Phil is currently anchoring the Weekend Edition at AM 600 KOGO Radio in San Diego.
He also is the senior correspondent with an emphasis on politics, military and sports.
Prior to that he was doing double-duty serving as CW6 News Weekend Morning Anchor and also anchored sports and was a reporter for CW6 until the station lost its affiliation in May of 2017.
Farrar is a National Award winning broadcast journalist. During his career, he has interviewed sports figures from Mays to 'Magic.' He has reported live from the World Series, four Super Bowl games, the World Cup and the NBA Finals. Phil has interviewed sitting U.S. Presidents, politicians, prisoners, military officials and reported live from political conventions along with co-hosting parades and military air shows. In all, he has reported live from five countries and two continents.
Phil, a Freeport, Illinois native began his career just twenty miles away in Rockford. He was a News and Sports Anchor/Reporter at the then ABC affiliate WREX-TV. In 1989 he joined the NBC Owned and Operated station, WMAQ in Chicago. He further honed his skills by writing, producing, field producing and producing the 'Sunday Sports Show.' Phil worked briefly at the CBS O&O before returning to WMAQ to anchor late evening and overnight newscasts.
Phil then headed West to San Diego where he was the 11pm Sports Anchor for the ABC affiliate, KGTV, Channel 10. While in San Diego, Farrar has covered the Padres, Chargers along with the professional hockey San Diego Gulls. Phil has anchored live baseball coverage from Arizona and Florida during Spring Training. He's followed Woods, Mickelson, Day and Speith along with other leaders at the annual San Diego PGA tournament. From the first through the 18th hole at the 2008 US Open, Phil was inside the ropes as Tiger Woods defeated Rocco Mediate on a fifth day of playoff golf at the seaside course known as Torrey Pines. Farrar has covered some of the worlds greatest athletes at the Olympic Training Center located just south of San Diego, teams and individuals from Division I and II colleges along with challenged athletes.
Phil's dedication to his profession has earned him nearly 70 accolades, including three 'Salute to Excellence' awards from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), prestigious Edward R. Murrow team and Marconi awards for San Diego wildfire coverage and two individual Golden Mikes from the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California (RTNA) for sports coverage. Most notably, Phil was recognized locally, regionally and nationally for a special report he did on Willie O'Ree, the first African-American to play in the National Hockey League. His five-part series on "Black in San Diego" earned him honors from the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Press Club, NABJ and the RTNA. Farrar captured the Press Club's 1st place award as he anchored live news coverage from South America aboard the USS Ronald Reagan as the world's largest nuclear powered warship churned through the Pacific waters during its maiden voyage. He was the first and only broadcast journalist embedded with the Reagan for two weeks as it made its home porting to United States Naval Base Coronado.
Phil also dedicates his time to non-profit agencies like the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program and the YWCA where he has worked with children of abused women. He recently served as Master of Ceremonies during the International Police Chief's Convention for the 9-1-1 for Kids Heroes Awards Ceremony. For the past three years Phil has produced, directed videos and immerses himself as emcee for the Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce
Phil is proud to report on and call San Diego and Southern California his home.
He also is the senior correspondent with an emphasis on politics, military and sports.
Prior to that he was doing double-duty serving as CW6 News Weekend Morning Anchor and also anchored sports and was a reporter for CW6 until the station lost its affiliation in May of 2017.
Farrar is a National Award winning broadcast journalist. During his career, he has interviewed sports figures from Mays to 'Magic.' He has reported live from the World Series, four Super Bowl games, the World Cup and the NBA Finals. Phil has interviewed sitting U.S. Presidents, politicians, prisoners, military officials and reported live from political conventions along with co-hosting parades and military air shows. In all, he has reported live from five countries and two continents.
Phil, a Freeport, Illinois native began his career just twenty miles away in Rockford. He was a News and Sports Anchor/Reporter at the then ABC affiliate WREX-TV. In 1989 he joined the NBC Owned and Operated station, WMAQ in Chicago. He further honed his skills by writing, producing, field producing and producing the 'Sunday Sports Show.' Phil worked briefly at the CBS O&O before returning to WMAQ to anchor late evening and overnight newscasts.
Phil then headed West to San Diego where he was the 11pm Sports Anchor for the ABC affiliate, KGTV, Channel 10. While in San Diego, Farrar has covered the Padres, Chargers along with the professional hockey San Diego Gulls. Phil has anchored live baseball coverage from Arizona and Florida during Spring Training. He's followed Woods, Mickelson, Day and Speith along with other leaders at the annual San Diego PGA tournament. From the first through the 18th hole at the 2008 US Open, Phil was inside the ropes as Tiger Woods defeated Rocco Mediate on a fifth day of playoff golf at the seaside course known as Torrey Pines. Farrar has covered some of the worlds greatest athletes at the Olympic Training Center located just south of San Diego, teams and individuals from Division I and II colleges along with challenged athletes.
Phil's dedication to his profession has earned him nearly 70 accolades, including three 'Salute to Excellence' awards from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), prestigious Edward R. Murrow team and Marconi awards for San Diego wildfire coverage and two individual Golden Mikes from the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California (RTNA) for sports coverage. Most notably, Phil was recognized locally, regionally and nationally for a special report he did on Willie O'Ree, the first African-American to play in the National Hockey League. His five-part series on "Black in San Diego" earned him honors from the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Press Club, NABJ and the RTNA. Farrar captured the Press Club's 1st place award as he anchored live news coverage from South America aboard the USS Ronald Reagan as the world's largest nuclear powered warship churned through the Pacific waters during its maiden voyage. He was the first and only broadcast journalist embedded with the Reagan for two weeks as it made its home porting to United States Naval Base Coronado.
Phil also dedicates his time to non-profit agencies like the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program and the YWCA where he has worked with children of abused women. He recently served as Master of Ceremonies during the International Police Chief's Convention for the 9-1-1 for Kids Heroes Awards Ceremony. For the past three years Phil has produced, directed videos and immerses himself as emcee for the Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce
Phil is proud to report on and call San Diego and Southern California his home.
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