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. 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. From 2009 to 2011, Coleman also did the weekday weather for KNBC in
Los Angeles and
KNSD in
San Diego. In June 2020, Coleman announced that he would retire after almost 40 years at KNBC. ==References==