Spencer Christian
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Spencer Christian (born on July 23, 1947 in Charles City, Virginia) is an American television broadcaster, best known as the former weather forecaster for ABC's Good Morning America from 1986 to 1998.
In 1971, 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. His first stint as a weatherman came in 1975, working in Baltimore, Maryland at WBAL.
From there, Christian moved to New York City's WABC, where he served as weatherman and sportscaster for Eyewitness News from 1977 to 1986. In August of 1986, Christian joined Good Morning America as their weather forecaster. In addition, he occasionally traveled throughout the United States and abroad, reporting on a wide range of topics from current events to human interest stories.
Christian left Good Morning America in 1998 and began doing weather forecasts at ABC7 in San Francisco, California in January 1999. Also, he has expanded his broadcasting range as the host of HGTV's Spencer Christian's Wine Cellar from 1995 to 1999. Christian also has been hosting the PBS model train series Tracks Ahead since 2000.
He is a member of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.
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