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 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 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. In 2023 competitions SportsJam received Best Interview podcast from PMJA and Best Podcast from the NJSPJ.
For more than 25 years, Doug really enjoys his role as a side-kick for Gary Walker's morning show on WBGO. Gary and Doug's rapport and mix of great music, information and humor has attracted many new listeners to the station through the years. Doug began his radio career at WMJY in Long Branch, New Jersey where he eventually became news director at the station known as Y107 at that time. The next stop was WOBM-FM in Toms River, New Jersey. 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 the area being a guest speaker at many of the summer camps. In 2022, Doyle received the Literacy Champion Award from WOS.
Doug is a lifetime member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a professional music fraternity. Doug's daughter Casey is currently a special education teacher in the Neptune School District. She spent her first two years as an educator teaching inclusive fifth grade math and science at Oliver Street School in Newark.
Doug and his friends are also part of a band that performs at various charity events in the area like "Rock Hunger" in Nutley, NJ and "Newark Porchfest".
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On this edition of The Art of the Story from the WBGO Archive from 2013, Knicks 1973 champion Earl Monroe talks about his close relationship with jazz legend Miles Davis -
On this episode of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Gary Walker chats with singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones -
WBGO's Doug Doyle has the latest on the aftermath of an incident at Delay Hall on May 9 -
On the May 17 WBGO Journal, we took a look at NJ Transit's first strike in more than 40 years and WBGO's Gary Walker chats with pianist and educator Eli Yamin -
On this episode of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Dave Popkin chats with blues singer and pianist Marcia Ball about her upcoming gig at Crawfish Fest -
On this episode of The Art of the Story, 14-time Grammy Award winning singer Lady Gaga chats with the late Michael Bourne about her jazz roots -
On this episode of The Art of the Story from the WBGO Archive. the late saxophonist Benny Golson spoke to WBGO's Rhonda Hamilton in 1998 about his start with Art Blakey. -
On this episode of The Art of the Story, former Knicks President Dave Checketts talks about his latest sports venture -
On this edition of SportsJam with Doug Doyle, former Knicks President and legendary executive Dave Checketts talks about his new collaboration that will change the sports landscape -
WBGO's Doug Doyle has more on first NJ Transit strike in 40 years
