Ben Smith Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife, WHNT, Net Worth, and Salary

Ben Smith Biography

Ben Smith is an American Emmy award-winning meteorologist working for WHNT-TV in Huntsville, Alabama. He joined the station in April 2010. 

Ben Smith Age

Smith was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States. He likes to keep his personal life private hence he has not yet disclosed the date, month, or year he was born. However, he might be in his 50’s.

Ben Smith Height

Smith stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall.

Ben Smith Family

Smith 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 Smith has any siblings.

Ben Smith Wife 

Smith is very private about his personal life therefore it is not known if he is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of him being in any past relationship with anyone.

Ben Smith Net Worth

Smith has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his career as a journalist.

Ben Smith Salary

Smith earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.

Ben Smith Education

Smith attended East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, after graduating from high school, and earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications with a minor in Geography in 1996. While working at WNCT, he went back to school and got a degree in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University.

Ben Smith Career

Smith serves at WHNT News 19 as a weekday morning meteorologist based in Huntsville, Alabama. His first on-air job was at WNCT-TV in Greenville, NC, where he worked for five years doing weather. Smith has also served in Chattanooga and Birmingham, including at WIAT-42 in Birmingham from 2001 to 2003. He spent four years as the Chief Meteorologist at WSAV in Savannah, Georgia. He then went on to work for WFTV in Orlando, Florida. Smith was present when many hurricanes made direct landfalls in 1999, including Bertha, Bonnie, Dennis, Fran, and Floyd.

He is a licensed broadcast meteorologist. Smith claims he’s been fascinated by weather since he was in elementary school when he was monitoring snowstorms up the east coast and doing weather on the morning announcements in high school.

He was honored to receive the prestigious National Edward R. Murrow Award for continuous coverage of Hurricane Floyd, along with the WNCT team. Ben is a Qualified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) who has received seals from the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. Ben is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) who has earned seals from the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. He also sits on the seal assessment committee of the National Weather Association.

Ben Smith WHNT

Smith is working at WHNT where he works alongside other famous WHNT anchors and reporters including;

1. Rocco DiSangro
2. Christina Edwards
3. Jerry Hayes
4. Steve Johnson
5. Christine Killimayer
6. Alex Puckett
7. Melissa Riopka
8. Greg Screws
9. Jason Simpson
10. Kelley Smith
11. Olivia Whitmire

Ben Smith Social Media Platforms

Smith is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. He has over 10k followers on Twitter, over 2.1k followers on Instagram, and over 32.8k followers on Facebook.