worker.
See also
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Category:American television journalists
Category:Television anchors from New York City
Category:New York (state) television reporters
Category:Television personalities from New Rochelle, New York
Category:American male journalists