Weather Channel Forecast Calls For Extended Periods Of Al Roker

By RabbitEars

Famed NBC Today show weatherman Al Roker is going to be entertaining and informing people about their local and national forecasts on a second network starting this summer at a to-be-announced date. Wake Up With Al will be a new weekday series airing 6-7am ET on The Weather Channel, which Roker will be co-hosting with current Weather Channel meteorologist Stephanie Abrams.

“Simply put, Al Roker is synonymous with weather,” says Lisa Gersh, interim CEO of The Weather Channel. “He has an energy and a style that jumps off the screen, and we already know that people want to wake up with him in the morning.” (Ladies, any comment?)

Wake Up With Al explores all aspects of the day’s weather, with Roker appearing both in studio, interacting with guests and viewers, and in the field reporting on the compelling weather stories of the day.

“Over the years, I have been out covering the same snowstorms, hurricanes and tornado aftermath as the folks at The Weather Channel,” says Roker. “It is really exciting to be working [there], bringing the best weather information to people as they start their day. And now I get free baseball caps and fleeces from two of the best information networks in the world.”

The show will air live from both New York City and Atlanta, with Roker reporting from the former, Abrams the latter.

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Roker: Credit: NBC

Abrams: Credit: The Weather Channel