Al Roker Biography
Al Roker (Albert Lincoln Roker Jr) an American journalist, weather forecaster, actor, and author known as the weather anchor of NBC’s Today and a co-host on 3rd Hour Today. He is as well the Owner and CEO of Al Roker Entertainment.
Al Roker Age
Roker was born on August 20, 1954 in USA.
Al Roker Career
Al began his working as a weather anchor at WHEN-TV, a CBS affiliate in New York and later lest the station in 1976. He then relocated to Washington where he joined WTTG as a weathercast. Back in 1978, he joined WKYC-TV in Cleveland and working for five years.
He later got promoted and moved to WNBC-TV in New York where he worked as a weekend weathercaster and later served as a regular weeknight weathercaster.
He as well hosted the talk show, The Al Roker Show, a weekend show on CNBC.
He is currently serves as the weather anchor for NBC’S Today having joined the station back in 1996 and has served the chief host since then. He as well covered Hurricane Wilma and as well set a new Guinness World record for forecasting for 34 hours straight as of 10:05 pm back on November 12, 2014, up until 8:00 am on November 14, 2014.
Al Roke Tv Shows
- The Today Show
- 3rd Hour Today
- Roker on the Road
- Weather Hacks
- Celebrity Family Feud
- Off The Rails on SiriusX
Al Roke Books
- You Look So Much Better in Person
- The Morning Show Murders
- The Midnight Show Murders
- The Talk Show Murders
- Never Goin Back
- The Storm of the Century
- Al Roker’s extreme weather
Al Roke Awards and Honors
- The Daytime Emmy Award- Outstanding Morning Program
- The Daytime Emmy Award-Outstanding Special Class Special (1997, 1998, and 1999)
- December 2018, he was honored for 40 years at NBC, with the Today Plaza being officially named the Rokerfeller Plaza in his honor.
Al Roker Salary
Roker’s earns an estimated annual salary of $10 million.
Al Roker Net worth
Roker has an estimated net worth of $70 million.
Al Roker Height Weight and Weight
Roker stands tall at a height of 5 feet and 8 inches (1.73 meters) and has an average body weight
Al Roker Family
Roker was born to Albert Lincoln Roker Sr. of Bahamian descent and was a bus driver and Isabel Roker of Jamaican descent and a catholic faithful.
Al Roker Wife
Roker is married to Deborah Roberts a journalist working for ABC News. The duo got married back on September 16, 1995. He was previously married to his first wife whom he divorced and his second wife Alice Bel in 1984 but later the two divorced.
Al Roker Children
Roker has two children with his wife Roberts named Nicholas born on July 18, 2002 and Leila born on November 17, 1998, and Courtney whom he adopted when she was an infant back in 1987 when Al was married to Alice Bell.
Al Roker Prostate Cancer
Roker had gastric bypass surgery for him to lose weight. He as wel had numerous surgeries with a total knee arthroplasty in 2001 and a knee replacement surgery back in 2016. He as well had a back operation in 2005 and as well a hip replacement surgery in September 2019. He shared in September 2020 that he got diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Al Roker Education
Roker enrolled at Xavier High School and later enrolled at the State University of New York at Oswego where he earned his B.A. in communications in 1976.