Evan Roberts (radio personality)
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Roberts at Citi Field, 2012
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| Born | July 11, 1983 |
| Style | Sports radio |
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Evan Roberts (born July 11, 1983) is an American sports radio personality. He co-hosts the Joe & Evan show with Joe Benigno weekdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET on the New York radio stations WFAN-AM and WFAN-FM.
Roberts grew up in Cedarhurst, New York and graduated from Lawrence High School in 2001.
Roberts' career began at the age of 10 when he had an opportunity to do updates for WFAN's Imus in the Morning radio program. He then hosted his own radio show called Kidsports on WGBB and expanded it to a wider kids audience with a show called Going Bzircus; a few years later, he hosted "What's Up With Evan Roberts" for the now-defunct Radio AAHS (later AAHS World Radio) children's radio network. In 1997, Roberts played a role in the Howard Stern's movie autobiography Private Parts as Elliot. After graduating from high school he worked for XM Satellite Radio in Washington, D.C. for 2 years. In 2003 and 2004, he worked for WJFK in Baltimore, Maryland and then moved back to New York to host his own show on Maxim Radio, a channel on Sirius Satellite Radio.
Roberts is a fan of the New York Mets,Brooklyn Nets,New York Islanders,New York Jets and the WWE.
On June 2, 2016, Roberts was hit by a NYC taxi while out on a sick day, breaking his L1 vertebra, which caused a flare up of his psoriasis and asthma.
Roberts' wife gave birth to a boy, Jett Alexander Roberts, on 9/11/16.
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