Steve Doocy

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Journalist · Born Oct 19, 1956 · United States Of America · Male

Stephen James "Steve" Doocy (; born October 19, 1956) is an American network-television personality on Fox News and a best selling author. 2Early life Doocy was born in Algona, Iowa, the son of JoAnne (Sharp) and James Edward Doocy, who worked in sales and construction. His paternal grandfather was of Irish descent. He was raised in Abilene, Kansas, and attended Kansas grade schools in Russell, Salina, and Industry. Doocy went to junior high in Wakefield and high school in Clay Center, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas, in Lawrence, with a BS in Journalism. He was the first on-air DJ for KJHK radio, the student-operated radio station at 90.7 FM in Lawrence. 2Career Early in his career, Doocy anchored the morning newscast on CBS-TV's flagship station, WCBS-TV, in New York City. Previously, he was the co-host of Wake Up America on NBC cable and host of the nationally syndicated program House Party with Steve Doocy, a remake of the 1960s Art Linkletter show, and the host of the syndicated kids' series Not Just News. For six years, Doocy was the Emmy Award-winning features reporter for WRC, in Washington, D.C., and the NBC Television Stations divisio