Al Roker: From Weatherman to Media Phenomenon

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Al Roker was born in New York City in 1954, Al Roker began his career as a weatherman while attending the State University of New York at Oswego. He then joined WNBC-TV in 1983, undertaking increasingly high profile stories until he finally joined the Today Show as an anchor in 1996. Roker also hosted his own morning segment for the Weather Channel, founded a production company and wrote numerous award winning books. Biography Albert Lincoln Roker Jr. was born on August 20, 1954, in New York City. The oldest of six children born to parents Albert Sr and Isabel, Roker was raised in St. Albans section of eastern Queens. He pulled into the television world when he was a child, although he did not expected to become a news anchor because he set …show more content…

Another issue Roker encountered was him landing in hot water NBC’s top brass. “NBC news chiefs have staged an AL Roker intervention after finally getting fed up with all silly things the weatherman says, a source tells page six” . He was summoned to the meeting with NBC brass and ordered to start thinking before he speaks, following a number of cringe worthy moment on live tv. He insulted a woman by asking if her husband was her father and telling a mother in the crowd on the “”today” plaza that her crying baby look like a japanese anime. Roker is very interested in politics and usually voices his opinion. Even his Co-host Sam Champion leaves all the political matters to him because he does not like to get into matters of such. For example recently the station was recently under blast by the mayor and he blamed the news station for not having the appropriate date sooner for them to alert resident of the storm. Al Roker immediately took action and responded via Twitter, then shift the blame

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