Doug Limerick

American radio personality (born 1944)

Doug Limerick
Born (1944-08-05) 5 August 1944 (age 79)
Shelby, North Carolina, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationRadio host

Doug Limerick is an American radio personality. He has been a news correspondent for ABC Radio Networks since 1982.[1]

Career

Limerick, a native of Shelby, North Carolina, started his career working the night shift, playing Top 40 music at WOHS radio while still in high school in the early 1960s.

He majored in speech at Wake Forest University and then joined the United States Air Force where he worked as a Russian linguist.

His broadcast career included stations in Monroe, Birmingham and Charlotte. His big break came at WKIX in Raleigh, where he was the morning news editor. He was also morning news editor and anchor at WHDH in Boston, Massachusetts, during the 1970s.

After WHDH, he went to WRQX in Washington, D.C., and also worked as the weekend weatherman for WJLA TV.

Limerick joined ABC Radio Networks in April 1982 as an anchor-correspondent.

While at ABC News Radio, he subbed for the broadcaster Paul Harvey for nearly a decade.

During his career he interviewed Bob Hope, George Wallace, Spiro Agnew, Roy Rogers, Tom Clancy, Paul Harvey, and many more. Limerick won two Edward R. Murrow news awards.

Limerick announced his retirement from broadcasting on December 18, 2015.[2]

Family

Limerick lives in Fairfax Station, Virginia. He is married and has three daughters and five grandchildren.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Doug Limerick". Radio-Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  2. ^ "ABC News Radio Announces Limerick's Retirement". Radio World. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ^ Clark, Rebecca (13 March 2009). "Shelby Native Set to Take Paul Harvey's Timeslot on ABC Radio". Shelby Star. Archived from the original on 17 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
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