Art Franklin Biography
Art Franklin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist from the United States who presently works as the evening news anchor for CBS 42 in Birmingham, Alabama. Art began his broadcasting career as an announcer, production manager, sports anchor, and news anchor at WDZZ-FM 93 in Flint, MI, before moving on to his first position in television at WILX-TV (NBC) in Lansing, MI.
Art Franklin Age
Art is 63 years old as of 2021. He was born in 1958 in Detroit, Michigan, the United States of America.
Art Franklin Height
The Veteran journalist stands at a height of approximately 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m).
Art Franklin Wife – Married
The famous journalist is a proud husband to his wife Michele are the proud parents of a family of four adult children.
Art Franklin Career
As the city’s first African-American male prime-time anchor, Art rose to fame at WBRC. Art began his broadcasting career as an announcer, production manager, sports anchor, and news anchor at WDZZ-FM 93 in Flint, MI, before moving on to his first television job at WILX-TV (NBC) in Lansing, MI. At WILX in Lansing, Art was the first African-American man to anchor a regularly broadcast newscast. He was also the station’s Capital Reporter and Business Reporter. Art was hired away from WILX to work as a military affairs journalist for WAVY-TV10 in Norfolk, Virginia. While at WAVY-TV, Art hosted the station’s public service show, the Bottom Line. He also filled in as an anchor. Art was also the News Director at WOWI Radio, where he hosted a two-hour live radio talk show.
When Art left Birmingham in 2003, he wrote a motivational book for young men called Give It All You Got. He returned to television in Atlanta, where he worked as an anchor at WXIA 11Alive News, an NBC affiliate, before becoming an anchor at WAGA-TV FOX 5, where he worked until launching his own public relations firm. Art returned to news and Birmingham as managing editor of the CBS 42 Morning News, which he co-founded with Art Franklin. He now anchors the newscasts at 4, 5, 6, and 10 p.m.
The Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement – News Excellence – for spot news coverage in Atlanta in 2005, the Scripps Howard Excellence in Journalism Award, 1994, the Alabama Associated Press Award – Best Documentary in 1994, the Alabama Associated Press Award for Best Reporter in 1995, and the Virginia UPI Best Reporter 1989 are among Art’s more than 75 journalistic and community awards. Art was selected Alabama’s Best New Anchor in 2017 by the Alabama Broadcasting Association, and he was just inducted into the 2019 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Silver Circle, which acknowledged more than 25 years in the field.
Art Franklin’s Net Worth
Art has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – and $5 Million.
Art Franklin Salary
Art earns an annual salary ranging from $40,000 – $ 110,500.