Doug Limerick is an American radio personality. He has been a news correspondent for

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since 1982.

Career

Limerick, a native of

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, started his career working the night shift, playing

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music at

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radio while still in high school in the early 1960s. He majored in speech at

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and then joined the

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where he worked as a

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. His broadcast career included stations in Monroe, Birmingham and Charlotte. His big break came at WKIX in

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, 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

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, George Wallace,

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, Roy Rogers, Tom Clancy, Paul Harvey, and many more. Limerick won two

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news awards. Limerick announced his retirement from broadcasting on December 18, 2015.

Family

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

References

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