Al Roker’s retirement from TODAY in his own words
Al Roker has been a mainstay of not just the TODAY Show and its various iterations at large, but of NBC and the New York City pop culture scene for decades.The 70-year-old weatherman is a beloved morning news staple, and has been a member of the NBC team since 1978, when he was hired by WKYC in Cleveland. In 1996, he was finally made the regular full-time weatherman on TODAY.However, over the years, in the midst of shake-ups on the show (like Hoda Kotb's departure earlier this year) and health struggles (as discussed with Craig Melvin on July 28's edition of the Third Hour), the question of Al's tenure has come up among fans and in the media.© Getty ImagesAl has been a staple of the TODAY Show since the 1990sHere's what Al has...