Bob Kelly Biography
Bob Kelly is an American Emmy-Award-winning Anchor/Reporter currently working as a traffic anchor and feature reporter for Fox 29 News, “Good Day Philadelphia” since October 2014 when he joined the station as the traffic reporter. Previously, he was working as a Traffic Anchor for CBS 3 in Philadelphia where he worked for about 13 years.
Bob Kelly Date of Birth / Birthday
Kelly was born on the 11th of February 1963. He is currently 58 years old as of 2021.
Bob Kelly Measurements/Height
He stands at an approximate height of about 5 feet 9 inches.
Bob Kelly Partner/Wife
He is married to his lovely wife, Carrie Howard. Carrie happens to be a Certified Child Life Specialist at an incredible children’s hospital. However, he shares no more information in relation to his current wife. Previously, he was in a marriage to his wife, Colleen. Unfortunately, this couple divorced in the year 2008.
Bob Kelly Kids/Children
With his first wife, the couple counts it a blessing to have had two daughters. Additionally, he has four other children and he loves all his children very much. He shares the names of two of his daughters, Madison and Kristen. Kristen happens to be a kindergarten teacher in the Upper Merion.
Bob Kelly Relatives/ Family
Born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia, Kelly prefers to keep information about his family away from the public, but we will update the information once it’s available.
Bob Kelly Schooling/Education
Kelly is a proud graduate of North Catholic High School. Additionally, he later joined Temple University where he acquired his degree.
Bob Kelly Profession
Here, in his role, he also hosts regular segments such as “Breakfast with Bob,” “Town Takeover,” and “Kelly’s classroom.” All these shows have been able to take him out of the community in order for him to interact and connect with viewers. Additionally, he also worked as a co-host for the Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade where he worked for more than 15 years.
Kelly became the first traffic for the Philadelphia area working in front of the green screens. At the moment, he is popularly known by many as the dean of traffic where his reports are fun to watch and full of phrases such as Two Jelly Donut Delay, the Conshy Curve, the Conshy Curve, and Jammo.
Through his years as a journalist, he has been able to entertain sports fans on the Jumbotron at the Flyers, Sixers games, and Eagles using his popular segment “Tailgate Takeover,” before the Eagles games. He grew up in the Northeast Philadelphia area where they love decorating Christmas. There, he created “A Very Kelly Christmas,” while hitting the road during the month of December and broadcasting LIVE from the front lawns of the best-decorated houses.
He began his career as a radio disk jockey where he was working alongside JerryBlavat, for The Great Show. Kelly worked for several stations around the Philly area before traffic became news and later joined KYW News Radio where he was working with traffic on the 2s.
Bob Kelly Income
Kelly receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Bob Kelly Net Worth
Through Kelly’s career as an anchor/reporter, he has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $ 1 million and $1.5 million.
Bob Kelly Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Kelly is active on his social media accounts. He has about 83,000 followers on his Facebook Page, about 37,845 followers on his Twitter account, and around 44,355 followers on his Instagram account.