Doug Adair

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Doug Adair (born May 29, 1929, in Xenia, Ohio) is a former longtime Emmy Award winning American television news anchor and journalist who has worked in the Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton Ohio markets. Adair, who got his start in journalism in television in Dayton in the early 1950's, moved to Cleveland in the early 1960's and began work at (longtime NBC-TV affiiiate) WKYC-TV as co-anchor on its "Newsday 90" newscasts, one of the first half hour TV newscasts in American television by a major network affiliate. In the latter half of the decade, Adair would switch stations, this time anchoring WJW-TV's 6 and 11 p.m. "City Camera" newscasts.

Later, during the mid 1970'a Adair returned to WKYC-TV to anchor their evening news program. By 1984, Adair moved to Columbus, OH to assume anchor duties at WCMH-TV, their NBC-TV affiliate until 1994, when he announced his retirement from television news. Adair was inducted in the Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1992.


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[edit] Awards and Honors

Amongst his awards and accomplishments:

  • Adair has been honored as the state of Ohio's Best TV News Writer.
  • Adair is also a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of the Society of Professional Journalists.
  • Adair has also received The National Faith and Freedom Award from Religious Heritage of America. The same piece that brought him this award (The Crisis in Christianity) brought him the Catholic Church's National Gabriel Award.
  • The Holy Name Society named him Cleveland's Outstanding Citizen and in the same year he received the First Bishop's Award of the Episcopal Church. The latter was the result of his massive efforts on behalf of needy children in Cleveland and his "Clothes for Christmas Campaign."

[edit] Personal Life

Adair, who is a grandfather, is retired and lives with his wife Jean and his two adult children (from his previous marriage to fellow broadcaster Mona Scott) in the Dublin, Ohio area.

[edit] External links

  • [1] Doug Adair biography article at cleveland Seniors' Website
  • [2] Doug Adair bio sketch at Ohio Broadcasters Hall OF Fame website, accessed 2008-01-12.

[edit] References

  • [3] Doug Adair on Broadcasters' Hall OF Fame inductee list, accessed 2008-01-12.