Josh Brogadir Promoted To WCVB Sports Anchor-Reporter

Josh Brogadir

WCVB Boston sports reporter Josh Brogadir has added anchor duties to his role as part of the SportsCenter 5 team. The announcement was made by WCVB President & General Manager Kyle I. Grimes and News Director Margaret Cronan.

Brogadir takes over for long-time sports anchor and reporter, Bob Halloran, who retired from the position in May. In this new role, Brogadir will continue to work alongside lead sports anchor Duke Castiglione and sports reporters Naoko Funayama and Angel Salcedo.

Brogadir joined WCVB as a general assignment reporter in August 2016 and became a sports reporter in May 2022.

Prior to WCVB, Brogadir worked in Boston as a sports anchor at Comcast SportsNet New England and as a news reporter at New England Cable News.

Brogadir’s early broadcasting career includes reporting at several local news stations across the country including WNEP Scranton, Pa., where he won an Associated Press award for investigative journalism; WHOI Peoria, Ill.; KREX Grand Junction, Colo.; and KNSD San Diego where he was a producer.

Before his journalism career, he was a bilingual (English/Spanish) teacher and football coach at Walsh Middle School in Framingham.

A native New Englander, Brogadir is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he played varsity lightweight (now Sprint) tackle football.