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.
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.
