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Douglas John McIntyre (born November 11, 1957) is the former host of ''McIntyre In The Morning'' on KABC 790 Los Angeles. He retired after 22 years in broadcasting on December 14, 2018. McIntyre is a long-time columnist for the Southern California News Group which includes the ''
Los Angeles Daily News The ''Los Angeles Daily News'' is the second-largest-circulating paid daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California. It is the flagship of the Southern California News Group, a branch of Colorado-based Digital First Media. The offices of the ''Dai ...
''. Known for his active involvement in local politics and his passion for
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and the ''
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'', McIntyre's background includes work as television writer-producer with credits including '' Married... with Children'', ''
WKRP in Cincinnati ''WKRP in Cincinnati'' is an American sitcom television series about the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. The show was created by Hugh Wilson and was based upon his experiences working ...
'', ''
Full House ''Full House'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for ABC. The show is about widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend Joey Gladstone to help raise his three dau ...
'', ''
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'', and the critically acclaimed PBS series, ''
Liberty's Kids ''Liberty's Kids'' (stylized on-screen as ''Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776'') is an American animated historical fiction television series produced by DIC Entertainment, and originally aired on PBS Kids from September 2, 2002, to April 4, 2003, with r ...
'', which earned McIntyre a
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nomination. With his wife, actress
Penny Peyser Penelope Allison "Penny" Peyser is an American actress, writer, and filmmaker. Early life Peyser was born in Irvington, New York, and attended Irvington High School, where she starred in student musical theatre productions. She is the daughter ...
, McIntyre wrote, produced, and directed the feature-length documentary film, ''Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of
Jack Sheldon Beryl Cyril Sheldon Jr. (November 30, 1931 – December 27, 2019), known professionally as Jack Sheldon, was an American singer, musician, and actor. He performed on '' The Merv Griffin Show'' and participated in episodes of the educational musi ...
'', released in 2008. Doug is executive producer of Penny Peyser's 2016 feature documentary, ''Stillpoint. McIntyre is a frequent master of ceremonies, having performed on stage with icons Robert Redford, Betty White, Ron Howard, John Cleese, and Steve Martin as part of the California Distinguished Speakers Series. He also hosted Tony Bennett in conversation at the Landmark Theater in West Los Angeles and was master of ceremonies for the 50th and 51st Cinema Audio Society Awards at the Biltmore Hotel, as well as a three-time host of the annual Los Angeles Political Roast.


Career


Radio

After four years hosting KABC's overnight show ''
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'', McIntyre inherited the morning drive position when veteran host
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retired in October 2004. On September 24, 2009, McIntyre announced that he was leaving effective the end of the day's broadcast. Beginning May 8, 2011, he hosted ''Doug McIntyre's Red Eye Radio'' which was broadcast on flagship station 770 WABC in New York, as well as 100 other stations across the country. On December 9, 2011, it was announced that he would be returning to KABC, Los Angeles, to host a new morning drive show, ''Mcintyre In The Morning'', effective January 3, 2012. McIntyre was teamed with former
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afternoon news anchor
Terri-Rae Elmer Terri-Rae Elmer (born 1956) is a Los Angeles based radio personality. Elmer was a radio news announcer for KFI AM 640 from 1983-2011. Following KFI Terri-rae became the co-host of the morning show on KABC 790 with Doug McIntyre. Cumulus Media di ...
. Elmer exited the program in December 2016. McIntyre was joined by
Leeann Tweeden Leeann Tweeden is an American radio broadcaster, model and sports commentator. She is co-host of ''Dr. Drew Midday Live'' on Radio 790 KABC in Los Angeles. Early life Tweeden was born in Manassas, Virginia, to Bill Tweeden, a retired Air For ...
in February 2017. In November of that year, McIntyre and Tweeden broke the Senator
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story that resulted, ultimately, in Franken's resignation from the United States Senate. In December 2018, McIntyre announced that he would be leaving KABC. His final program was December 14.


Television

McIntyre is a frequent television guest. He has appeared on ''
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'',
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's ''
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'', Planet Green’s Supper Club with Tom Bergeron, and
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's ''
Real Time with Bill Maher ''Real Time with Bill Maher'' is an American television talk show that airs weekly on HBO, hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher. Much like his previous series ''Politically Incorrect'' on Comedy Central and later on ABC, ''Real Ti ...
''. McIntyre appeared on
The History Channel History (formerly The History Channel from January 1, 1995 to February 15, 2008, stylized as HISTORY) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Disney ...
, as well as
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's ''
The O'Reilly Factor ''The O'Reilly Factor'' (originally titled ''The O'Reilly Report'' and also known as ''The Factor'') is an American cable television news and talk show. ''The O'Reilly Factor'' first aired in the United States on Fox News Channel on October 7 ...
'' and ''
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''. He hosted his own segment on
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's ''
The Dennis Miller Show ''The Dennis Miller Show'' is an American syndicated late-night talk show created by and starring comedian Dennis Miller. The show launched in January 1992 and was hosted by the former ''Saturday Night Live'' Weekend Update anchor as an attempt b ...
''. McIntyre also wrote at least two episodes of ''
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''.


Newspaper

Doug writes a weekly column for the ''
Los Angeles Daily News The ''Los Angeles Daily News'' is the second-largest-circulating paid daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California. It is the flagship of the Southern California News Group, a branch of Colorado-based Digital First Media. The offices of the ''Dai ...
'', which appears every Sunday. He has also written for the ''
Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...
'', as well as ''The Daily Beast'', ''American History Illustrated'', and ''LA Jazz Scene''. An amateur historian, McIntyre is an expert on the Wright brothers.


Film

McIntyre and his wife, actress
Penny Peyser Penelope Allison "Penny" Peyser is an American actress, writer, and filmmaker. Early life Peyser was born in Irvington, New York, and attended Irvington High School, where she starred in student musical theatre productions. She is the daughter ...
, wrote, produced, and directed
Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon
' (2008), a feature-length
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of
Jack Sheldon Beryl Cyril Sheldon Jr. (November 30, 1931 – December 27, 2019), known professionally as Jack Sheldon, was an American singer, musician, and actor. He performed on '' The Merv Griffin Show'' and participated in episodes of the educational musi ...
. It won Jury Prizes at th
Newport Beach Film Festival
and at the Kansas City Film Makers Jubilee, and won Audience Prizes at Newport Beach and the Indianapolis International Film Festival. It also won an audience prize at the prestigious Nashville International Film Festival.


Personal life

McIntyre grew up in Great Neck, New York and is a graduate of
Stonehill College Stonehill College is a Private college, private Catholic church, Roman Catholic Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Easton, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1948 by the Congregation of Holy Cross and is located on ...
. He is the stepfather of two sons, by wife Peyser, one of whom was a helicopter pilot in the
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.


Awards and recognition

Doug McIntyre won the Best Columnist award in 2011 from the California Association of Newspaper Publishers for his work in the ''Los Angeles Daily News''. He was also awarded Outstanding Alumnus by his alma mater, Stonehill College, in 2010. For the PBS series ''Liberty's Kids'', Doug earned a Humanitas Prize nomination for excellence in television writing. McIntyre has also been ranked one of the Top 40 radio hosts in the nation by the radio industry journal, ''
Talkers Magazine ''Talkers Magazine'' is a trade-industry publication related to talk radio in the United States. Its slogan is "The Bible of Talk Radio and the New Talk Media". In addition to radio, it also covers talk shows on broadcast and cable television, a ...
''. Year after year, McIntyre has been selected by his peers as one of the "most popular" and "most admired hosts" in the annual LARadio.com poll.


References


External links

*
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:McIntyre, Doug 1957 births Living people American television writers American male television writers Writers from Glen Cove, New York Radio personalities from Los Angeles Stonehill College alumni Television producers from California Screenwriters from New York (state) Television producers from New York (state) Screenwriters from California