# Travis Rodgers > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Travis_Rodgers > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Travis_Rodgers.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Rodgers > Source revision: 1323869933 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) '''Travis Rodgers''' is a sports talk radio personality on [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) [ESPN](/source/ESPN) affiliate [KSPN (AM)](/source/KSPN_(AM)). He was the host of the [Yahoo! Sports Radio](/source/Yahoo!_Sports_Radio) program, ''Travis Rodgers Now,'' which aired weekdays 12-2pm EST. He also co-hosted the [KLAA 830 AM](/source/KLAA_(AM)) program ''ESPN Morning Show'' with Kelvin Washington. Prior to his radio shows, he was the producer of the nationally syndicated [Jim Rome Show](/source/Jim_Rome_Show) and the [ESPN](/source/ESPN) television show [Jim Rome is Burning](/source/Jim_Rome_is_Burning). ==Early life== Travis Rodgers grew up in [Arcadia, California](/source/Arcadia%2C_California). He graduated from [Arcadia High School](/source/Arcadia_High_School_(Arcadia%2C_California)). He attended [University of California, Santa Barbara](/source/University_of_California%2C_Santa_Barbara), where he graduated with a BS in Political Science. He pitched for the UCSB baseball team for four seasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.yahoosportsradio.com/about-travis-rodgers/ |title=About Travis Rodgers |publisher=Yahoo Sports Radio |date= |access-date=2012-09-30}} ==Radio career== Rodgers was hired to work for the Los Angeles radio show ''The Jim Rome Show'', becoming the producer in 1996. Through the efforts of Rome and Rodgers working together, they were able to syndicate the program, eventually reaching more than 200 affiliates in the United States and Canada. After it was announced that he was moving on 'to bigger and better things' in 2009 (Rodgers later acknowledged that he was fired), he was hired in 2010 by [KGOW](/source/KGOW) 1560 AM, in Houston. At the beginning of 2011, he added a national program with Sporting News Radio {{cite web|last=Vanderberg |first=Marcus |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/travis-rodgers-lands-syndicated-show-on-sporting-news-radio/ |title=Travis Rodgers Lands Syndicated Show On Sporting News Radio - TVNewser |publisher=Mediabistro.com |date=2010-12-28 |access-date=2012-09-30}} which became Yahoo Sports Radio in September of that year, and was voted Best Sport Talk Host of 2011 by the Houston Press.{{cite web|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/bestof/2011/award/best-sports-talk-host-2677957/|title=Best Sports Talk Host - 2011 |publisher=houstonpress.com/ |date=2011-11-21|access-date=2012-11-02}} In 2012, Rodgers moved his program to [KLAA 830](/source/KLAA_(AM)) and began ''The Travis Rodgers Morning Show'', based in [Anaheim, California](/source/Anaheim%2C_California), and soon after KGOW dropped his local Houston program. Rodgers maintains his Yahoo! Sports Radio show as well as his local KLAA programming from 6–9 am PT, (his first national broadcast hour is also carried on KLAA from 9–10am PT).{{cite web|url=http://www.am830klaa.com/onair/broadcast_schedule.php |title=Weekly Broadcast Schedule |publisher=KLAA AM 880 |date= |access-date=2013-05-15}} Rodgers's local program is advertised as "the only live, local morning sports show in the Los Angeles market".{{cite web|url=http://www.am830klaa.com/shows/travisrodgers.php |title=The Travis Rodgers Show |publisher=KLAA AM 880 |date= |access-date=2013-05-15}} However, as of 2015 due to low rating, the show was discontinued. Travis Rodgers then co-hosted ESPN LA's Afternoons with Marcellus & Travis. He also does event adjacent programming for the Los Angeles Lakers & Rams. On September 4, 2018, he moved to mornings as co-host with [Keyshawn Johnson](/source/Keyshawn_Johnson) and [LZ Granderson](/source/LZ_Granderson), also on ESPN 710.http://www.talkers.com August 22, 2018 ==Travis Rodgers Now== Rodgers considers his new show a blend of pop culture and sports, in that order. Rodgers varies from the normal sports talk format in several ways. Rodgers prefers to use [Twitter](/source/Twitter) over traditional phone calls or emails; he encourages listeners to tweet the show to comment on the issues of the day and reads tweets he finds interesting, insightful, or funny. One of Rodgers' regular guests is his friend Brian Beckner; he joins The show for a weekly segment or two entitled "The Friday Facts."{{cite web|url=http://www.yahoosportsradio1560.com/audio/the-friday-facts-w-brian-beckner-1067|title=The Friday Facts w/Brian Beckner |publisher=yahoosportsradio1560.com/ |date=2012-11-21|access-date=2012-11-02}} Rodgers has stated on the air that his conversations with Beckner are a highlight of the show. ''Travis Rodgers Now'' is podcast at [http://www.yahoosportsradio.com/podcasts/ Yahoo! Sports Radio Podcasts], along with the other YSR shows.{{cite web|title=Yahoo Sports Radio|url=http://www.yahoosportsradio.com/}} The national show can be streamed [http://www.yahoosportsradio.com/ Yahoo! Sports Radio] from Noon to 2pm ET. Beginning in 2012, Rodgers held his [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012_TRN_Big_Fan_Brackett.png Big Fan Bracket] tournament, in which he pitted all the things of which he considered himself a "big fan:" mostly, but not exclusively, models and actresses. The first winner was [Dominique Sachse](/source/Dominique_Sachse).{{cite web|url=http://www.yahoosportsradio.com/shows/travis-rodgers/trn-big-fan-tournament-finals-lindsay-lohan-vs-dominique-sachse-35642/|title=Big Fan Bracket |publisher=yahoosportsradio.com/ |date=2012-10-10 |access-date=2012-11-02}} ==See also== *[Yahoo! Sports Radio](/source/Yahoo!_Sports_Radio) *[KLAA AM](/source/KLAA_(AM)) *[KGOW](/source/KGOW) *[The Jim Rome Show](/source/The_Jim_Rome_Show) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodgers, Travis}} Category:UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball players Category:American sports radio personalities Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Travis Rodgers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Rodgers) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Rodgers?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.