Fred Roggin

Fred Roggin is the award-winning weekday sports anchor for NBC4, NBC's owned-and- operated station in Los Angeles. Roggin’s sports reports are featured Monday through Friday on NBC4’s News at 6PM and 11PM.  He joined the station in December 1980.

  In addition to anchoring NBC4’s weekday sports news, Roggin is the host of the Emmy-nominated “The Filter with Fred Roggin,” a half-hour program he created.  “The Filter” is a fast-paced news show that examines the top stories of the week with a touch of irreverent observation and flair. The program airs on NBC4's digital channel (4.2) and can also be seen on the weekends on NBC4. 
 
A versatile talent and executive producer, Roggin created and hosts “The Challenge,” NBC4's multi-platform half-hour post-game show, which airs following “Sunday Night Football.”
 
Roggin was also the creator and executive producer of NBC4’s automotive show “Whipnotic,” which aired on Channel 4. Additionally, he was the executive producer and host of NBC4's coverage of the Los Angeles Marathon for a number of years.
 
The leading sports anchor in Southern California, Roggin has garnered 30 local Emmy Awards, 22 Golden Mike Awards, three prestigious Associated Press Awards and numerous Press Club Awards for his sports segments, specials and series.
 
In addition to NBC4, Roggin can be seen on NBC and MSNBC with the morning sports reports on “Early Today” and “First Look.”  He often appears on NBC Sports network telecasts, as well. 
 
Roggin is one of the few local NBC sportscasters who also work for the NBC Network during the Olympic Games. He was a Network host and reporter for the Games in Salt Lake, Sydney, Turin, Athens, Beijing and Vancouver.  On the local level, Roggin has covered every Olympics since 1984.
Roggin joined NBC4 as the weekend sports anchor and weekday reporter. In June 1986, he became the station's primary sports anchor and reporter. Roggin expanded his role at the station in 1985 when he created and became host and executive producer of "Sunday Night Sports."
Well-known for his use of humor and satire in his sports reporting, Roggin created segments such as the “Hall of Shame,” which features video clips of humorous and unforgettable sports moments, and “Roggin’s Heroes,” which highlights remarkable or extraordinary plays occurring in the world of sports. “Roggin’s Heroes” was developed into a nationally syndicated, weekly showl in 1990.
 
The consummate television and radio personality, Roggin has hosted games shows on the Game Show Network (“GSN Live” and “The Money List”) and radio talk shows on 1540 The Ticket, KLAC and 710 ESPN. In 1997, he hosted “The Arthel & Fred Show,” a nationally syndicated talk show with Arthel Neville. In 1993 and 1994, Roggin produced and hosted three primetime “Top Secret Television Specials,” featuring bloopers and home videos from around the world. He also made an appearance on Nickelodeon’s Kid’s Choice Awards narrating Will Ferrell getting slimed.
 
Roggin began his broadcasting career in 1976 as a sports anchor, reporter and play-by-play announcer for KIKO Radio in Globe, Arizona. In 1977, he became the sports anchor, reporter and sports director for KBLU Radio and KYEL-TV in Yuma, Arizona. The next year, he became the sports director and anchor for KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas, and during that same year moved to Phoenix, Arizona, to become the weekday sports anchor at KPNX-TV
 
Originally from Detroit, Roggin was raised in Phoenix, where he attended Phoenix College in Broadcasting. Roggin is married to wife Richel. He and his family live in the San Fernando Valley.