Day Planner was a late morning-early afternoon weather forecast program that aired on The Weather Channel Mondays through Fridays from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET.
44-514: Day Planner was added in 2003 as one of the last programs to be added to The Weather Channel's morning programming block. For all intents and purposes, its format was similar to Your Weather Today , but the primary focus for the show was towards Middle America and the West Coast. While the show originally aired from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern Time when it premiered, its schedule was shifted to 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET; this time shifting had put Day Planner into
88-601: A hip replacement surgery. In November 2020, he revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in September 2020. He had a successful operation on November 9, and by November 17 he was at home recovering. In November 2022, after being absent from Today for a few days, Roker revealed he was in the hospital being treated for blood clots in his lungs. He returned to the show on January 6, 2023, revealing he also suffered from internal bleeding which necessitated surgery, two bleeding ulcers, colon resection surgery when part or all of
132-408: A "Rokerthon 2", this time reporting weather from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. during the week from November 6 to November 13, 2015, in support of Feeding America . From March 27 until March 31, 2017, he embarked on "Rokerthon 3", visiting colleges and setting a Guinness World Record at each one, such as the longest conga line on ice and largest human letter. Roker has hosted NBC's coverage of
176-532: A celebrity player on both Merv Griffin game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune . Roker has hosted programs on Food Network , namely, Roker on the Road , and Tricked-Out Tailgating . He is also an avid barbecue enthusiast. Roker provided forecasts for several radio stations, including the New York smooth jazz radio station WQCD (101.9 FM) and for Cleveland smooth jazz station WNWV (107.3 FM), through
220-483: A co-anchor. Also, AMHQ was expanded back to four hours from 6-10am eastern. On June 14, 2021, The Weather Channel dropped the AMHQ acronym, replacing it with the acronym's initialism of America's Morning Headquarters. The new show debuted alongside a new logo and expanded programming until 12 PM Eastern, adding Alex Wallace as a host from Weather Center Live's 10 AM to 12 PM time slot, which it replaces. On May 13, 2024, AMHQ
264-530: A fist bump from the newly inaugurated president moments before Biden entered the White House. In November 2014, Roker embarked on a "Rokerthon", in which he did a non-stop, 34-hour weather forecast on NBC, from 10:05 p.m. on November 12, 2014, until about 8:00 a.m. on November 14, 2014. The record-setting event was a fundraiser for the Crowdrise Campaign to benefit the military and USO . He held
308-575: A multi-year reformatting of its program schedule, converting from a one-program approach (embodied in Weather Center ) to a multi-program schedule for its forecast programs. The first changes occurred with its morning schedule, formerly composed solely of Weather Center AM . Two programs were carved out of Weather Center AM initially, First Outlook and Your Weather Today , which debuted on January 3, 2000 (a third "morning" program, Day Planner , premiered in 2003). At its launch, Your Weather Today
352-413: A new graphics and music package on April 5, 2010. This revamp removed the "with Abrams & Bettes" subtitling on-air; however, interactive programming guides and program listings on weather.com continued to refer to the program as Your Weather Today with Abrams & Bettes . In 2010, Carfagno's appearances on the show increased significantly, because Bettes' was often absent doing field reports as part of
396-441: A primetime show from there. Jennifer Delgado departed a week later to Weather Center Live . On November 8, 2015, AMHQ relaunched again in a new timeslot, 5am-9am ET. The first hour is branded AMHQ Early hosted by Jen Carfagno & Anaridis Rodriguez with Stephanie Abrams & Jim Cantore joining them beginning at the second hour. On January 10, 2016, Kait Parker co-hosted her final AMHQ Weekend show and left TWC. She
440-464: A service called the "Al Roker Radio Weather Network", distributed by United Stations Radio Networks . It has since been replaced by Accuweather . He also had a one and a half hour weekday morning stint live from 5:00–7:00 a.m. on The Weather Channel under the name Wake Up with Al which aired from 2009 until 2015. On 22 May 2003, Roker made a cameo in The Play What I Wrote on Broadway as
484-413: A staple. Roker conducted more interviews and segments on the show over time. He continues the daily tradition of birthday wishes to centenarians that began with Scott. In 2005, Roker reported from inside Hurricane Wilma . A popular viral video shows him swept off his feet by the fierce wind and clinging to the cameraman. In addition to his role as Today Show weather man and anchor, Roker co-hosted
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#1732887333496528-515: A weather anchor for CBS affiliate WHEN-TV (now WTVH ) in Syracuse, New York from 1974 until 1976, while he was enrolled at SUNY Oswego . During his time in Oswego, he also DJ'd at the campus radio station, WNYO. Following the completion of his studies, Roker moved to Washington, D.C. and took a weathercasting position at independent station WTTG , then owned by Metromedia , remaining there for much of
572-427: Is a serious affliction and would never joke about that. We were joking about the logo—not about epilepsy. If anybody was offended, I heartily and really humbly apologize." On November 23, 2015, Roker alleged racial discrimination and filed a complaint after he and his son attempted to hail a cab . The cab driver reportedly had passed them in order to pick up a white man on the next block. Roker stated on Twitter that
616-519: Is an American morning television program on The Weather Channel . Airing every morning from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Time , the program focuses on morning weather conditions, news and business information from around the country. The program debuted on January 3, 2000, under its original title. If there is a major weather event, it used to air until 10 am, however since 2017, it's usually cut back an hour for additional live broadcasts for Weather Center Live . In 2000, The Weather Channel began
660-581: The 2018 movie on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries with Holly Robinson Peete in the lead role. In 2016, the non-fiction book Been There, Done That: Family Wisdom for Modern Times , written by Roker and his wife Deborah Roberts , was published. Following an early marriage and divorce, Roker married WNBC producer Alice Bell in December 1984. He and Bell adopted daughter Courtney as an infant in 1987. Roker and Bell later divorced. Roker married TV journalist Deborah Roberts on September 16, 1995. They are
704-454: The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade since 1995 (with the exception of 2022), where he provides commentary along with some of his Today Show colleagues. He is known as the "uptown" host, whose main roles include cutting the ribbon during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the start of the parade, and interviewing celebrities who are watching the parade from its start at 77th Street. Roker was unable to host
748-484: The Vortex 2 experiment from May 1 to June 15, and Abrams was working on the second season of The Weather Channel's original long-form program WeatherProof . The move coincided with the cancellation of the controversial Flick and a Forecast movie series, which Carfagno had hosted. Chris Warren began serving as a fill-in when a second substitute was needed. From May 9 to June 3, 2011, Mike Bettes returned to field reporting on
792-528: The 2012 Olympics in London? Some folks have complained that the campaign actually sent them into epileptic seizures . Well, we asked you to weigh in on our website in an informal poll; those of you who could get up off the floor after shaking around were able to actually log in" The following day Roker stated, "I started joking about [the logo]. I want to make this clear—I was not joking about epilepsy or anyone who suffers from epilepsy. We understand and know that this
836-471: The 9 a.m. Eastern hour. TWC got a new graphics and music package called "Weather All The Time" in November 2013, Morning Rush and every other live programming show got an upgrade. The program was relaunched on March 17, 2014, as America's Morning Headquarters (AMHQ) , with Mike Bettes , Maria LaRosa and Sam Champion as co-anchors, Anaridis Rodriguez as news anchor, & Reese Waters on sports anchoring
880-589: The Mystery Guest Star. It was announced on September 5, 2018, that Roker would make his Broadway debut portraying Joe in the musical Waitress for a six-week run from October 5 to November 11. He later returned to the show for a limited run from November 1 to 24, 2019. On 19 December 2023, he returned to Broadway for a one night only cameo in Gutenberg! The Musical! as the Producer. On 28 March 2024, Roker
924-519: The New York City studio full-time. She and Mike Bettes continued to host the show from 7 to 9 a.m. while Maria LaRosa joined Bettes for the 9 a.m. hour. On November 12, 2012, Your Weather Today was relaunched, with the same hosts, under the new title Morning Rush. In late 2013, Jennifer Delgado joined the program. Abrams remained co-anchor of Morning Rush , with her duties expanding to 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. (from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.), and Delgado co-anchoring
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#1732887333496968-525: The Vortex 2 project for a third consecutive year (the channel's reports on the project had by that point become known as "The Great Tornado Hunt"). For 2012, Abrams remained in-studio on Your Weather Today during "The Great Tornado Hunt", which was truncated slightly because the channel's crew worked independently from the since-ended Vortex 2 project. On April 16, 2012, the program was revamped with new on-air graphics. In addition, Stephanie Abrams began co-hosting
1012-525: The Weather Channel's live weather programming began broadcasting in high definition from a new HD studio facility. Marshall Seese retired in November of that year, and was replaced by Nicole Mitchell. In March 2009, Tesch left Your Weather Today to become co-anchor of Day Planner and was replaced by Kevin Robinson. Also at this point, storm tracker Jim Cantore joined the show from Evening Edition , which
1056-613: The channel's storm specialist providing tropical weather updates during Day Planner and Weather Center Live as well as a fill-in host. In the event of extended coverage, Day Planner would finish at 3 p.m. ET. After a ten-year run, the final broadcast of Day Planner aired on November 11, 2013, the day before the Weather Channel's 2013 relaunch. Day Planner was replaced with the new all-day Weather Center Live program beginning on November 12, 2013. America%27s Morning Headquarters America's Morning Headquarters (formerly Your Weather Today , Morning Rush and AMHQ )
1100-714: The city's reopening efforts following the COVID-19 pandemic , and while live on the Today Show , WKYC chief meteorologist Betsy Kling announced that the station had named the radar tower on top of the WKYC building the "Roker Tower" in his honor, and presented Roker a plaque to commemorate the occasion. On Thursday, June 7, 2001, Roker underwent a total knee arthoplasty (replacement, or "TKA") on his left knee. In 2002, Roker underwent gastric bypass surgery to lose weight, which he said he did after failing at numerous diets. Eight months after
1144-560: The colon is removed, and gallbladder removal surgery. Roker credits his wife and NewYork-Presbyterian physicians and staff for saving his life. In 2007, Roker became an official supporter of Ronald McDonald House Charities and is a member of their celebrity board, called the Friends of RMHC. He also served as the official spokesperson for Amtrak's National Train Day , which took place on May 10, 2008. "Remember that controversial Olympic logo for
1188-570: The coverage of the parade in 2022 after recovering from blood clots that had led to being hospitalized. Roker is a game show fan. From 1996 to 1997, he hosted a game show on MSNBC called Remember This? . He substituted for Meredith Vieira for a week of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire shows from March 5–9, 2007. In 2008, Roker hosted NBC's Celebrity Family Feud . He hosted a week-long feature on Today profiling five game shows and their hosts in July 2016 titled "Game On Today". He has appeared as
1232-458: The former timeslot 11am-2pm, with long-form programming replacing it from 2-4 p.m. ET, and an afternoon edition of Weather Center Live was added from 4-5 p.m. ET. Nick Walker and Vivian Brown, who had previously anchored Day Planner during the 2-5 p.m. ET timeslot, were moved up to this timeslot, replacing Heather Tesch and Carl Parker. Tesch moved to Weekend Now and the weekend afternoon edition of Weather Center Live , while Parker became
1276-577: The morning hours for the regions. In the event an ongoing significant weather event occurred (e.g., severe weather outbreak, winter storm, hurricane threatening the United States), Day Planner would be extended by an hour, preempting long-form programming during the 2-3 p.m. eastern timeslot. On September 27, 2010, as part of TWC's major schedule change, Day Planner was expanded to 5pm (7pm in case of severe weather). Another major shift occurred to Day Planner on March 26, 2012. Day Planner returned to
1320-593: The network over a contract dispute. From 1983 to 1996, Roker was the regular substitute for forecaster Joe Witte on the NBC News program NBC News at Sunrise , and from 1990 to 1995 filled in for Willard Scott , Bryant Gumbel and 1997 through 2000's for Matt Lauer on the Today Show . In 1995, he became the host of The Al Roker Show , a weekend talk show on CNBC . Roker received wider exposure when David Letterman asked him to join in an elevator race on an episode of
1364-577: The next two years. Roker's career with NBC began in 1978 when he was hired at WKYC in Cleveland , then an NBC owned-and-operated station . After five years in Cleveland, Roker was promoted to the network's flagship outlet, WNBC-TV in his hometown. Roker returned to New York City in late 1983 as a weekend weathercaster, and within eight months became the station's regular weeknight weathercaster. Roker replaced 27-year WNBC-TV veteran Dr. Frank Field , who left
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1408-580: The parents of daughter Leila (b. November 17, 1998) and son Nicholas (b. July 18, 2002). Roker is an Episcopalian and attends St. James Episcopal Church in Manhattan. On November 7, 2010, Roker ran in the ING New York City Marathon . Roker is an honorary member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. On May 10, 2021, Roker returned to his former stomping grounds in Cleveland to report on
1452-486: The program in the Atlanta studios, with Stephanie Abrams reporting live from New York City. The debut episode of AMHQ averaged 207,000 viewers during its three-hour time slot. On January 26, 2015, meteorologists Jim Cantore and Jennifer Delgado joined Sam Champion as co-hosts of the program. Mike Bettes and Maria LaRosa departed AMHQ on January 23. Bettes was named host of Weather Underground later that year while LaRosa
1496-488: The show from New York City from 7–9 a.m. ET only. For the 9 a.m. hour, Mike Bettes was joined by either Eric Fisher, Jen Carfagno or Maria LaRosa from Atlanta. The network gave this format a three-month trial run, likely planning to move Abrams permanently to New York if it had been successful. On July 30, 2012, Abrams returned to the Atlanta studio, and she and Mike Bettes resumed hosting the show for all three hours. However, two weeks later on August 13, Stephanie Abrams moved to
1540-632: The surgery, the New York Daily News reported he had dropped 100 pounds (45 kg) from his 320 lb (150 kg) figure. Roker wrote about his battle with weight loss in Never Goin' Back: Winning the Weight Loss Battle For Good , published in 2013. In 2005, he had a back operation. He had another knee replacement surgery in 2016. In October 2018, Roker underwent emergency carpal tunnel surgery. In September 2019, he had
1584-628: The talk show Late Night with David Letterman , which taped across the hall from the WNBC news studio in the GE Building . This led to Roker becoming the forecaster for Weekend Today . He also substituted on the weekday edition of Today when Willard Scott was ill or away. In early 1996, Scott announced his semi-retirement from Today . On January 26, 1996, Roker received the regular weekday weather slot. Roker's studio remote forecasts, interviewing visitors outside and giving them some camera time, became
1628-532: The third hour of Today called Today's Take , beginning November 12, 2012. Today's Take was cancelled in February 2017 for Megyn Kelly Today and aired its final episode on September 22, 2017. After Megyn Kelly Today was cancelled in 2018, Roker returned to co-host 3rd Hour Today . During the 2013 inauguration of Barack Obama , Roker received a handshake from Joe Biden . Years later, as an NBC News reporter at Biden's own 2021 inauguration , Roker received
1672-542: Was anchored by Heather Tesch (who had made her TWC debut the year prior) and Marshall Seese. For Your Weather Today , the Local on the 8s concept – in which local forecasts are shown six times an hour – was revived. One of the segments featured on the program was "Travel Desk", focusing on air travel and highway travel conditions. In 2008, Your Weather Today underwent a graphical relaunch as part of TWC's conversion to high-definition broadcasts; between June 2 and August 12, all
1716-546: Was born in the borough of Queens , New York City , the son of Isabel, of Jamaican descent, and Albert Lincoln Roker Sr., a bus driver of Bahamian descent. He initially wanted to be a cartoonist. He was raised Catholic , his mother's faith, and graduated from Xavier High School in Manhattan . He attended the State University of New York at Oswego where he received a B.A. in communications in 1976. Roker worked as
1760-497: Was canceled around that time. On June 22, 2009, Stephanie Abrams and Mike Bettes, both of whom previously hosted Beyond the Forecast , took over as co-anchors of Your Weather Today after the former program's cancellation. As Abrams serves as a fill-in for Al Roker on NBC 's Today , which broadcasts from New York City , Jen Carfagno and Eric Fisher both frequently serve as substitutes for Abrams. Your Weather Today implemented
1804-523: Was extended to 1 PM ET, replacing Pattrn , which now airs on weekends from 1 to 2 PM Eastern Time. Later in the year on October 28, AMHQ was extended another hour, ending at 2 PM ET. Al Roker Albert Lincoln Roker Jr. (born August 20, 1954) is an American weather presenter , journalist, television personality, and author. He is the weather anchor on NBC 's Today , and occasionally co-hosts 3rd Hour Today . He has an inactive American Meteorological Society Television Seal #238. Roker
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1848-516: Was in Back to the Future: The Musical on Broadway as Strickland. Writing with Dick Lochte, Roker co-authored a series of murder mysteries beginning in 2009 that feature Billy Blessing, a celebrity chef turned amateur detective. The second book in the series, The Midnight Show Murders (2010), was nominated for a 2011 Nero Award . The Morning Show Murders , also published in 2010, was made into
1892-478: Was replaced by Kelly Cass. On February 24, 2017, Anaridis Rodriguez announced she was leaving AMHQ . She was not replaced after her departure. Jen Carfagno has anchored AMHQ Early solo since February 27, 2017. On June 9, 2018, AMHQ Weekend was reduced to three hours, starting at 6am and ending at 9am ET. In March 2020, AMHQ Early was temporarily canceled due to the outbreak of COVID-19. However, AMHQ early returned on June 22, 2020 with Jordan Steele joining as
1936-473: Was shifted to weekends. A weekend edition of AMHQ was also announced, with meteorologists Reynolds Wolf and Kait Parker hosting from 5:00 to 9:00 AM ET. The weekend edition launched on February 7, 2015. Chris Warren, Stephanie Abrams, Jen Carfagno & Ari Sarsalari are common fill-ins on AMHQ . On October 30, 2015, Sam Champion hosted his final AMHQ show. He moved back to New York City in January 2016 to host
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