Richard Rogers Bio
Richard Rogers is the anchor for News 12 First canada goose outlet store uk at 5, News 12 at 6 O’Clock, 11 o’clock. He’s been a member of the canada goose outlet online canada goose coats uk News 12 Team since October 1993 and has been in TV news since 1981.
Richard has won a number of awards over the years. He earned a Silver Circle Lifetime Achievement award by the National canada goose factory sale Academy Of Television Arts Sciences Southeast Chapter in 2017.
He’s been named Best canada goose outlet canada goose uk black friday sale Anchor by the Georgia Associated Press and Best TV Personality by the Georgia Association of Broadcasters. Richard’s awards include a GABBY for his tour of the James Brown Estate and AP awards for «Best Newscast,» «Best Feature» and «Best Series.» Richard has also been voted Best Of Augusta and «Best TV Personality» by readers of goose outlet canada Columbia County Magazine.
Richard is a Georgia native who grew up grew up on the coast in Brunswick.
Since coming to Augusta, Richard has anchored many live cheap Canada Goose events for News 12, from The Masters, to the Olympic Torch Run and the Children’s Miracle buy canada goose jacket Network Telethon. Richard has also reported dozens of live breaking news events, from canada goose outlet in usa hurricanes to the Atlanta Olympic games. His field anchoring from the scene of a plane crash in Augusta helped win News 12 a prestigious national Edward R. Murrow Award.
One of his official canada goose outlet favorite assignments is to report live from the Augusta National Golf Club during The Masters. Richard has covered a wide range of stories there from Tiger Woods’ first win to Arnold Palmer’s last competitive round. He proudly admits his own 7 iron canada goose outlet shop is still on the bottom of the famous pond on 16, having slipped out of his hand during a rainy round at Augusta National. As he puts it, «That club will spend many more nights canada goose outlet toronto factory at the National than I ever will.»
Richard is a member of North Augusta’s First Baptist Church and the Augusta Rotary Club. He’s a volunteer reader for local schools and community organizations including United Way, The Alzheimer’s Association, The Lydia Project and Special Olympics. He’s also a drummer who’s performed with the Augusta Amusements Big Band, and News 12’s in house band canada goose outlet reviews «Breaking News.» He has also volunteered as a https://www.thebookstop.biz narrator for Symphony Orchestra Augusta and the Savannah River Winds.
Richard graduated with honors from Truett McConnel College in Cleveland, Ga., and Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga. He’s the founding chairman of the Broadcast Advisory Board at GSU. In 2005 he was named Distinguished Alumnus for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
He met his wife, Jill, when they Canada Goose Parka were both canada goose uk outlet canada goose outlet on the air at WTOC TV in Savannah, Ga. She’s canada goose factory outlet a former news anchor and weather forecaster and now canada goose outlet a full time mom. When Richard isn’t spending time with his family or playing the drums, canada goose outlet new york city he likes to listen to music (preferably on vinyl), play golf and hang out on Canada Goose online the Georgia coast.