Al Roker

Al Roker is an American television personality best known as the weather anchor on NBC's *Today* show since 1996.

His cheerful, avuncular style has made him a fixture of morning television for decades.

Roker is also known for hosting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and for his dramatic weight loss after gastric bypass surgery.

weathercaster

NBC

American television network

  • forecastPrediction of future conditions
  • dopplerFrequency change from motion
  • radarRadio-wave object detection

hurricane · temperature · precipitation · climate · sunny · rain · snow · thunderstorm · tornado

personality

jovial

Cheerful and friendly

warmhearted · humorous · witty · engaging · cheerful · likeable · animated · everyman · approachable · relatable

television

broadcast

Transmitted media signal

viewers · ratings · studio · audience · live · correspondent

author

cookbook

Culinary instruction manual

publishing · nonfiction · writing · recipes · co-author

celebrity

fame

Public recognition, widespread

Emmys · cameos · pop-culture · recognizable

health-journey

transformation

Thorough change in form

marathon · running · before-and-after · inspiration

Categories
Opposites
journalistic gravitas vs. light entertainment

Al RokerWalter Cronkite

Edward R. Murrow · Bob Woodward · Carl Bernstein · Anderson Cooper · Dan Rather

meteorological credibility

Al RokerNeil deGrasse Tyson

Family

Albert, Alberta

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G