Doug Meehan Biography
Doug Meehan is a media personality serving as a co-anchor of NewsCenter 5’s weekday morning EyeOpener newscasts. He joined the station in December 2015. Previously, he was co-anchor of WCVB’s weekend EyeOpener newscasts.
Doug Meehan Age
How old is Doug Meehan? Doug is 58 years old as of 2023. He was born on May 29, 1965, in West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Doug Meehan Height
He is 6 feet 2 inches tall (approximately 1.88m or 188cm).
Doug Meehan Nationality
Born and raised in the United States of America, Doug is American by nationality.
Doug Meehan Education
Meehan studied at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School. He also attended Westfield State University in Westfield, MA where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Communication.
Doug Meehan Parents
Who are Doug Meehan’s parents? Doug grew up in West Yarmouth. However, there is no information about his parents. He has not also mentioned whether he has siblings or not
Doug Meehan Wife
Who is Doug Meehan’s partner? Doug is married. However, there is no information about his wife/partner.
Doug Meehan WCVB-TV
Who is Doug Meehan? Doug is a co-anchor of NewsCenter 5’s weekday morning EyeOpener newscasts. Before this role, Doug was co-anchor of WCVB’s weekend EyeOpener newscasts. He came to WCVB in December of 2015 from KPNX-TV in Phoenix, AZ where he served for nearly three years as a news anchor.
For two years prior, Doug was the host of “The Doug Meehan Show” on Boston’s WTKK 96.9 FM and a contributor on The Wall Street Journal Radio Network in New York. For more than six and a half years before that, Doug was a highly-acclaimed reporter and anchor at Boston’s WFXT-TV where he was the market’s first full-time helicopter reporter covering traffic and breaking news.
Before that, Doug worked at Boston’s WHDH-TV as a reporter and relief anchor. Six years before that, Doug worked as an anchor and host of “Good Morning Texas” at WFAA-TV in Dallas, TX; a reporter at KTVT-TV also in Dallas; and anchor at WTSP-TV, Tampa, FL and KEYE-TV in Austin, TX. Before leaving New England, Doug was a news, weather, and sports anchor at WPRI-TV in Providence, RI, and before that, he was a reporter at New England Cable News. He began his news career as an anchor and reporter at Cape 11 News in South Yarmouth, MA.
In 2006, Doug was honored by Boston Magazine as one of Boston’s “The Fabulous 40.” That same year, he completed the 110th running of the Boston Marathon.
Doug Meehan Health
On March 30, 2023, Meehan shared some good news in his public battle against prostate cancer. Meehan, who has periodically shared updates from his journey on television and on social media, said he underwent successful surgery and was recovering in his hospital room.
“All of your prayers worked!!! The surgeon says they were able to maintain most of the nerve endings. The prostate is gone and hopefully the cancer with it,” Meehan wrote on Twitter while watching the Red Sox play on opening day.
He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2021.
Doug Meehan Salary
He receives an average annual salary of $31,300 – $91,500 as of 2023. This is according to WCVB anchors’/reporters’ salaries.
Doug Meehan Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1 million – $5 million as of 2023.
