Sam Champion
| Sam Champion | |
|---|---|
| Born | Samuel James Champion August 13, 1961 Paducah, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Education | Eastern Kentucky University (B.A.) |
| Title | TV personality/anchor on Good Morning America |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Official website | |
Samuel James "Sam" Champion (born August 13, 1961) is the weather anchor of ABC's Good Morning America and weather editor of ABC News.
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[edit] Early life and education
Champion was born in Paducah, Kentucky.[1] He has a B.A. in broadcast news from Eastern Kentucky University, where he interned at WKYT-TV in Lexington, Kentucky.
[edit] Career
Champion is a veteran of ABC. He was also a veteran weatherman for WABC-TV's Eyewitness News in the New York City media market for seventeen years, and has continued to do fill-in work on WABC-TV since taking the network job full-time. He currently works on Good Morning America as a weatherman. He was also seen on a segment of World News with Diane Sawyer on January 4, 2010.
He worked at WPSD-TV in Paducah, Kentucky, and WJKS (now WCWJ) in Jacksonville, Florida. On WABC-TV, he had helmed the weekday weather forecasts (5, 6 and 11 p.m.) since 1988, adding the latter two newscasts following Storm Field's departure from the station. In August 2006 Good Morning America announced that Champion was named to his current positions with GMA and ABC News, effective September 5, 2006.[2]
Champion is not a meteorologist, but gained weather forecasting knowledge through his broadcast work. He has occasionally appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly, the daily talk show produced by WABC-TV, and CNN's Larry King Live. He often begins his 30-second weathercasts by saying "Let's get to the boards." His catchphrase during weather reports for local ABC stations is, "That's the weather around the nation. Here's what you can expect this morning."[citation needed]
[edit] Personal life
Champion is active in many charitable organizations in the New York City area. He was the Grand Marshal of the Multiple Sclerosis Society Fall Bike Tour, the chairman of the 25th annual March of Dimes NYC WalkAmerica, and master of ceremonies of "Stopping AIDS Together", a part of Sunday by the Bay. He hosted the New York City Project's 2002 "Courage Awards", along with movie critic Frank DeCaro.[3][4]
A New York indie rock band is named after him.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ Birth registration (McCracken County, Kentucky, Reg. # 85-42167
- ^ ABC News Sam Champion Joins 'GMA' as Weather Anchor
- ^ Limsky, Drew (2005-08-30). "Nueva gay island". The Advocate. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2005_August_30/ai_n15655247.
- ^ Anti-Violence Project to Hold Sixth Annual Courage Awards
- ^ Dana, Lerner. "Sam Champion Goes on Tour for Slow Rewind". NYU Livewire. http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/livewire/archived/sam_champion_goes_on_tour_for. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- ^ "Advocate.com". http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/01/28/Gay_Newscasters_Book_Makes_Waves/. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
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