Sam Champion

Sam is the native of Paducah, Kentucky, United States. He was born on 13th August of the year 1961 which has now made him at the age of 54. He is the son of Sylvia and James H. Champion. His family member also includes his sister named as Teresa.

His father was a lieutenant colonel in U.S. Marine Corps who used to serve in Vietnam. He went to get his education from the Fairfax High School located in Fairfax, VA and got graduated from there in the year 1979. In addition to that, he also got enrolled at the Eastern Kentucky University from where he received the B.A. in broadcast news. At present, he is the co-anchor of AMHQ: America’s Morning Headquarters on the Weather Channel. 

It was announced in August of the year 2006 by the Good Morning America that Sam would be joining that show as well as ABC News effective on 5th September of 2006. He then announced his departure from the ABC on 2nd December of the year 2013 for becoming an on-air presence and the managing director of the Weather Channel. His last on the show Good Morning America was on 4th December of 2013.

He was then immediately replaced by Ginger Zee. In addition to that, Sam has occasionally appeared on the Live! with Kelly and Michael and the CNN’s Larry King Live. Immediately after his departure from the Good Morning America, it was announced that Sam would be joining the Weather Channel for hosting his own morning show entitled as America’s Morning Headquarters which debuted on 17th March of 2014. The Next year in September, it was revealed that he would leave AMHQ for serving as the contributor to its primetime programs.

Sam in 2012, he went on to join the Good Morning America at the salary of $1.5 million per year. The same year on 7th April, he debuted as a host of the Sea Rescue which was an educational and informational program in the Litton’s Weekend Adventure which focused on rescue, rehabilitation and in many other instances release of the animals back into wildlife. His total net worth is total of $10 million dollars. 

He is married to his wife Rubem Robert. Before getting married, Sam and Rubem were partners with each other for several of the years. The couple later got engaged on 5th October of 2012 and later, their wedding took place on 21st December of the same year.

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