Liz Cho Biography
Liz Cho is an American Anchor/Reporter and Correspondent working for WABC in New York City as News Anchor. She joined the station in the year 2003.
Liz Cho Age / Birthday
Cho was born on December 19, 1970 (age 51 years), in Concord, Massachusetts, United States. As a result, she is 52 years old as of 2022 and celebrates her birthday on December 19 every year.
Liz Cho Height / Measurements
Cho is of average body stature and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m).
Liz Cho Partner / Husband
Cho is married to Josh Elliott, an American journalist who has worked for CBS News, ABC News, NBC News, and ESPN. They tied the knot on July 11, 2015, at a wedding ceremony held in Montecito, California.
Liz Cho Engagement
Cho and Josh Elliott engaged in August 2014, at a ceremony held in New York. They chose a night out with high-powered TV pals such as news queen Katie Couric to announce their engagement. The celebration was held at talent agency CAA’s TV News party at Manhattan’s Hudson Hotel. After the engagement, they went on a vacation in Europe.
Liz Cho Ex-Husband
Cho was married to Evan Gottlieb before dating Josh. They tied the knot in the year 2008 and divorced in the year 2012, due to unknown reasons.
Liz Cho Daughter
Cho and her ex-husband, Evan Gottlieb, were blessed with a daughter, Louisa Simone Gottlieb. Louisa Simone is 15 years old as of 2022 having been born on May 17, 2007, in New York City, United States. Cho likes spending his spare time with his wife and daughter. The family happily resides in Manhattan, New York. Josh Elliott also has a daughter from his previous marriage with Priya Narang, whose information is unknown. Both of the couple’s daughters were maids of honor at their wedding.
Liz Cho Family / Relatives
Cho was born to Dr. Sang I. Cho (late father) and Donna Cho (mother). Her mom is a Jewish-American nurse. Cho was raised in Concord, Massachusetts alongside her younger brother, Andrew.
Liz Cho Father
Cho’s dad, Dr. Sang I. Cho, was a Korean American surgeon. He was a South Korean native and he immigrated to the U.S. to practice medicine. Sang was a kidney and liver transplant surgeon who headed the crew that did the 1st liver transplant in Boston, Massachusetts. Cho’s dad however passed away on March 13, 2009, due to colon cancer.
Liz Cho Career
Cho serves at WABC as a co-anchor of Eyewitness News First at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Over the years with WABC, she has covered various history-making events such as President Ronald Reagan’s funeral, the Royal Wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William, and Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Also, she reported on a variety of significant news events in the Tri-State area.
Before joining WABC, Cho worked for ABC News as an anchor for World News Now. Also, she served as a correspondent, reporting on stories for Nightline, World News Tonight, and Good Morning America. Cho has also served as an anchor on Good Morning America in the early weeks of the war in Iraq. Prior to that, Cho served as a Chicago-based correspondent for ABC News.
Cho has traveled around the nation reporting on various national stories, including devastating tornadoes in the Midwest, the Columbine High School shootings, and the impeachment hearings of President Clinton. Cho has served at WPLG-TV in Miami, Florida as a news reporter, as well as at New England Cable News in Newton, MA as an assignment editor. When coming to Cho’s education, Cho is a graduate of Boston University, where he majored in history and journalism.
Liz Cho Salary
Cho receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Liz Cho Net Worth
Through Cho’s career as an Anchor/Reporter and Correspondent, she has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 Million and $ 5 Million.
Liz Cho Absence
Cho returned back to WABC on March 29, 2022, after a prolonged absence. On February 2022, she tweeted that she was healthy but she wanted to take some time with her family. She also stated that she hoped to be back on the air as soon as she could. In the tweet, she also explained that her daughter had recently transferred from schools, so she would spend time at home making sure this crucial transition goes smoothly.
After several weeks, Cho posted another tweet saying that she would return to the station soon. On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at 4 PM, Cho appeared alongside ‘David Navarro’ on the WABC newscast, and she was welcomed back by Lee Goldberg (chief meteorologist).
Liz Cho Facebook and Twitter
Cho is active on her social media accounts. She has about 19K followers on her Facebook Page and about 36.5K followers on her Twitter account.
Liz Cho WABC – ABC7NY
Cho works at WABC – ABC7NY where she works with her fellow colleagues who are anchors, reporters, and meteorologists and they include;
- N.J. Burkett
- Crystal Cranmore
- Naveen Dhaliwal
- Josh Einiger
- Lauren Glassberg
- Toni Yates
- Darla Miles
- Mike Marza
- CeFaan Kim
- Dan Krauth
- Chanteé Lans
- Heather O’Rourke
- Stacey Sager