1. Spencer Christian was born on July 23,1947 and is an American television broadcaster, best known as the former weather forecaster for ABC's Good Morning America from 1986 to 1998.
11 Facts About Spencer Christian
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Spencer Christian currently is the weather forecaster for ABC-owned KGO-TV in San Francisco.
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Spencer Christian began his broadcasting career at WWBT in Richmond, Virginia as a news reporter, covering state and local politics, the public school system, and landmark cases in the Fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals.
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From 1992 to 1993, Spencer Christian was seen on the BET cable network as the host of the music game show Triple Threat.
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Spencer Christian describes his addiction and his recovery in his 2018 book, You Bet Your Life: How I Survived Jim Crow Racism, Hurricane Chasing, and Gambling.
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Spencer Christian left Good Morning America at the end of 1998 and began doing weather forecasts at KGO-TV in San Francisco, California in January 1999, a position he holds to this day.
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Spencer Christian was host of HGTV's Spencer Christian's Wine Cellar from 1995 to 1999.
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Spencer Christian has hosted the PBS train series Tracks Ahead since 1997.
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In June, 2014, Spencer Christian temporarily returned to the set of Good Morning America as a substitute weather forecaster while Ginger Zee was having her wedding.
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Spencer Christian returned on November 19,2015, to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Good Morning America.
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Spencer Christian is a member of the Beta chapter of Iota Phi Theta fraternity.