Spann began his broadcast career in Tuscaloosa in 1973 at WTBC radio. He interviewed Goshen United Methodist Church's F4 tornado survivors of Some of the notable events covered by Spann include: No man-made We believe Earth and its ecosystems — created by God's intelligent design and infinite power and sustained by His faithful providence — are robust, resilient, self-regulating, and self-correcting, admirably suited for human flourishing, and displaying His glory. After spending the summer of 197… WBRC had just been purchased by Spann is the founder of The Weather Factory (formerly The Weather Company) which provides broadcast weather forecasts for a number of radio stations and weather data for industrial and business clients. He joined ABC 33/40 one month after the station signed on the air in the fall of 1996. "The climate of this planet has been changing since God put the planet here.

Spann received two major national awards following his live coverage of the Spann has been named the state's best weather anchor nine times (as of 2007) by the In January 2007, Spann attracted worldwide publicity by disputing the theory that atmospheric temperature increases, better known as Spann's views have been widely criticised. It will always change, and the warming in the last 10 years is not much difference than the warming we saw in the 1930s and other decades." In fall 1978, Spann moved to WSFAin Montgomery as weekend sports anchor and part-time weatherman. Spann was the 33rd person in Beginning in 2007, Spann could be heard by listeners of the In 2004, Spann hosted a television special about severe weather safety. He can be seen weeknights at 4, 5, 6, and 10 o'clock. Spann volunteered many hours following the 1974 Alabama tornadoes in Jasper, AL. James is the Chief Meteorologist for ABC 33/40. In all, James has been a television weather anchor for 36 years. Along the way he has worked for WSFA in Montgomery, KDFW in Dallas and two other stations in Birmingham.
He began his television career in the summer of 1978 at 33/40 predecessor WCFT in Tuscaloosa, the "33" in 33/40. Billions of dollars of grant money is flowing into the pockets of those on the man-made global warming bandwagon.

"I have been in operational meteorology since 1978." Spann was born on June 6, 1956 in Huntsville, Alabama to Max and Carolyn Spann (1932–2018).When Spann was 7, his father, Max, left the family, leaving Carolyn to raise him.Spann began his broadcast career in Tuscaloosa in 1973 at Channel 13 was sold to Times Mirror in 1980 and renamed Spann left WBRC in 1996 in a move that made local headlines. In a blog post for Spann asserts that it is money from research grants rather than genuine science that fuels support for the global warming hypothesis: Earth's climate system is no exception. There, in high school, he worked the night shift, while current ABC 33/40 anchor Dave Baird worked mornings.