Radio and TV A
St. Joseph, Missouri, native, Swoboda attended and graduated from
Missouri Western State College. In 1981, she received her first job as a television news anchor at
WQAD-TV in
Moline, Illinois. In the early 1980s, Swoboda (under the name Robin Cole) worked as an anchor and reporter for then-CBS affiliate
WTVJ channel 4 (now NBC O&O and channel 6) in
Miami,
Florida. She then moved to Cleveland in 1986, and using her real name, became a co-anchor for then
CBS affiliate
WJW-TV 8 alongside longtime station mainstays
Tim Taylor,
Dick Goddard, and
Casey Coleman. This came at a time when WJW was the top-rated newscast in Cleveland, and with that Swoboda became a very popular personality, and while still with WJW in 1989, she became the co-host with
Ahmad Rashad on the nationally syndicated sports interview program
InSport.
InSport was short lived, and Swoboda would remain on WJW until 1991, electing to leave Cleveland when her husband
Bryan Wagner After leaving WJW, Swoboda was named as co-host of
Cover to Cover (using her married name of Robin Wagner, alongside
Gayle King) which was aired nationally by
NBC. During that time Swoboda also had a stint as a celebrity square on
Hollywood Squares. In January 2011, Swoboda left WJW again after a disagreement with station management over the direction of her show. Two months later, she was named co-anchor of the 7 p.m. newscast on Cleveland
NBC affiliate
WKYC channel 3, where she worked until February 28, 2014. In July 2014, Swoboda began doing one-minute commentaries for WFHM (where she was previously morning host), and sister talk station
WHK AM 1420.
Film Swoboda has also had roles in a pair of motion pictures, partly due to the films being shot in
Cleveland - a bit part in the blockbuster
The Avengers in 2012, and a bigger role in the independent film
Made in Cleveland in 2013. ==Personal life==