Fred Roggin Biography
Fred Roggin (Full name Frederick Jay Roggin) is a prominent American journalist currently working as a sports anchor for KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, California. Furthermore, he serves as an afternoon show co-host at KLAC. Prior to that, Fred worked as a sports talk radio host at KMPC in Los Angeles.
There, he hosted a morning sports show at KLAC alongside the Los Angeles Times sports columnist T.J. Simers and Tracy (Simers’ daughter) prior to joining KMPC. He also served as a host for NBC Sports coverage of the Summer Olympics in 2008.
Furthermore, Fred hosted the daily coverage of curling during the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics, and also the 2006, 2010, and 2014 Winter Olympics. He as well as anchored boxing coverage from the venue, which aired on Universal HD and CNBC. Furthermore, Fred served as a play-by-play announcer on multiple National Football League telecasts.
Fred Roggin Age
Fred Roggin was born on 6th May 1957, in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. He is 65 years old.
Fred Roggin Height
Fred’s height is 5 feet 8 inches (Approx 1.73m).
Fred Roggin Family
Fred was born to his mother Irene, and father Hy in Detroit, Michigan, United States. His dad served as a pharmacist but his pharmacy was burned during the civil rights riots in 1967. Unfortunately, his father Hy died of a heart attack. At the age of 26, Fred lost his mom Irene, who died of cancer. Fred grew up alongside his brother Eric who worked at an airline in Phoenix.
Fred Roggin Wife
He is happily married to his beautiful and caring wife called Richel. Together, they are blessed with three children namely, Haylee born on May 8, 1996, Jack Spencer born on September 21, 1998, and Josh Hunter born on April 8, 2000. Previously, married his ex-wife called Eileen and together had two kids namely, Shannon Irene and Jeffrey Hy.
Fred Roggin Education
After completing his high school education, Fred went on to attain his bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism. Nevertheless, he has never come out clear about the institute that he attended.
Fred Roggin Salary
He receives a satisfactory salary of $67,587 per year. This is according to KNBC-TV sports anchors’ salaries.
Fred Roggin Net Worth
He has managed to garner good wealth over the years he has worked and has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
Fred Roggin Career
He is currently working at KNBC since 1980. Furthermore, he serves as an afternoon show co-host at KLAC. Prior to that, Fred worked as a sports talk radio host at KMPC in Los Angeles. Prior to joining the station, he worked for KPNX based in Phoenix, Arizona. From 1977 to 1978, Fred served as a sports anchor at KYEL-TV (now called KYMA-DT) in Yuma, Arizona.
In August 2016, he worked as a new co-host of KLAC’s noon-to-3 pm show together with Leeann Tweeden. Fred succeeded Bill Reiter who joined the CBS Sports Radio network. In 1993, Fred was inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in Southern California.
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