Fritz Coleman

Coleman worked as a comedian and disc jockey for several years and as radio personality Jay Fredericks at WBEN and later WKBW in Buffalo, New York.^[2] In 1980, he left Buffalo for Los Angeles to work as a stand-up comic. In February of 1983, he began work as weekend weatherman at KNBC and became the weekday weatherman in June of 1985.^[4] He also hosted or appeared on a number of other KNBC shows, including It’s Fritz from 1988 to 1990 and What a Week from 1990 to 1991.

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 appeared in a supporting role in one of Raymond Burr's last Perry Mason television films, The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host in 1993.

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.^[5]

From 2009 to 2011, Coleman also did the weekday weather for KNBC in Los Angeles and KNSD in San Diego.^[6]

In June 2020, Coleman announced that he would retire after almost 40 years at KNBC.^[7][8]

• Official website
• Fritz Coleman at IMDb