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Albert Lincoln Roker (born August 20, 1954) is an American television broadcaster, best known as the weatherman for NBC's Today show.
Born in Queens, New York, Roker attended Xavier High School in Manhattan. Later, he began his weathercasting career while he was a student at the State University of New York at Oswego. Roker worked in Syracuse, New York, Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., before returning to New York where he rose to chief meteorologist at WNBC-TV. Roker became the weekend weatherman for NBC's Today show, while keeping his WNBC duties. In 1996, he replaced Willard Scott as the full-time weekday weatherman and left live at five that same year and left WNBC four years later in 2000. He holds American Meteorological Society Television Seal 238.
Roker has hosted numerous events for NBC, including Christmas at Rockefeller Center and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and produced several programs for PBS, MSNBC, and the Food Network. He is also the author of several non-fiction books, and an avid barbecue enthusiast. Roker has also filled in for Katie Couric and Matt Lauer as co-host of The Today Show.
In 2002, Roker underwent gastric bypass surgery to lose weight, which he said he did after failing at numerous diets. Eight months after the surgery, the New York Daily News reported he dropped 100 pounds (45 kg) off his 320 pound figure.
His wife is fellow journalist Deborah Roberts, who has done reporting for both ABC and NBC where she met Roker when she first joined the network in 1990 as a reporter and at that time Roker was a weatherman for WNBC'S Live at Five, 6, and 11pm newscasts. They both worked together on the today from 1990-1995 with Roberts filling in for Matt Lauer at the Newsdesk and Roker filling in for Williard Scott as the weatherman.
References
- Connor, Tracy. (November 17, 2002). "Stars put fat-fighting surgery in the spotlight". New York Daily News, p. 10.