Eric Kahnert Bio, Age, Wife, Height, Children, CBS8, Salary and Net Worth

Eric Kahnert Biography

Eric Kahnert is an American journalist working for KFMB-TV in San Diego, California. He is a weekday morning anchor and you can catch him on CBS from 4:30 a.m.-7 a.m. and 7 a.m.-9 a.m. on the CW, and again from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Eric Kahnert Age

Kahnert was born in 1984, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States of America. He is hence, 38 years old as of 2022.

Eric Kahnert Height

Kahnert stands at an average height and weight. His estimated height is 1.56m, his weight will be updated soon.

Eric Kahnert Family

Kahnert has not disclosed his family members, parents, and siblings. Mostly because he does not necessarily find this information useful to the public. We will keep you posted should this information be available.

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Eric Kahnert Wife

Kahnert is happily married to Allison and together they are blessed with 3 children.

Eric Kahnert Career

Kahnert went to the University of Southern California and earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism. While in college, he anchored and reported for USC’s prestigious Annenberg TV News. He also was a Pi Kappa Alpha and USC’s Skull & Dagger Honor Society. For his excellent work, Kahnert earned an Emmy award for Best Anchor in the region in 2020. He also won many other nominations in the same year. It is his effort at the anchor desk that helped News 8 win the coveted Golden Mike Award.

In 2020, Eric earned an Emmy award for Best Anchor in the region, along with numerous other nominations for his reporting.  news category. Before joining News 8, he worked at KMGH, the ABC affiliate in Denver, Colorado, as the main evening anchor. Here he received very many Emmy awards for reporting and anchoring. His viewers turned to him for some of Colorado’s biggest news, investigative, weather, and sports. Such stories include numerous destructive and deadly storms and wildfires, and the Aurora theater shooting trial.

Kahnert as well served as a weekend anchor at KUSA, the NBC affiliate in Denver. Here, his live reports were featured on Dateline and CNN. He also worked at KSTP, the ABC affiliate in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the place where he was raised. He is a proud USC Trojan and went to the University of Southern California, he earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism. While in college, he anchored and reported for USC’s prestigious Annenberg TV News. He also was a Pi Kappa Alpha and USC’s Skull & Dagger Honor Society. Just to note, not all his teeth are original teeth, thanks to his valor in Sports.

Eric Kahnert Salary

Kahnert’s salary is between $98,000-$123,000 annually.

Eric Kahnert Net Worth

Kahnert’s estimated net worth is 2.1 million, his primary source is his income as a journalist at CBS 8.

Social Media Accounts

Kahnert is active on social media and he posts personal and work-related stuff from time to time. He has over 2000 followers on Instagram, about 1500 on Facebook, and around 2300 on Twitter.