Doug Stephan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, not far from where he hosts his daily syndicated radio program, DOUG STEPHAN’S GOOD DAY. He became fascinated with radio at an early age and was particularly fond of WBZ in the 1960’s. His favorite radio personality was Dick Summer, who Doug says has had the greatest influence on his radio career and style.

After high school, he attended Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, where he majored in speech and political science. At Heidelberg, Doug experienced his first taste of working in radio on the campus radio station.

Following his graduation from Heidelberg, he became a middle school English teacher and for ten years ran several family businesses, including a clothing manufacturing business and several transportation companies. In his spare time, Doug continued to pursue his passion for radio and took jobs at as many radio stations as he could find openings. He was heard regularly on WBZ-FM, WJIB and WKOX in Boston and WJAR, in Providence, Rhode Island. Sunday mornings he would be on the air at WKOX, Sunday

afternoons on WJIB and Sunday evenings on WJAR. In the early 1980s, Doug moved into radio management for several years as Operations Manager for Boston’s then All News station, WEEI.

In 1987, the former American Radio Network chose Doug to host a new program, “GOOD DAY USA.” Then the show was taken over by the News Talk Radio Network and later the Sun Network. Eventually, Doug took ownership of the program and changed the name to DOUG STEPHAN’S GOOD DAY. He took on this effort completely by himself, purchasing his own satellite time, setting up a studio in his home, finding radio stations to run his program and selling the advertising. His goal was to provide a quality program for stations that could not afford a local personality or the large staff it takes to produce a program like GOOD DAY. In those early days he continued to hold down on-air positions at KABC, Los Angeles, WCKY, Cincinnati, KMOX, St. Louis and WPBR, Palm Beach. From that point on, the show began to take off and since its inception, DOUG STEPHAN’S GOOD DAY has been heard on over a thousand radio stations. Today, his show is broadcast on three radio networks. He has assembled a team of professional production, technical and support staffs and is represented by several advertising agencies. For the past four years, Doug has also been moving up the list of top ten syndicated personalities in TALKERS Magazine.

Since it’s beginning, DOUG STEPHAN’S GOOD DAY has originated from all over the country and around the world. Doug owns just about every piece of remote broadcasting equipment on the market.

In April of 2002, Doug took over the TALKRADIO COUNT DOWN SHOW and has re-worked the format and expanded it from two to three hours.

Doug Stephan is on the Board of Trustees at Heidelberg College and the 4H Foundation Board. He has received numerous industry awards and has provided community service for Big Brothers.