Personal details

The well known American weather anchor, Sam Champion was born on 13th August 1961. His star sign is Leo. Sam is of white Ethnicity. He is of American nationality. He belongs to Caucasian ethnicity. He was born in Kentucky, United States. Sam is also a TV host by profession. He was born to James Champion, a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine and Sylvia Champion. Sam has one sister named Teresa.

His birth name was Samuel James Champion. Sam attended Fairfax High School. He went to Eastern Kentucky University and graduated with a bachelor degree in Broadcast News and Journalism. Sam interned at WKYT-TV based in Kentucky. Sam has also been an active Philanthropist. He has been associated with many charitable organizations in New York. Sam was a part of Stopping AIDS Together campaign.

Sam was called the Grand Marshal of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. He hosted the Courage Awards 2002. Sam also raised awareness about skin cancer during cancer awareness month. Sam is openly gay. He was married to Rubem Robierb, Brazilian visual artist, on 21st December 2012.

Career

Sam Champion was the weather anchor on the ABC flagship station Good Morning America and also on WABC-TV. He also co-anchored America's Morning Headquarters on The Weather Channel. Sam appeared on the NBC's Today Show. He has also appeared on Live with Kelly and Micheal, a daily talk show. Sam appeared on CNN's Larry King Live. He was also the Managing Editor of The Weather Channel in the year 2014.

He worked at WJKS based in Florida. Sam worked at WPSD-TV based in Kentucky. He was a weather forecaster for Eyewitness News, aired on WABC-TV in New York in the year 1988. Sam earned a salary of around $1.5 million per year, working on the TV show Good Morning America. Sam was the host of an informational program called Sea Rescue, that focused on rescue and release of animals back into wildlife.

He spent his 18 glorious years as a weatherman for ABC's New York affiliate, WABC. He has been a Weather Editor for ABC news. Sam travels to cover national weather forecast stories from around the globe. Sam has covered the hurricanes in Florida and Louisiana and wildfires in California. He reported on the environment and climate change. He covered a groundbreaking report on global warming while he was travelling to Paris in the year 2007.

Sam provides information and tips on a regular basis on how to be environmentally efficient and aware. He reported the Network's Earth Day. Sam also interviews Newsmakers and Authors during his morning show Good Morning America. Sam has made appearances on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Howard Stern's Radio Show and Inside Edition.

Sam has 534,098 followers on Twitter. He has 264,15o likes and 261,600 followers on Facebook. He has 59.6k followers on Instagram. Sam has earned a Net worth of around $10 million. Sam was awarded the Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Morning Program. Sam has won one award and three nominations. He was nominated for People's Choice award for Favorite Daytime TV Host for Good Morning America (1975).