Phil Amato Biography
Phil Amato anchors Action News Jax This Morning from 5-9 a.m, Every daily, . on WFOX-30 and 5-7 a.m. on WJAX-47 in Jacksonville, Florida. He also anchors Action News Jax at Noon on WJAX-47.
Phil Amato Age
He was born and raised in San Francisco, California, The United States of America.
Phil Amato Education
He was born in San Francisco and went to high school and college in Tacoma.
Is Phil Amato Married?- Wife
Amato is happily married to his wife, and together they have two children.
Phil Amato Career
Every weekday from 5 to 9 a.m., Amato anchors Action News Jax This Morning on WFOX-30 and 5-7 a.m. on WJAX-47 in Jacksonville, Florida. He also hosts Action News Jax at Noon on WJAX-47. Phil was a former weekday anchor for First Coast News at WTLV/WJXX in Jacksonville, Florida. Amato co-anchored Good Morning Jacksonville Sunrise and Good Morning Jacksonville, which airs weekdays from 5 to 7 a.m., alongside Joy Purdy. Amato also co-anchored the weeknight 5:30 newscast for First Coast News with Donna Deegan. He oversaw the local business stories for First Coast News. Phil was also in charge of the critically acclaimed First Coast News documentary special on Jacksonville’s “Great Fire of 1901”.
Amato formerly worked as the lead anchor for KBCI-TV (now KBOI-TV) in Boise, Idaho, before joining First Coast News in 1993. In 1987, he began his television career as an anchor and reporter in Billings, Montana. He was born in San Francisco and attended high school and college in Tacoma. Phil resigned from First Coast News on Monday, July 28, 2014, after receiving inappropriate gifts from sponsors.
Phil Amato Net Worth
Amato has an estimated net worth of 500 thousand dollars.