Fred Roggin
| Fred Roggin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Frederick Jay Roggin May 6, 1957 Detroit, Michigan |
| Other names | "Freddy Ballgame" |
| Occupation | Actor TV/Radio presenter Game show host |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouse(s) | Richel Roggin (5 children) |
Frederick Jay "Fred" Roggin (born May 6, 1957, Detroit, Michigan) is the sports anchor at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, California and afternoon show co-host at KLAC. He was also a sports talk radio host at KMPC in Los Angeles and previously hosted a morning sports show on KLAC with Los Angeles Times sports columnist T.J. Simers and Simers' daughter, Tracy Simers. Roggin served as a host for NBC Sports coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Roggin also has a national profile, doing occasional work for NBC Sports. He with triathletes Julie Moss and Mike Plant had the call for the tape delayed 1990 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon. Also, he has become a regular during its coverage of the Olympics. At the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, he hosted the daily coverage of curling, and at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, he was the anchor for boxing coverage from the venue, which aired on CNBC and Universal HD. He was also a play by play announcer on several National Football League telecasts before the network stopped coverage after Super Bowl XXXII in January 1998.
Roggin joined KNBC in 1980, coming from KPNX in Phoenix, Arizona, and prior to that, he was the sports anchor on KYEL-TV (now KSWT), a station in Yuma, Arizona-El Centro, California market, between 1977 and 1978. He currently lives in Calabasas, California with his wife Richel, a writer, along with their three children.
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