Mike Donegan

Not to be confused with Mike Doneghan.

Mike "The Duke" Donegan is an American radio broadcaster based in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

Personal life

Donegan was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to Genovia and Beck Donegan. Donegan's parents owned a bakery in Green Hills.[2] He is the brother of John Donegan, an engineer, photographer, and music executive. Donegan is the father of Barry Donegan, lead singer for the punk rock band Look What I Did, and a libertarian political activist.

Donegan attended Hillsboro High School in Nashville, Tennessee, graduated with a B.A. in social science from George Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, a Master of Professional Studies in Training and Development from the University of Memphis, (2016) and a J.D. from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law where he was a recipient of the Harold C. Streibich Intellectual Property Law Award.

Career

The broadcast journalist and humorist most recently co-hosted a show on Sirius Satellite Radio and is the stadium announcer for the Tennessee Titans.[3] For many years prior, Donegan was a mainstay on radio shows at Nashville stations WMAK,[4] WKDF and WGFX, including "Big Dave and the Dook", "Ian Case and The Duke", "Carl P. Mayfield & The P. Team" [5] and "The Wake-Up Zone".[6] He was formerly the news director at WSM AM/WSM FM[7] and a feature reporter for WSMV-TV.

References

1. Billboard - 10 Apr 1999 - Page 33 Vol. 111, No. 15 "The on-air roster, besides Mayfield, includes Mayfield sidekick Mike Donegan, former WKDF jock Shannon "
2. "Titans PA Announcer Mike "Duke" Donegan to Serve as Honorary 12th Titan in his Final Regular Season Game". www.tennesseetitans.com. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
3. "Mike "The Duke" Donegan on Sirius". Sirius Radio. Archived from the original on 2009-01-15.
4. "1300 WMAK Mike Donegan". WMAK.
5. "Billboard". 1999-04-10.
6. "Radio Waves Hot Battleground" (PDF). WMAK.
7. Hunt K. Coup : The Day the Democrats Ousted Their Governor, Put Republican Lamar Alexander in Office Early, and Stopped a Pardon Scandal [monograph on the Internet]. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press; 2013. [cited May 15, 2016]. Available from: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) p. 221