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ABC's new weatherman
ABC's new weatherman for a day is a | ||
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| George Trauger doesn't like to tell | An ABC producer called Trauger | |
| people he is a weather fanatic. But from | about 10.15 on Monday to tell him he'd | |
| today, the whole country will know! | been selected as the first 'real viewer' to | |
| Trauger, who's a fourth-grade | get the job. | |
| teacher at Upper Elementary School, will | "They told me they liked what they | |
| deliver the national weather forecast this | saw," said Trauger, whose students will | |
| morning on ABC's Good Morning | watch his network debut on TVs in their | |
| America. | classrooms. | |
| "I haven't gotten a lot of sleep the | Trauger will report to the studio at | |
| last couple nights," said Trauger, 35, of | 6 a.m. "He'll do one weather spot each | |
| Mount Laurel. | half hour between 7.30 and 9 a.m.," said | |
| When Good Morning America | show spokeswoman Bridgett Maney. | |
| meteorologist Tony Perkins planned to | "We just thought it would be a fun | |
| take some time off to be with his | chance for our viewers to get involved," | |
| newborn son, the show encouraged | she said. | |
| viewers to send letters and videotapes | It's especially fun for Trauger, who | |
| showing why they should get a one-day | visits weather Web sites, has a weather | |
| chance to be a weatherman. | band radio in his car and makes sure his | |
| Trauger's wife, Robin, filmed two 30- | science class always gets a few lessons | |
| second blurbs of her husband and his | in meteorology. | |
| class of 10-year-olds, using the family's | "Some people think that's all kind of | |
| home video camera. | funny," Trauger said. "But for me, it's a | |
| dream come true!" | ||
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