Evan Roberts | |
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 Roberts at Citi Field, 2012 | |
| Born | July 11, 1983 |
| Career | |
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| Station(s) | WFAN |
| Time slot | M-F 02:00 p.m. - 07:00 p.m. ET |
| Style | Sports radio |
| Country | United States |
| Website | wfan |
Evan Roberts (born July 11, 1983) is an American sports radio personality. He currently co-hosts the Carton and Roberts radio show, along with Craig Carton, weekdays from 2 p.m. to 7 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" and Nets Slammin' Planet [3] with Albert King and Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson for the now-defunct Radio AAHS (later AAHS World Radio) children's radio network. [4] In 1996, Roberts played "Boy Dancing in Field with Father Lawrence" in the film Tromeo & Juliet . [5] In 1997, Roberts played a role in the Howard Stern's movie autobiography Private Parts as Elliot. [6]
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. [7]
In July 2004, Roberts was hired as an overnight host on WFAN. [8]
On Jan. 2, 2007, Roberts moved from overnights to a midday show. He teamed up with Joe Benigno to cohost the “Benigno & Roberts in the Midday”, [9] which aired weekdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on WFAN. This show lasted in that timeslot for 11 years. On January 2, 2018, with the initial departure of Mike Francesa from his 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. show, the Benigno and Roberts show was increased by 1 hour, now airing on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. [10]
On January 2, 2020, following a subsequent retirement by Francesa, the 13 year midday show got elevated to an afternoon program Joe & Evan , airing from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. [11] This new afternoon show lasted until November 6, 2020, when Benigno retired from full-time work, ending a 14-year partnership with Roberts. [9]
On November 9, 2020, a new show with Roberts and Craig Carton, Carton and Roberts, replaced Joe & Evan as the afternoon drive radio show, airing from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. [12]
Aside from his regular WFAN work, Roberts started The Evan Roberts Podcast on Radio.com, on March 29, 2018, The podcast does not have a regular schedule, but rather is on-demand, when Roberts wants to give his instant opinions right after an exciting sporting event or an interesting news story breaks outside of his normal show. [13]
Roberts also hosts a solo show on Saturday mornings on WFAN, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. [14]
Roberts is an avid fan of the New York Mets, [1] [15] Brooklyn Nets, [1] New York Islanders, [16] New York Jets, [17] as well as WWE.
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The new schedule for WFAN launches January 2nd, 2018...Benigno and Roberts in the midday with an additional hour from 10-2
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