Steve Doocy

Early life

Doocy was born in Algona, Iowa, the son of JoAnne (Sharp) and James Edward Doocy, who worked in sales and construction. His paternal grandfather was of Irish descent. He was raised in Abilene, Kansas, and attended Kansas grade schools in Russell, Salina, and Industry. Doocy 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.

Career

Early in his career, Doocy anchored the morning newscast on CBS-TV's flagship station, WCBS-TV, in New York City. Previously, he was the co-host of Wake Up America on NBC cable and host of the nationally syndicated program House Party with Steve Doocy, a remake of the 1960s Art Linkletter show, and the host of the syndicated kids' series Not Just News. For six years, Doocy was the Emmy Award-winning features reporter for WRC, in Washington, D.C., and the NBC Television Stations division. His early television posts included news reporter positions in Kansas City, Wichita, Topeka, and Des Moines. He was the live Times Square reporter on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on ABC-TV for four ball drops.

Doocy 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, which is currently hosted by Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly.

In 2016 Doocy was mentioned in Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit against Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. The case was settled out of court. After an investigation Ailes left FOX News.”

Literature

Doocy has written two New York Times bestsellers. The first is about marriage and family life, titled The Mr. and Mrs. Happy Handbook. The second is about fatherhood, titled Tales from the Dad Side. When asked why he wrote the book, he told The 700 Club on TV, "I wanted to write that book just to show that dads are out there – we don't know exactly what we're doing. We're doing our best and we love our kids. There aren't so many books for guys. It's not like we get a lot of advice from our dads, 'Just hold him still; he’ll stop crying.' And, ad lib – what I learned early is that while guys like to have plans, you should plan to ad lib. There's a lot of ad libbing in the dad department." Both books are published by William Morrow and Company, a division of HarperCollins.

Personal life

Doocy is married and has three children, including fellow Fox News reporter Peter Doocy. He lives in Wyckoff, New Jersey. He is Roman Catholic and serves as a lector in his church.