Nick Bender Biography/Profile
Nick Bender is a skilled American journalist currently working at KMBC-TV. He has received multiple National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Regional Emmy Awards.
Nick Bender Age| Birthday
How old is Bender? He is 38 years old as of 2023. Bender was born on June 26, 1984, in Pennsylvania, United States. He celebrates his birthday on the 26th of June every year.
Nick Bender Education
Bender graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology from The Pennsylvania State University.
Nick Bender Height|Weight
He stands on an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 70kgs.
Nick Bender Family
Bender was born and raised in Pennsylvania, in the United States, however, he has not revealed information regarding his family members. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Nick Bender Wife|Married
He is happily married to his beloved wife called Damaris but he has not disclosed information about her. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Nick Bender Children| kids
The couple is blessed with a son called Dane but he has not disclosed information about him. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Nick Bender Career
Bender graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology from The Pennsylvania State University. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania, in the United States. However, he is no stranger to the Plains, having worked in some of the most challenging weather markets in the country. Prior to Kansas City, he held positions at KWTV in Oklahoma City and KOTV in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and KVII in Amarillo, Texas.
Most importantly, Bender has experienced the full force of Mother Nature’s wrath: mile-wide tornadoes, historic blizzards, inundating floods, paralyzing dust storms, destructive wildfires, and damaging earthquakes during his career. He was part of the largest and most ambitious scientific field experiment in history, VORTEX2, to help further the understanding of tornado formation and increase tornado warning time in 2010.
In addition, Bender tracked and relayed life-saving information from SkyNews9 during the May 24, 2011, tornado outbreak, as he watched a mile-wide, EF5 tornado tear a path of destruction perilously close to the towns of El Reno and Piedmont Oklahoma. Oklahoma’s severe weather season of 2013 saw unprecedented tornado outbreaks. During this violent, 12-Day stretch, an EF5 tornado devastated the town of Moore, Oklahoma, and a record-setting 2.6-mile-wide EF3 tornado scoured the land mere miles west of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.
His reporting from StormTracker9 of the devastating March 6, 2017, Oak Grove tornado gave residents the only live images of the EF3 Twister before it barreled through their town. Fortunately, there were no fatalities. Together with his team won a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for their breaking news coverage of the tornado.
Nick Bender KMBC-TV
KMBC-TV, also known as Channel 9 is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The station is affiliated with ABC and is owned by Hearst Television alongside CW affiliate KCWE or channel 29. The two stations share studios on Winchester Avenue in the Ridge-Winchester section of Kansas City, Missouri, but KMBC-TV’s transmitter is located in the city’s Blue Valley section.
Channel 9 also serves as an alternate ABC affiliate for the St. Joseph market. Its transmitter also produces a city-grade signal that reaches St. Joseph proper and rural areas in the market’s central and southern counties. Also, KMBC is available in that market on select cable providers as a secondary ABC outlet to KQTV or channel 2. KQTV has served as the network’s official St. Joseph station since it became a full-time affiliate in June 1967; KMBC-TV’s near-ubiquitous cable distribution in St. Joseph dates back to KQTV’s former status as a primary CBS affiliate from its September 1953 sign-on until the former KFEQ-TV disaffiliated from that network in 1967. During that period, the station supplemented its CBS offerings with a limited selection of ABC programs.
KMBC-TV broadcasts Syndicated programs such as The Kelly Clarkson Show and Entertainment Tonight. The station airs most of the ABC network schedule. Channel 9 preempted the Sunday edition of ABC World News Tonight in favor of an hour-long local early evening newscast that preceded the ABC prime time lineup until January 2019. Currently, the station airs some programs offered by ABC out of the pattern. KMBC has aired The View on a one-hour tape delay from its premiere on August 11, 1997, until June 2022. It has delayed ABC Daytime programs that the network intended for its stations to air during 10:00 a.m., dating back to the late 1970s. Also, KMBC has aired GMA3 since June 2022: What You Need To Know on an alternate feed at 11:00 a.m. due to the station’s noon newscast.
Nick Bender Salary|Net Worth
Bender has an estimated salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000 and has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million which he earns from his broadcasting career.
Nick Bender Social Media Platforms
He is active on all social media accounts and often posts on his platforms. He has over 19.1k followers on Twitter, 50k followers on Facebook, and 5.6 k followers on Instagram.
KMBC-TV Colleagues
- Kelly Eckerman
- Emily Holwick
- Cody Holyoke
- Rob Hughes
- Kris Ketz
- Larry Moore
- Lara Moritz
- Donna Pitman
- Johnny Rowlands
- Matt Flener
- Jamie Weiss
- Nick Bender
- Katie Horner
- Bryan Busby
- Neville Miller
- Pete Grigsby
- Len Dawson
- Len Jennings
- Karen Kornacki
Frequently asked questions about Nick Bender
Who is Nick Bender?
Nick Bender is a skilled American journalist currently working at KMBC-TV. He has received multiple National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Regional Emmy Awards.
Is Nick Bender Married?
He is happily married to his beloved wife called Damaris but he has not disclosed information about her. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Where does Nick Bender Live?
Bender has not revealed information regarding his current residence. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
