Rob Elgas Biography
Rob Elgas is an American Emmy-Award-Winning Ancor/Reporter working for ABC7 News as an evening anchor anchoring the 4 p.m. newscasts and as a reporter for the station where he joined the station on July 7th, 2017 as a reporter and a fill-in anchor. Prior to ABC 7, he was working for NBC 5 located in Chicago where he was an anchor for the afternoon news and where he reported for the evening late news.
Rob Elgas Date of Birth / Birthday
Elgas prefers to keep his age and birthdate away from social media. However, we will update this information once it’s available.
Rob Elgas Measurements/Height
He stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 8 inches.
Rob Elgas Partner/ Wife
He is married to his loving wife, Lissa. However, he manages to keep any more information regarding his wife, or where, how, and when they met or tied knots away from the limelight. Elgas now lives in the southwest suburbs with his wife and two children.
Rob Elgas Kids/Children
Together, the duo counts it a blessing to have two children whom they greatly love and prefers to keep away from the limelight. However, we will update this information once it’s available to the public.
Rob Elgas Relatives/ Family
He was born in Arlington Heights and raised in Crystal Lake by his loving parents. He states that his family resides in South Texas just a few hours north of the Mexican border. However, he shares no more information regarding his parents or whether or not he has any siblings. An update of this information will be out when available.
Rob Elgas Schooling/Education
He is a proud graduate of the University of Illinois where he studied agricultural communications and journalism which were prior to landing his first television job.
Rob Elgas Profession
He joins ABC 7 with more than two decades worth of experience. The month of May 2016 saw him working as a veteran anchor and reporter where he became the co-anchor for ABC7’s top-rated weekday news where he works alongside Judy Hsu. Upon the arrival at Chicago’s most-watched television station, ABC 7’s top-rated Vice President for the News, known as Jennifer Graves stated that Elgas was an experienced journalist who has established a strong connection with the Chicago Viewers during his 13 years of coverage of Chicago and suburbs. In addition, he states that they are happy to have him as part of their news team.
He has traveled to Washington, D.C. where he was going to cover the State of the Union. There he also covered breaking news in California and in Texas for the ABC 7 team. However, his most memorable assignments include covering the historic World Series win by the Chicago Cubs. There he joined Jim Rose and Mark Giangreco in Cleveland for the breaking news coverage of Game 7 of the 2016 World Series.
In addition, prior to his return to Chicago in the year 2002, he was working for the ABC team in El Paso, Texas. There he was hired in the year 1998, where he was working as a weekend anchor which was prior to co-anchoring for the morning show between the years 2000 and 2002. He started his broadcasting career working behind the cameras as a photographer for WICD-TV in Champaign-Urbana, working. He is a proud member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists(NAHJ).
Rob Elgas Income
Elgas receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Rob Elgas Net Worth
Through Elgas’ career as an Anchor/Reporter, she has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $ 1 million and $1.5 million
Rob Elgas Awards
Elgas is also an award-winning journalist having won several awards. Among them includes winning an Emmy for breaking news coverage of a devastating tornado in the area. Then he reported from Naplate, Illinois after a tornado outbreak devastated the small town. Rob also co-hosted an Emmy award broadcast for the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival parade. There he was hosting alongside, Janet Davies, Cheryl Burton, and Judy Hsu. This broadcast was nationally syndicated and is seen in most of the top markets across the country.
Additionally, during his career, he has been honored with the Associated Press and Peter Lisagor Awards for his live breaking news coverage of the protests in Chicago in the year 2014. He has also won Emmy Awards for co-hosting various specials. Among them includes a Winter Olympic special, “Hometown Hopeful,” where he was featuring Chicago Olympians. In addition, he has covered two Olympics, including the 2006 Winter Games in Torino, Italy, and the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Rob Elgas Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Elgas is active on his social media accounts. He has about 17,000 followers on his Facebook Page, about 18,125 on his Twitter account, and around 440 followers on his Instagram account.