Adam Benigni Biography
Adam Benigni is an American Emmy-nominated journalist who serves WGRZ as the sports director and a substitute news anchor on the weekday evening news. Additionally, he anchors the evening sportscasts from Sunday to Thursday and hosts Sports Talk Sunday. He joined the station in July 1997 as a weekend anchor. Further, he has served the station for more than 2 and a half decades. Previously, he served the NBC affiliate in Syracuse, WSTM as a sports anchor and reporter for 5 years.
Adam Benigni Age
Benigni is 52 years old as of 2021. He was born on May 17, 1969, in the United States of America. He celebrates his birthday on the 17th of May every year.
Adam Benigni Height
Benigni stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Adam Benigni Family
Benigni has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Benigni has any siblings.
Adam Benigni Wife
Benigni is married to Lorrie Turner. He resides in Amherst with his wife and their two rescue spaniels Sadie and Cabo, along with their rescue cockapoo Dublin.
Adam Benigni Net Worth
Benigni has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his career as a sports director and fill-in anchor.
Adam Benigni Salary
Benigni earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Adam Benigni Education
After completing his high school education, Benigni attended and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Adam Benigni Career
Benigni serves WGRZ as the sports director and a substitute news anchor on the weekday evening news. Additionally, he anchors the evening sportscasts from Sunday to Thursday and hosts Sports Talk Sunday. He joined the station in July 1997 as a weekend anchor. Further, he has served the station for more than 2 and a half decades.
Previously, he served the NBC affiliate in Syracuse, WSTM as a sports anchor and reporter for 5 years. When he first joined the WGRZ-TV news team, his first job was the Sabres introduced Lindy Ruff as head coach. While in Buffalo, he has covered everything from the Sabre’s numerous playoff runs, a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1999, to the Bills.
In his journalism career, he has received many awards including four Emmy nominations, a Best of Gannett for sports anchoring and reporting in 2006, an Associated Press first-place award for his coverage of the Sabres season-opening trip to Europe in 2011, and two Edward R. Murrow regional award for sports reporting.
Bridgewater, Massachusetts is his native home. Furthermore, he has also worked as a radio color commentator for the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League during his time in Central New York.
Adam Benigni WGRZ-TV
Benigni is working at WGRZ-TV where he works alongside other famous WGRZ-TV anchors and reporters including;
- Julianne Pelusi
- Ashley Holder
- Liz Lewin
- Danielle Church
- Jackie Roberts
- Elyse Smith
- Maria Genero
- Heather Waldman
- Patrick Hammer
- Kate Welshofer
- Ron Plants
- Claudine Ewing
- Heather Ly
- Kelly Dudzik
- Micheal Wooten
- Pete Gallivan
- Melissa Holmes
- Maryalice Demler
- Scott Levin
Adam Benigni Social Media Platforms
Benigni is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Instagram, and Twitter. He has over 15k followers on Twitter, and over 1k followers on Instagram.