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<div>{{Short description|American radio host (b. 1957)}}<br />
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| alt = Photo of Doug McIntyre in 2018<br />
| caption = McIntyre at the KABC radio studios in Los Angeles, 2017.<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|11|11}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Great Neck, New York]], U.S.<br />
| occupation = Novelist, radio Show Host, television producer, writer, columnist<br />
| website = {{URL|DougMcIntyre.com}}<br />
| birthname = {{nowrap|Douglas John McIntyre}}<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Penny Peyser]]|2002}}<br />
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'''Douglas John McIntyre''' (born November 11, 1957) is the author of ''[[Frank's Shadow]]'', his debut novel, published in July, 2023 and is the former host of ''McIntyre In The Morning'' on [[KABC (AM)|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]]''.<ref>[http://www.dailynews.com ''Daily News''] as well as the ''Orange County Register, Long Beach Press Telegram, San Bernardino Sun, Pasadena Star News, Whitter Daily News, Riverside Press-Enterprize, Redlands Daily Facts, and the San Gabriel Valley News''. He also has written feature columns for "[http://dailybeast.com The Daily Beast]"</ref><br />
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Known for his active involvement in local politics and his passion for [[jazz]] and the ''[[Great American Songbook]]'', McIntyre's background includes work as television writer-producer with credits including ''[[Married... with Children]]'', ''[[The New WKRP in Cincinnati]]'', ''[[Full House]]'', ''[[Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV series)|Mike Hammer]]'', and the critically acclaimed PBS series, ''[[Liberty's Kids]]'', which earned McIntyre a [[Humanitas Prize]] nomination. With his wife, actress [[Penny Peyser]], McIntyre wrote, produced, and directed the feature-length documentary film, ''Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of [[Jack Sheldon]]'', released in 2008. Doug is executive producer of Penny Peyser's 2016 feature documentary, ''[[Stillpoint]]''. In 2023, McIntyre began doing occasional guest hosting on KFI radio in Los Angeles.<br />
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McIntyre is a frequent master of ceremonies, having performed on stage with [[Trevor Noah]], [[Goldie Hawn]], [[Jane Fonda]], [[Lily Tomlin]], [[Misty Copeland]], [[Robert Redford]], [[Jay Leno]], [[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.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== Radio ===<br />
After four years hosting [[KABC (AM)|KABC]]'s overnight show ''[[Red Eye Radio]]'', McIntyre inherited the morning drive position when veteran host [[Ken Minyard]] retired in October 2004. On September 24, 2009, McIntyre announced that he was leaving effective the end of the day's broadcast.<ref>''McIntyre in the Morning'' radio broadcast, 8 am, September 24, 2009.</ref><br />
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Beginning May 8, 2011, he hosted ''Doug McIntyre's Red Eye Radio'' which was broadcast on flagship station 770 [[WABC (AM)|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/100042/doug-mcintyre-returns-to-kabc-mornings |title=Doug McIntyre Returns To KABC Mornings |date=December 9, 2011 |publisher=All Access Music Group |accessdate=December 20, 2011}}</ref> McIntyre was teamed with former [[KFI]] afternoon news anchor [[Terri-Rae Elmer]]. Elmer exited the program in December 2016. McIntyre was joined by [[Leeann Tweeden]] in February 2017. In November of that year, McIntyre and Tweeden broke the Senator [[Al Franken]] story that resulted, ultimately, in Franken's resignation from the United States Senate. <br />
In December 2018, McIntyre announced that he would be leaving KABC. His final program was December 14.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://laradio.com/|title=~Los Angeles Radio People, Template|website=laradio.com}}</ref><br />
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===Television===<br />
McIntyre is a frequent television guest. He has appeared on ''[[Lou Dobbs Tonight]]'', [[Bill Maher]]'s ''[[Politically Incorrect]]'', Planet Green's Supper Club with Tom Bergeron, and [[HBO]]'s ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]''. McIntyre appeared on [[History (U.S. TV channel)|The History Channel]], as well as [[Fox News Channel]]'s ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} He hosted his own segment on [[CNBC]]'s ''[[Dennis Miller#The Dennis Miller Show|The Dennis Miller Show]]''. McIntyre also wrote episodes of [[Married... With Children]], [[Full House]], [[WKRP in Cincinnati]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} and was Co-Executive Producer of [[Mike Hammer - Private Eye]].<br />
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=== Newspaper ===<br />
McIntyre writes a weekly column for the ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]'', which appears every Sunday. He has also written for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', as well as ''The Daily Beast'', ''American History Illustrated'', and ''LA Jazz Scene''. An amateur historian, McIntyre is an expert on the [[Wright brothers]].<br />
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=== Film ===<br />
McIntyre and his wife, actress [[Penny Peyser]], wrote, produced, and directed ''Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon'' (2008), a feature-length [[documentary film]] of [[Jack Sheldon]]. It won Jury Prizes at the 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.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<br />
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== ''Frank's Shadow'' ==<br />
McIntyre's debut novel, ''[[Frank's Shadow]]'' was published by the Greenleaf Book Group of Austin, Texas, in July, 2023. The novel, set in 1998, is the story of Danny McKenna, a troubled 40-year-old history professor who must confront an uncomfortable reality. When his Irish immigrant Greatest Generation father dies on the same day and Danny's hero, Frank Sinatra, Danny is tasked with his dad's eulogy. While Danny knows everything about the famous singer, he knows almost nothing about his own withdrawn father. McKenna sets out to discover who his father really was, battling his own demons along the way, before uncovering his father's deepest, darkest secret from World War II. BookLife by ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' called Frank's Shadow, "A triumph of dramatic literature." Indies Today review said, "A brilliant character study and an example of thunderous storytelling." The book won first place in the literary fiction category at the Spring 2024 BookFest Awards. A paperback edition was published in June, 2025 by River Grove Books.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
McIntyre grew up in Great Neck, New York, and is a graduate of [[Stonehill College]]. He is the stepfather of two sons, by wife Peyser, one of whom was a helicopter pilot in the [[U.S. Army]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Radio Talk Show Star Doug McIntyre '79 Named Outstanding Alumnus|url=http://www.stonehill.edu/x19932.xml|publisher=Stonehill College|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527132240/http://www.stonehill.edu/x19932.xml|archivedate=May 27, 2010|date=March 29, 2010}}</ref> 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]]''. 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.<br />
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