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'''Albert Lincoln Roker''' (born [[August 20]], [[1954]]) is an [[United States|American]] television broadcaster, best known as the [[Weather forecasting|weatherman]] for [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Today Show|Today]]'' show.
Born in [[Queens, New York]], Roker attended [[Xavier High School]] in Manhattan. Later, he began his weathercasting career while he was a student at the [[State University of New York at Oswego]]. Roker worked in [[Syracuse, New York]], [[Cleveland, Ohio]], and [[Washington, D.C.]], before returning to New York where he rose to chief [[meteorologist]] at [[WNBC-TV]]. Roker became the weekend weatherman for NBC's ''Today'' show, while keeping his WNBC duties. In [[1998]], he replaced [[Willard Scott]] as the full-time weekday weatherman and left WNBC.
Roker has hosted numerous events for NBC, including ''[[Christmas at Rockefeller Center]]'' and the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]], and produced several programs for [[PBS]], [[MSNBC]], and the [[Food Network]]. He is also the [[author]] of several [[non-fiction]] books, and an avid [[barbecue]] enthusiast.
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