Table of Biography
Kathy Sabine is a well-known journalist, serving at 9News as the Chief Meteorologist, situated in Denver, Colorado. Kathy Dabine got the title of 2020’s best meteorologist from the Colorado Broadcasters Association (CBA) and even won the Heartland Emmy Award in 2018 for best meteorologist.
Early Life
The journalist’s birthdate is 3rd July and her birthplace is Truckee, a small mountain town in northern California. Sabine’s nationality is American and she must be following Christianity. Likewise, her present age is fifty-five years old. However, there are no details regarding Kathy’s birth year, childhood, and parents.
But it is known that the skilled news presenter grew up together with her 2 sisters; Wendy O’Sullivan and Kimberly Maughan Womack. Her interest in the outdoors and nature grew in her birthplace of Truckee, a small mountain town in Northern California near Lake Tahoe.
At the age of just 2, she learned to ski as her family was also highly involved in the ski industry at that time. Likewise, she was involved with horses and rodeo at an early age.
Kathy Sabine – Education
As for her educational background, the news presenter went to college to study and to be a veterinarian. She began functioning on her 1st degree in Veterinary Science at Cal Poly State University. Later, the reporter changed her major to Journalism.
In addition to this, her effort on her 2nd degree in Meteorology began years later at Metropolitan State College in Denver. She even took some sessions at Mississippi State University.
Caption: Kathy Sabine’s family picture (Source: Instagram)
Career and Professional Life
After earning her 1st degree, Kathy’s career as a TV personality began at the NBC affiliate in San Luis Obispo. Later, she went on to serve for ABC, located in Santa Barbara, Fox located in Salinas/Monterey, and ABC, located in San Jose California.
The news presenter finally started working for 9NEWS in the spring of the year 1993. There, she works as the lead forecaster on the 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10 p.m. news updates Monday through Friday. As for her forecast, people can listen to them on KOSI 101.1 and 98.5 KYGO.
All these years of her career have helped her achieve the 7 Heartland Emmy Awards for the best meteorologist. As for now, the female American journalist is nominated for her 8th. Likewise, she has earned 5 CBA awards and 2 AP awards, 1 for news writing.
Sabine makes an everyday forecast for the Fort Collins Coloradoan newsprint. Moreover, she also prepares weather forecasts regularly on 9NEWS.com. Overall, Kathy can be regarded as an American Meteorological Society (AMS) and National Weather Association (NWA) seal holder.
Some more
The journalist has served in TV since she graduated from Cal Poly, situated in San Luis Obispo, California. Apart from her forecasting career, she was also active in anchoring the news, reporting, creating, and writing.
She has worked behind the scenes in production in several posts like chyron operator, camera operator, audio technician, floor director, and tape operator. As a host, Sabine was present on the Today Show in New York for Al Roker throughout the week and Chief Meteorologist Janice Huff from WNBC in New York on the weekend version around 3 dozen times over the years.
Adding more to her career and achievements, the news presenter has received awards for storm chasing. She was even named the best weathercaster by the Douglas County Newspaper organization in numerous publications.
Likewise, Westword and 5280 have titled her as the “favorite news personality” and the “best weather anchor” many times throughout the years. Moreover, she was highlighted in Sports Illustrated, Men’s Health, Zenith Woman, The Weather Channel Calendar, HerLife Magazine, Colorado Dogs and Cats Magazine, and Rockies Magazine.
Trivia
Apart from her career and professional life, Kathy fully spends her free time doing fun activities. She likes to enjoy lovely Colorado outdoors riding her horses, running, skiing, and even hiking.
Likewise, the news personality often visits school classrooms and shares her knowledge of the weather and nature with kids. She even motivates others to chase a career in math and science.
Sabine also works with the Colorado Horse Council, the National Western Stock Show, and local 4H and FFA organizations. Moreover, she has also been selected for the Board of Directors for the Colorado Horse Council as well as the Colorado State Fair Foundation.
Caption: Kathy Sabine inside the studio with her colleagues (Source: Instagram)
Net Worth 2024
Talking about her net worth, the American news presenter has been earning a decent amount of money all these years. Kathy has a whopping net worth of about $1 Million -$5 Million.
Similarly, her average salary must fall between $70,000 – $125,000 US Dollars. The popular American personality’s primary source of income is from her broadcasting career.
Sabine does not just invest her earnings in herself and her family but she does donate them to local charities and animal shelters too. Furthermore, she is one of the foundation board members for a youth cancer organization named, “Teen With A Dream”.
Kathy Sabine – Relationship Status
As for her relationship status, Sabine has been in a marital relationship and has been doing well to keep it well. The name of her husband is Scott Crawford. Their engagement took place in the year 2005 and their marriage was in May 2005 at Beaver Creek, Colorado.
They are proud parents of their 3 kids, a son, and two daughters. For the most portion, the news presenter has been keeping her personal life tightly under wraps. So, there is no information about her children and her husband’s profession. However, it is known that both of them were previously married and divorced before marrying each other.
Caption: Kathy Sabine and her husband’s wedding image (Source: Instagram)
Body Measurements
Regarding her body measurement, Sabine has quite a tall physique compared to the average woman. The American news presenter has an average height of 5 feet 11 inches or 1.8 m.
Similarly, she has maintained a suitable body weight of around 58kgs or 128 lbs. She has long natural hair that falls to her chest.
She prefers straight hair, loosely fallen onto her shoulders. Also, thecolorr of her hair is light brown and she likes to keep it medium to short length.
Kathy Sabine – Social Media
The American journalist has been highly active on social media platforms and even is very popular there. She has a Facebook page where 29 thousand people follow her. Likewise, she is very active on her Instagram account with 15.9 thousand followers as “Kathy Sabine 9News Denver”.
The female news reporter joined Twitter in October 2012 and has already gained over 42.2 thousand followers there. Furthermore, Sabine’s reporting videos are easily available on YouTube. As a popular news reporter, she has shared the screen and interviewed several famous personalities.