Fred Shropshire Biography
Fred Shropshire is an American news anchor working for NBC 10 as a weekday evening anchor at 6 p.m., 7 p.m., and 11 p.m. He joined the NBC 10 news team in Jun 2023, after previously working for WCNC.
Fred Shropshire Career
Shropshire graduated with a Journalism degree from the University of North Carolina. In 2006, he was honored as UNC’s distinguished Nelson Benton Lecturer. He comes to NBC10, from WCNC-TV, an NBC affiliate station in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was the evening news anchor. Before that, he worked at WTVD-TV, the ABC affiliate in Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill AreaRaleigh, where he spent the past eight years, anchoring the 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. newscasts. Shropshire was a reporter at WGN-TV in Chicago before moving to Raleigh.
He is regarded as the “go-to” reporter when covering major stories. When Barack Obama was a senator and making his historic presidential run, Shropshire had multiple sit-down interviews with him. He has experience chasing hurricanes; during Hurricane Ike’s landfall, he field-anchored from Galveston, Texas. In addition, he has covered big events such as the World Series in 2005, the Jena Six Rally in Louisiana, and the Los Angeles memorial service for Michael Jackson.
At WCTI-TV in New Bern, where he started his career as a reporter, Shropshire covered the 2000 Osprey Crash outside of Jacksonville, North Carolina, in great detail. Later in his career, he moved to Winston-Salem and got a job at WXII-TV as a reporter. Shropshire covered a number of significant North Carolina stories while working at WXII, including the kidnapping of Jennifer Short, the explosion of the Kinston chemical plant, the disaster of Air Midwest Flight 5481, and the apprehension of Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph.
Fred Shropshire Salary
Shropshire earns an annual salary of about $47,000-$120,000.
Fred Shropshire Net Worth
Shropshire has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which he has earned through his career as an anchor.
Fred Shropshire Age
Shropshire was born in 1978 and brought up in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Fred is 46 years old as of 2024. He has neither disclosed the date nor the month he was born.
Fred Shropshire Height and Weight
Shropshire stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches tall. He has not disclosed his weight. However, this information will be updated when available.
Fred Shropshire Family
Shropshire was born in Chattanooga Tennessee, but a year later moved to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He also moved to Japan in his middle school years before returning to Jacksonville. As a military employee who was affected firsthand by global events, his father instilled in him that a news headline happens beyond your front door and is something to pay attention to. He likes to keep his personal life private hence he has neither disclosed the names of his parents nor those of his siblings. However, this information will be updated when available.
Fred Shropshire Wife and Children | Fred Shropshire New Wife
Shropshire has been married to Marley Shropshire, who works in Centerpost Media as a Program Director, for three years. Marley and her ex-husband divorced in February 2017 and since then she raised her son as a single mother.
In December 2019, Fred and Marley began dating. Instagram was how they initially became acquainted. Marley chooses carefully who she follows on the platform; it’s well known that she mostly follows speakers who inspire her and members of the theater industry. Because she had following some speakers from Charlotte at the time, Instagram’s algorithm recommended the account @therealfredshropshire as someone she would find interesting.
Intrigued, she looked up his profile to find out more about him. As soon as she watched his broadcast, she was impressed and clicked the follow button. Fred got a notification that someone had tracked him from a thousand kilometers away. He became fascinated by Marley as he looked at the profile. Even though neither of them knew the other, the two had a connection of some kind. Fred shared an Instagram story a week after they started following each other, featuring his weeping children over the elderberry syrup. He invited his followers to recommend a brand they would like in the post.
After reading the post, Marley suggested Flintstone candies in a private message to Shropshire. In return, the newscaster said, “Thank you” and “Nice to meet you.” They have been messaging each other nonstop since that day, and a week later they started speaking over the phone. They talk on the phone for a week before they FaceTime for the first time. Marley took a weekend flight to Charlotte after they decided to meet in person after exchanging messages on social media for a few weeks.
The couple decided that, as divorced parents of small children, staying single until marriage was the right course of action after having their “define-the-relationship talk.” Additionally, they desired a deeper emotional bond between them as opposed to a romantic partnership. In an interview, the pair said that their first infatuation made things more difficult for them, but that as they developed the habit, things got easier.
They had very little time for conversation at first because they were in a long-distance relationship. Marley’s income was negatively impacted when the epidemic struck since she lost her job. She then relocated to Charlotte to start a new chapter in her life, staying in an apartment close to Fred’s house. They were prepared to advance their relationship and were sincere about one another. Shropshire asked the love of his life to marry him in Romare Bearden Park in November 2021. The couple married on December 2, 2021, at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse, following a proposal that lasted 13 days.
Marley and Fred have four children all from previous marriages; two sons and two daughters. Marley has one son named Owen from her previous relationship while Fred has two daughters named Carolina and Johanna and a son named Ezra, from his previous marriage. According to a post shared by Fred, the four siblings have a strong bond with each other. The Shropshire family is seen spending their time together on several auspicious occasions, vacations, and holidays.
Fred Shropshire First Wife | Fred Shropshire Divorce
Fred’s first wife Sheyenne Rodriguez is a news reporter who worked at WTVD and was also one of the newscasters on the Eyewitness News Morning. Although the pair remained private about their wedding date and other details regarding their relationship, it is known that they first met each other at WGN Network. In 2015, the pair moved to Charlotte from Durham.
The duo parted ways after the birth of their third kid and they finalized their divorce in 2018. However, the pair hasn’t shared the reason behind their divorce with the public. Shropshire and Sheyenne share three children a son, Ezra, and two daughters, Carolina and Johanna. After the divorce, they split the custody of their kids evenly and Rodriguez has remained out of the spotlight.
Fred Shropshire Leaving WCNC
On Friday, March 3, 2023, Shropshire announced via his Instagram page that he was departing from WCNC to join NBC 10 in Philadelphia, WCAU, as a weekday anchor and reporter on Monday, June 26, 2023. Shropshire anchored WCNC’s 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11 p.m. newscasts.
Fred Shropshire Social Media Platform
Shropshire is very active on his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. He has 6k followers on Twitter 19.2k followers on Instagram, and 4.7k followers on Facebook.