Anthony Perkins (born August 25, 1959) is an American broadcast journalist, radio personality, and former weathercaster, best known for his work on ABC's Good Morning America as the primary weather anchor from 1999 to 2005. Perkins joined CBS affiliate WUSA in Washington, D.C., for six weeks, beginning October 21, 2019, for the station's morning show, Get Up DC!, which became a full-time assignment when he was named full-time anchor of the show in January 2020.
Early life and education
Perkins was born on August 25, 1959, in New York City to Constance Bellamy (1938-2018) and Tommy Perkins (d. 1992). His parents had met when his father was working at a shoe store in New York. There, he worked with the campus radio station and the black student newspaper, and helped found the campus television station. where his catchphrase to turn it over to the local weather was "the weather in your neighborhood." He succeeded Spencer Christian on Good Morning America, who had moved to San Francisco to become a weather anchor for KGO-TV in 1999. During Perkins's time together with Robin Roberts, Diane Sawyer, and Charles Gibson, they were able to help Good Morning America bounce back in its television ratings against its morning show competitors after it experienced a slump in the mid-to-late-1990s. and was succeeded by Mike Barz. During his second stint on WTTG, Perkins continued as morning weather anchor and gradually transitioned to become the main anchor for the weekday morning newscast alongside Allison Seymour in July 2012.
On January 19, 2019, Perkins departed WTTG to spend more time on his radio commitments.
On October 21, 2019, he joined CBS affiliate WUSA in Washington, D.C. for six weeks to be a part of the station's Get Up DC! morning show, together with Reese Waters and Annie Yu.
On March 3, 2023, it was announced that Perkins was joining WRC in Washington, D.C., to co-anchor News4 Today, the station's morning news program. Pat Lawson Muse, a member of WRC for over 40 years and co-anchor of the evening newscast, retired March 24, 2023. Eun Yang, News4 Today co-anchor, filled the vacancy left by Lawson Muse. Perkins filled the open chair on the morning news program left by Yang.
Radio
From 1985 to 1992, while working as a comic, Perkins also served as a writer, producer, and on-air contributor to The Donnie Simpson Show on WKYS-FM.
On December 18, 2017, Perkins announced that he would be returning to WMMJ-FM 102.3 Majic with Donnie Simpson as the afternoon drive host for a reboot of The Donnie Simpson Show on weekdays from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. To accommodate the schedule, he moved his anchoring schedule on WTTG from weeknight evenings to Friday and Saturday morning shows.