[1] Under Clarke, WCAU became the first local television station in the Philadelphia media market to use radar in its weather coverage, beginning in 1982.
[2] Clarke then worked as a radio and television reporter at WRVA-TV in Richmond, Virginia (now WWBT) before joining WCAU-TV in 1958.
"[1] Clarke was hired to replace Ed McMahon who relocated to New York to begin his association with Johnny Carson.
Though most known for weather reports, Clarke also co-hosted Philadelphia regional coverage of events, such as the Mummers Parade, and previously anchored WCAU's Sunday night news.
Herb Clarke died on January 8, 2012, at the Beaumont assisted living facility in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 84.