<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Rubem Robierb (m . 2012) </Td> </Tr> <P> Samuel James "Sam" Champion (born August 13, 1961) is an American weather anchor who is best known for his combined 25 - year career on the ABC flagship station WABC - TV and Good Morning America . He formerly co-anchored AMHQ: America's Morning Headquarters and 23.5 Degrees With Sam Champion on The Weather Channel . </P> <P> After December 4, 2013, his final day with ABC, he became the managing editor of The Weather Channel, beginning on January 1, 2014 . Champion also appeared on the Today show on NBC . After leaving NBC and the Weather Channel in 2016, he has returned to ABC on a fill - in basis . </P> <P> Champion was born in Paducah, Kentucky, to Sylvia and James H. Champion in 1961 . He has one sibling, sister Teresa . His father, who died October 25, 2010, was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps who served in Vietnam . He graduated from Fairfax High School in Fairfax, Virginia in 1979 . He has a B.A. in broadcast news from Eastern Kentucky University, and interned at WKYT - TV in Lexington, Kentucky . </P>

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