Evan Roberts (radio personality)

Evan Roberts
Roberts at Citi Field, 2012
Born	(1983-07-11) July 11, 1983
Style	Sports radio
Country	United States

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] In 1997, Roberts played a role in the Howard Stern's movie autobiography Private Parts as Elliot.^[4][5] After graduating from high school he worked for XM Satellite Radio^[2] 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.^[6]

Roberts is a fan of the New York Mets,^[1][7] Brooklyn Nets,^[1] New York Islanders,^[8] and New York Jets.^[9] and the WWE.

External links

• Evan Roberts « CBS New York
• Evan Roberts on Twitter

References