Steve Doocy Biography – Steve Doocy Wiki
Steve Doocy is an American television host, political commentator, and author. He is most known for his current work as an anchor of Fox & Friends on the Fox News Channel. He began his television career with reporter jobs at television stations in Topeka, Des Moines, Wichita, and Kansas City.
His first major market assignment was as a features reporter for WRC, in Washington, D.C. In 1990, he was named the host of NBC’s nationally syndicated program House Party with Steve Doocy, a remake of the 1960s Art Linkletter show, which was followed by the syndicated kids’ series Not Just News’’.
In 1994, he got his first-morning show job, as the co-host of Wake Up America on NBC’s America’s Talking channel. He then anchored the morning newscast on CBS-TV’s flagship station, WCBS-TV, in 1996 in New York City. He was the live Times Square reporter on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on ABC-TV for four-ball drops. He joined the Fox News Channel in 1996 and began co-hosting the network’s morning show Fox & Friends in 1998. In 2004, he helped launch Fox News Channel’s New Year’s Eve special, All American New Year, whose hosts have included Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly.
The Fox & Friends program gained prominence after the presidential election of Donald Trump, who had been a regular on-air contributor to the program for a number of years before the campaign. Once elected, Trump called it “the most honest morning show.” During his first year as president, Trump continued to watch and often quoted the program on Twitter. This prompted the New York Times to call Fox & Friends “the most powerful television show in America.” In 2019, it was revealed that President Donald Trump ranked the loyalty of many reporters, on a scale of 1 to 10. Steve Doocy received a “12 out of 10.”
On September 15, 2020, he made news when he challenged President Trump’s announcement of a series of weekly appearances on Fox and Friends. Doocy responded: “You may want to do it every week, but Fox is not committed to that. We’re going to take it on a case by case basis.” Doocy extended an invitation for Joe Biden to appear on the program, offering him equal airtime to Trump.
He has earned television reporting and writing awards from the Associated Press, the Society of Professional Journalists (formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi), and 11 Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences,
In 2020, Mr. Doocy and his wife Kathy published the Happy in a Hurry Cookbook, which debuted at number one on the New York Times Best Seller List and became one of America’s top cookbooks of that pandemic year. It was a sequel to their successful 2018 Happy Cookbook: A Celebration of the Food That Makes America Smile’’. The Doocys also authored The Mr. and Mrs. Happy Handbook and Tales from the Dad Side.
All four books were published by William Morrow and Company, a division of HarperCollins and all were New York Times bestsellers. Doocy was named Distinguished Kansan of the Year by the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas in 2014.
He studied at Kansas grade schools in Russell, Salina, and Industry. He 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.
Steve Doocy Age
He was born Stephen James Doocy on October 19, 1956, in Algona, Iowa, United States.
Steve Doocy Wife
He is married to his wife, Kathy Gerrity. The couple got married in 1986. He is a resident of Wyckoff, New Jersey.
Steve Doocy Children
He is married and has three adult children, Sally Doocy, Mary Doocy including Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy.
Steve Doocy Parents
He is the son of James Edward Doocy and JoAnne Doocy. Steve was born in Algona, Iowa. His father James Edward, worked in sales and construction. His paternal grandfather was of Irish descent and his maternal grandmother was of Swedish descent. He was raised in Abilene, Kansas.
Steve Doocy Instagram
He is active on his Instagram handle as @stevedoocy.
