Sean Hannity Didn’t Left Fox News But Moved To Florida With Representatives Of Same Ideologies
Sean Hannity, an American conservative television presenter and broadcaster, is in the spotlight for his departure rumors from Fox News, which doesn’t seem accurate.
He hosts The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show, and a self-titled political commentary program on Fox News.
Highlights
- Sean Hannity isn’t leaving Fox News but has started hosting talk shows from Florida, where he can be with representatives of the same ideologies.
- He was the host named in Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network defamation lawsuit about the plaintiff company’s voting machines.
- He has amassed an estimated net worth of $250 million and earns around $25 million annually from Fox News.
Sean Patrick Hannity hosted his first radio talk show, which aired 40 hours in 1989 at KCSB-FM, the volunteer college station at UC Santa Barbara.
His weekly show on KCSB was canceled due to the gay and lesbian rights controversy, and he left the network to be the afternoon talk show host of WVNN radio station.
Afterward, Roger Ailes, Fox News co-founder, hired him in September 1996 to host a television program, Hannity and LTBD. Later, it was changed to Hannity & Colmes after Alan Colmes joined as a co-host.
Sean described himself as a propagandist but not a journalist and was an early supporter of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
Sean Hannity Isn’t Leaving Fox News
Netizens speculated that Sean Hannity is leaving Fox News, but there has been no official confirmation.
Instead of departing from the network, he announced that he would relocate to Florida from New York with representatives who share his ideologies.
Sean Hannity has moved to Florida:
“I left New York for good.” pic.twitter.com/dYkt0gKEoT
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) January 3, 2024
Sean continues to host his Fox News shows from Florida and expressed,
If anybody is listening to this program for any length of time, I have been threatening to do this for quite a while, but we are now beginning our first broadcast of my new home, which is in the free state of Florida. I am out. I am done. I’m finished. New York, New York, goodbye. Florida, Florida, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. But it’s great to be here.
He was also the host named in Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network defamation lawsuit about the plaintiff company’s voting machines.
Fox News settled the lawsuit for $787.5 million and was required to acknowledge that the broadcast statements were false.
Furthermore, he has been with the network since it launched in 1996 and has maintained a consistent presence.
Sean Hannity Has Amassed a $250 Million Net Worth
The top anchors of Fox News earn substantial salaries, ranging to millions of dollars annually. Thus, Sean earns $25 million per year from Fox News.
Likewise, he earns about $40 million annually between his radio and television gigs alone.
— Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 (@seanhannity) September 11, 2024
Sean’s remaining earnings mainly come from a radio syndication deal with Premiere Networks signed in 2019.
In 2013, he owned dozens of properties and, in April 2018, bought a property empire valued at $90 million.
Likewise, in 2014, he bought two large apartment complexes in Georgia for $22.7 million and rented them for $700-$1,000 per month.
He is linked to a group of shell companies that owns nearly 900 houses in seven states, from luxurious mansions to low-income properties.
The conservative television presenter earned $45 million from his various endeavors in 2019 and around $43 million in 2020.
Forbes said he was one of the most-listened-to hosts on talk radio and had become one of the most-watched hosts in cable news by 2018.
In addition, he is a New York Times best-selling author.
His credits include Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism, Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism, Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama’s Radical Agenda, and Live Free or Die.
Additional Information
- Sean Hannity, the youngest of four siblings and the only son of Hugh Hannity and Lillian Hannity, was born on December 30, 1961, in New York City, United States.
- His father was a World War II veteran and family court officer, whereas his mother worked as a stenographer and a corrections officer at a county jail.
- He married Jill Rhodes in 1993 and has two children, Patrick, born in 1998, and Merri, born in 2001. They announced their divorce in June 2020.
- He dated Fox News colleague Ainsley Earhardt and arrived as guests for a Trump National Golf Course wedding.
