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.