Fritz Coleman
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Fritz Coleman (b. 1948 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a weathercaster for KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, California.
After growing up in Radnor, Pennsylvania, he attended Temple University in Philadelphia where he studied radio, television, and film.
He worked as a comedian and disc jockey for several years and as a radio personality in Buffalo, New York. He left Buffalo for Los Angeles in 1980 to work as a stand-up comic. In 1982 he began work as weekend weatherman at KNBC, and has been the weekday weatherman since 1984.
He has written and performed two one-man theater acts, titled The Reception and It's Me! Dad!. He received the 2004 EMA Community Service Award for his involvement with KNBC's 4 Our Planet, a children's program.
He received a credit on the film Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie, an “alternate film” companion to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.[citation needed]
He is an honorary mayor of Toluca Lake, California. In the spring of 2005 he testified at the trial of Michael Jackson and provided support for the family of the plaintiff.[citation needed]
