Doug Doyle
Director of News and Editorial Content, Morning News Anchor, Host of WBGO Journal and Host of SportsJam with Doug Doyle and The Art of the Story podcastsDoug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
The Pennsylvania State University graduate is one of the most decorated news reporters in New Jersey radio history. WBGO's popular sports podcast SportsJam with Doug Doyle has won numerous national and state awards for best interview and sports coverage. SportsJam recently won PMJA's 2025 Best Interview/Podcast program. SportsJam has also won Best Podcast from the NJSPJ in 2024 and 2025.
For more than 27 years, Doug really enjoys being the morning news anchor for Gary Walker's "Daybreak" on WBGO. Doug began his radio career at WMJY in Long Branch, NJ where he eventually became news director at the station known as Y107 at that time. The next stop was WOBM-FM in Toms River, NJ. Doug spent ten years there, seven of them as news director.
The Delmont, Pennsylvania native has also anchored sportscasts for WBBR, 1010 WINS and WABC.
Doyle hosts three podcasts for WBGO: WBGO Journal The Art of the Story SportsJam with Doug Doyle
Doug has taught radio production, writing, announcing, podcasting and sports classes at Bloomfield College, Rutgers-Newark University, Brookdale Community College, Ocean County College and Burlington County College.
He is an instrumental part of the Write On Sports program. In 2022, Doyle received the Literacy Champion Award from WOS.
Doug is a lifetime member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a professional music fraternity.
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On the March 28 WBGO Journal, host Doug Doyle chats with Jamie LeFrak about the future of Jersey City and with students involved in a new version of "Godspell" in East Orange -
WBGO's Doug Doyle talks with director James W. Lemon and three students at Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts in East Orange about "Godspell", reimagined through a contemporary lens -
On this episode of The Art of the Story, we highlight a big year for music power couple Iqua and Adegoke Steve Colson -
On the March 21 WBGO Journal, we celebrate actor Michael B. jordan's Oscar win and Doug Doyle chats with music power couple Iqua and Adegoke Steve Colson -
WBGO's Jon Kalish has the second part of his series on the Jazz Society of Fairfield County -
WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with music power couple Iqua and Adegoke Steve Colson about their 50-year marriage, latest release and March 27th event at Town Hall with Tania León -
The next edition of "Newark Today", hosted by Michael Hill, streams here tonight (Thursday) February 19 at 8pm -
Actor Michael B. Jordan wins Best Actor at the 2026 Academy Awards -
On the March 14 WBGO Journal, a look at Governor Sherrill's proposed state budget and the story behind a special piano now housed in Westport, CT -
WBGO's Jon Kalish has the first part of his two-part report on the Jazz Society of Fairfield County
