Sean Hannity is an American television anchor, conservative political announcer, and author. He was born on 30 December 1961 and raised in Franklin Square, New York.

He has belong to the Irish ethnicity as four of his grandparents migrated to the United States from Ireland.

His mother, Lillian was a stenographer and corrections officer at a county jail whereas, his father Hugh was a family-court officer. He has other three siblings who are elder than him. 

Taking about his school life, he attended high school at St. Pius X Preparatory Seminary in Uniondale, New York.

Then he received his further education from New York University, UC Santa Barbara, and Adelphi University. However, he could not accomplish his graduation from the college.

This famous personality is renowned for his show The Sean Hannity Show which is a talk radio show broadcast on an international level. Moreover, Sean has also hosted a commentary program. 

What is the Networth of Sean Hannity?

The American television host is well renowned for hosting the talk radio show and has $250 million as of 2023. He has other sources of income.

He has hosted a commentary program, Hannity and Fox News and he is earning $25 million per year from Fox News.

Considering radio shows, he is earning $20 million and also another source of income is from real estate investment. As of now, he has owned 900 houses in seven states.

Between June 2018 and June 2019, he earned $45 million from his various ventures. Between June 2019 and June 2020, he earned $43 million. 

Hannity has begun his own house-painting business In 1982. A few years later, he worked as a building contractor in Santa Barbara, California.

In 1989, while in California, he got the opportunity to host his first talk radio show at UC Santa Barbara’s volunteer college station, KCSB-FM.

However, his weekly show was canceled after less than a year due to controversy over the “contentious” manner in which LGBT rights were discussed on the show.

After leaving KCSB, Hannity joined WVNN in Athens, Alabama, as their afternoon talk show host. He then moved to WGST in Atlanta in 1992.

Radio and Television Career

Hannity’s first hosted a broader audience in 1996 when Fox News co-founder Roger Ailes hired him to host a television program.

The show, which he co-hosted with Alan Colmes, debuted under the name “Hannity & Colmes”, and ran until January 2009. On the show, Hannity provided a conservative point of view, while Colmes represented a liberal viewpoint.

Along with his ventures into television, Hannity did not abandon his radio projects. In January 1997, Hannity joined WABC full-time and was given the late-night time slot, before he was moved to the afternoon drive-time slot in January 1998.

He continued in this slot until the end of 2013. Since January 2014, Hannity has hosted the 3-6 p.m. time slot on WOR in New York City.

Hannity’s radio program, “The Sean Hannity Show”, began national syndication on September 10, 2001, where it became available on over 500 stations nationwide.

The show is a conservative political talk show that mostly features Hannity’s own opinions and ideology regarding current issues, events, and politicians.

In 2004, he signed a $25 million, five-year contract extension with ABC Radio (now Citadel Media) to continue the show until 2009. 

Then, in 2008, Hannity signed a $100 million, five-year contract with Citadel Communications (who bought ABC Radio in 2007). As of March 2018, “The Sean Hannity Show” is heard by over 13.5 million listeners a week.

Thanks to the reach and popularity of his program, in 2017 Hannity was ranked No. 2 by Talker Magazine in their annual Heavy Hundred list.

He was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in November 2017 and received a Marconi Award in 2003 and 2007 from the National Association of Broadcasters as the Network Syndicated Personality of the Year.

In 2007, while still hosting “Hannity & Colmes”, Hannity began hosting his own Sunday night television show, also on Fox News, called “Hannity’s America”.

After Colmes left “Hannity & Colmes” in 2009, the network renamed the show “Hannity”, and it replaced “Hannity’s America.” 

“Hannity” episodes air live at 9 p.m. every Monday through Thursday and the Friday edition is usually pre-recorded. It is the number one cable news broadcast in its time slot.

The show usually features a run-down of the day’s events with long monologues, and political and legal analysis of various topics and issues.

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Other Ventures and Projects

Hannity is a published author. His first book, “Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism” was published in 2002, and his second book “Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism” was published in 2004 through ReganBooks.

These both entered the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list, the latter remaining there for five weeks. His third book, “Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama’s Radical Agenda”, was released by HarperCollins in March 2010.

It also made it only the New York Times bestseller list. Furthermore, Hannity was the executive producer of the 2017 Christian drama film “Let There Be Light”, starring Kevin Sorbo.