Phil Keating

Phil Keating: Biography in Details

Who is Phil Keating?

Phil Keating is a correspondent for Fox News Channel. He has been popular among common people after covering NASA stories for Fox Channel.

Phil Keating: Early Life, Childhood, Education

Phil was born to Donna Keating(mother) and Dave Keating(father) on April 11, 1968, in the United States of America. His nationality is American and is of Caucasian ethnicity.

His father was an Army officer and had to keep traveling for different tours in a different countries. Phil’s father saw him for the first time when he was nine months old because his father was on a Vietnam tour.

Being the son of an Army officer, he moved to different Army housing while he was young and also changed to different schools.

However, Phil Keating was intelligent and was good at the study from a very early age. He gained education from the University of Missouri in Columbia and graduated in Journalism.

Phil Keating: Career, Salary, Net Worth

Phil Keating was with his father in Germany and returned back to the United States after his father’s retirement program as an Army officer. Then, he decided to become a Journalist.

He did not like his father’s job in the Army because he did not want to make his kids or himself feel lonely in the future.

In 1990, he began his career as a photographer and reporter at WMAZ-TV (CBS-13) in Macon, Georgia. Later, he worked as a lead reporter in FNC for KUSA-TV (NBC-9), CO, WBNS-TV (CBS-10), and KHQ-TV (NBC-6).

Being a military child, Phil Keating was frank to everyone and did not have a habit of feeling ashamed, which really helped him in pursuing a career as a Journalist. Phil gave a start to his career when he started working for Fox News Channel in March 2004.

Phil Keating really did a great job there and was able to collect fame within a short period of time.  He covered different breaking news stories including the death of Anna Nicole Smith, and Caylee Anthony while working with Fox news.

After covering a NASA story for Fox News, he was mainly popularized and collected a huge positive response from fans and people.

In 2012, Phil Keating covered Hurricane Irene from the Bahamas which was highly appreciated. He covered many vulnerable incidents and gave a live telecast of the stories like the State of Oklahoma’s trial of the Oklahoma City Bombing co-conspirator.

Also, he covered high-profile cases like Terry Nichols and others including the accusation of alleged rape and assault by NBA star Kobe Bryant, JonBenet Ramsey, and Matthew Shepard. He gave the live report of the deadly shootings at Columbine High School.

Phil Keating was also active in NASA’s Space Shuttle program, and the new Constellation program.

Phil Keating has made a respectable position on Fox News Channel and it is said that he makes a handful amount of money. Similarly, his salary is estimated to be around $300k for a year; whilst, his net worth is $1 million according to the sources.

Is Phil Keating involved in any rumors and controversies?

Phil Keating is dragged a bit in a controversy mostly in interviews. Once on New Year’s Eve when he was live on television at a nightclub and the public was allowed to wish their loved ones or say whatever they wanted.

So a lady said, “We got five minutes ‘til 2014 and we’re gonna f*** s*** up!” After this Phil was harsh on her and said that it is a family channel and asked her to apologize and she offered an apology.

Body Measurement: Height, Weight

Phil Keating’s height and weight are not available through any source. His hair color is Light brown and his eye color is also light brown.

Is Phil Keating active on social media?

Phil Keating is one of the rare journalists who are not active on social media. He does not have Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts.

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