Celebrity Biographies
Biography of Mark Giangreco
| Nation of birth: | United States of America |
|---|---|
| Name | Mark Giangreco |
| birth name | Mark Giangreco |
| nick’s name | brand |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth / city | Buffalo, New York |
| ethnicity | White |
| Profession | News presenter |
| Working for | Movies and TV shows |
| Net worth | Unknown |
| eye color | Brown |
| Hair color | Brown |
| face color | White |
| subject with | Cindy Giangreco |
| Girlfriend | Cindy Giangreco |
| Married | Yes |
| Married to | Cindy Giangreco |
| Kids | 3 |
| Divorce | N/A |
| Education | University of Dayton, Canisius High School |
| Films | The negotiator |
| tv show | ABC7 |
Synopsis
Mark Giangreco is the Sports Director and a Lead Sportscaster for WLS-TV based in Chicago, Illinois. He is the winner of three Emmy Awards. He also hosts the sports segment on ABC7 for its 5 pm and 10 pm newscasts. Mark is known for his deadpan humor and wit. He is sometimes sarcastic, but because of this, Mark has gained many non-sports fans as well as sports fans.
Education and early life
Born May 13, 1952 in Buffalo, New York, Mark is a US citizen. Mark Giangreco has not revealed any information about his childhood days or his parents. He has two brothers named Thomas Giangreco, a medical device consultant, and Pete Giangreco, a political consultant for the Democratic Party.
Mark Giangreco attended Canisius High School, graduating in 1970. He graduated from the University of Dayton in 1974, where he earned his BA in Communications.
Race
Mark Giangreco began his career during his college years by joining Dayton-based radio station WING-AM as a news and sports reporter in 1972. He landed his first job at NBC in Dayton, where he worked for less than a year, and moved to Louisville, Kentucky-based WLKY-TV in 1978. After four years with WLKY-TV in Louisville, where he served as a sportscaster and sports director, Mark moved to Chicago-based WMAQ-TV in 1982.
Mark Giangreco joined ABC7 in Chicago in 1994 as an anchor for the sports segments. He currently works with WLS-TV in Chicago, Illinois as the Sports Director and Lead Sportscaster. Mark earns a good salary from his work and is believed to be in five zero figures, increasing his net worth to millions of dollars.
Personal life
Moving on to the marital status of Mark Giangreco, he is a married man. He is married to the love of his life, his longtime girlfriend, Cindy Giangreco. It is not known when they met or started dating, but looking at the passion of his love, it seems that their love is still the same when they started. He has three sons named Mark, Christopher and Matt, with his wife Cindy. All of his three children are adults and are in their teens. The family lives happily together in Chicago.
Awards and suspension
Mark Giangreco has an ambitious career filled with awards and honors. He has won three prestigious Emmy Awards and two Associated Press Awards for Best Broadcasting. He is also the recipient of the Dante Award from the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans and the Justinian Society of Italian Lawyers Award for journalism. He became the Chicago Father’s Day Council Father of the Year in 1996.
Mark Giangreco was suspended once for a week for his joke about Detroit, Michigan following the Detroit Pistons’ NBA Championship win. He had put up a black and white movie clip of a burning city saying a typical Detroit night out as a joke that some people took offense to and others thought his joke was a good joke.