Frank Buckley Biography & Net Worth

Frank Buckley Biography & Net Worth

Frank Buckley is an American journalist and television host who as of this time, is the anchor of KTLA’s signature program, Los Angeles’s number-one-rated KTLA 5 Morning News from Monday to Friday from 7-11 a.m. He is also the anchor and executive producer of the weekly television program and podcast, Frank Buckley Interviews, which airs on weekends on KTLA and is also available on YouTube as well as on all podcast platforms. Additionally, Frank is the co-host of Inside California Politics, a dedicated program that is broadcast on KTLA and other Nexstar TV stations every weekend.

Read on for full details of Frank Buckley’s biography, nationality, family, marriage life, financial status, YouTube channel, and more. We’ve got all the exclusive details of this veteran American broadcaster put together in this report, so if you’re ready, let’s go!

Early Life & Education

Frank Buckley was born in Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America. The exact date of his birth has been given as February 7, 1964. He was also raised by his biological parents in the same town where he was born. There is no information about his siblings and other extended relatives, but we do know that the news anchor, though an American native, can be traced back to Japanese roots. His father was American and his mother came from Japan. There has been a lot of confusion surrounding his originality as there are people that confuse Frank to be of English nationality. This may be due to the fact that there was an English footballer who shares Frank’s name.

The journalist is a graduate of the University of Southern California. He completed his tertiary education in 1987, graduating with a double major in history and broadcast journalism.

Professional Life: Journalism Career

Buckley has been a KTLA anchor since 2005. Prior to that, he was a national correspondent at CNN for several years. He now serves as an anchor and events host at KTLA while also providing his services as a writer on Buckley Blog at KTLA.COM. Frank’s work in his professional life has fetched him multiple reputable awards, including Emmys for entertainment programming for co-anchoring KTLA’s Rose Parade pre-show, for news special for his reportage of the Hong Kong handover, and for hard news reporting. He has also collected awards from the L.A. Press Club for best documentary and for talk/public affairs. His other honors include the national Americanism in News Media Award, a Golden Mike Awards presented by the Radio & Television News Association for writing & feature reporting, and the APTRA Awards from the Associated Press Television-Radio Association. His interview has been nominated for an Emmy Award and a Los Angeles Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Award.

Frank’s reporting has seen him practice his profession in nearly every part of Southern California. He has also been to many locations throughout the United States and around the world at large. In March 2011, He traveled to Japan for a job for KTLA and reported from Sendai soon after it was overcome by a tsunami and earthquake. He has also reported for the KTLA networks from London on a terror plot, and also from Tehran, Iran, covering the presidential election.

While working as a CNN correspondent, Frank’s varied assignments included broadcasting breaking news, handling political matters and shows, and anchoring long-form enterprise reporting like CNN Presents documentaries. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, the media man was embedded with the United States Navy aboard the jet carrier USS Constellation in the Persian Gulf. In the weeks following 9/11, he provided updates from warships in the Arabian Sea and from the Pentagon.

In 2004, Frank partook in CNN’s political reporting, traveling with the John Edwards and John Kerry campaigns. In 2003/2004, he traveled with President George W. Bush and regularly reported from the White House. Other political reporting jobs have included Hillary Clinton’s run for New York Senate and the 2000 presidential election.

Frank’s spot news reporting for KCAL-TV in the 1990s, and for KTLA and CNN has included the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr. off Martha’s Vineyard, the OJ Simpson case and trial, the Los Angeles riots, wildfires in Southern California, the devastating earthquake in Kobe, Japan, the Landers and Northridge earthquakes in California, and the hurricanes in the Caribbean and the Carolinas.

Prior to his awards-laden stints at KTLA and CNN, Frank worked for several other news houses, including KESQ-TV in Palm Springs, WXII-TV in Winston-Salem, N.C., and for Los Angeles station KCAL-TV (1992-1999). He has written for the Detroit News and the Los Angeles Times as well.

Frank gives his free time and attention to community organizations. He has served on the Los Angeles branch of the Asian American Journalists Association and on the boards of JDRF (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). In 2006, he served on the Japanese American Leadership Delegation to Japan. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and also a member of the people-to-people diplomacy group, U.S.-Japan Council.

Frank Buckley’s Filmography

Besides being known for his journalism career, Frank Buckley has also managed a stint on television, particularly in documentaries and in various shows. Some of the shows he has been a part of include;

• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 2011 TV Series
• Japan Relief Pledge Special 2011 TV Special
• 30 for 30 2010 TV Series documentary
• Anderson Cooper 360° 2003 TV Series
• KTLA 5 News at 10 1997 TV Series
• Volcano 1997
• KCAL 9 News 1994 TV Series

Awards & Honors

Frank is undoubtedly a fine journalist as defined by the following individual awards and honors

• Los Angeles Press Club Award for Best Documentary
• Associated Press TV-Radio Association Award for Reporter Of The Year
• Emmy Award for Hard News Reporting
• Golden Mike Awards from the Radio & Television News Association
• Emmy Award for News Special
• 2006 Japanese American Leadership Delegation
• Two Emmy Awards for Entertainment Programming
• The National Americanism in News Media Award
• Nominated for the Los Angeles Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Award

Personal Life & Family

Mr.  Buckley has been married to his beautiful wife Elena Pearce since May 13, 1995. He has repeatedly shown how he adores her by frequently uploading her pictures on his social media accounts where he has hundreds of thousands of followers. Together, Frank and his wife Pearce, are the parents of two grown-up sons.

Frank is a weekly basketball player, a bogey golfer, and a cyclist who makes it a duty to complete a 100-mile ride annually to raise money for JDRF to defeat type 1 diabetes.

Frank Buckley Net Worth: Salary, Assets, Brands & Endorsements

His estimated take-home as a staff of KTLA is anything within the range of $78,000 and $150,000 a year. This is assumed based on the expected KTLA news anchor salaries because Frank himself hasn’t made this information public.

As of the time of this publication, Frank Buckley’s net worth is pegged at $2 million. This includes his base income and assets. The main source of his wealth is his career as a journalist and television personality, and through his profession, he has been able to assemble a reasonable fortune that caters for his lifestyle and family.