Al Roker
Auteur van The Morning Show Murders
Over de Auteur
Al Roker, 1954 Al Roker was raised in Queens, New York, and received his B.A. in Communications from the State University at Oswego in 1976. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the school in 1998. Roker began his broadcasting career while still in college when he got a job as a weekend toon meer weatherman for WTVH-TV in Syracuse, N.Y. in 1974. After graduating from college, he moved on to weathercasting jobs in Washington, D.C. from 1976 until 1978 and in Cleveland, Ohio from 1978 til 1983. He transferred to WNBC-TV as a weekend weathercaster in December 1983 from WKYC-TV, the NBC Television Station in Cleveland. Roker soon became a features reporter as well as a weatherman for NBC. He interviewed many people on a variety of subjects, but the highlight of his interviewing career was when he conducted an exclusive interview with Peanuts creator Charles Shultz shortly before his death from colon cancer. Since 1985, he has served each holiday season as co-host for the annual Christmas at Rockefeller Center. He also co-hosts The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Rose Bowl Parade and appears on various specials for NBC. In 1994, he founded Al Roker Productions, Inc. which is involved in the development and production of network, cable, home video and public television projects. Two of the most successful projects of his production company include the critically acclaimed PBS special about severe weather, Savage Skies, as well as a highly rated travel series called Going Places. His company is also producing a series of specials for The Food Network. Roker is the author of "Don't Make Me Stop This Car! Adventures in Fatherhood," which was released in June 2000. Al is the co-author of Never Goin' Back: Winning the Weight-Loss Battle for Good. New York Magazine has twice named Roker Best Weatherman. He is a recipient of the American Meteorological Society's prestigious Seal of Approval and has been a pioneer in the use of computer graphics for weathercasting. He is also a seven time Emmy Award winner and a member of several professional organizations including the Friars Club, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Screen Actors Guild and the American Meteorological Society. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: By Lindsay Beyerstein.
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Werken van Al Roker
The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural… (2015) 151 exemplaren
Ruthless Tide: The Heroes and Villains of The Johnstown Flood, America's Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster (2018) 93 exemplaren
Al Roker's Big Bad Book of Barbecue: 100 Easy Recipes for Backyard Barbecue (1605) — Auteur — 39 exemplaren
You Look So Much Better in Person: True Stories of Absurdity and Success (2020) — Auteur — 19 exemplaren
Al Roker's Hassle-Free Holiday Cookbook: More Than 125 Recipes for Family Celebrations All Year Long (2003) — Auteur — 18 exemplaren
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- Roker, Albert Lincoln, Jr. (birth name)
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- 1954-08-20
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- USA
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- Queens, New York, USA
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- Queens, New York, USA
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- State University of New York, Oswego
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- weatherman
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- Roberts, Deborah (wife) (4)
Kravitz, Lenny (cousin) - Organisaties
- NBC
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- #32,300
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