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Both men were offered jobs at World's Largest Store -television in Chicago around 1968. Adair chose to stay in Cleveland while Daly accepted.
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Doug Adair
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Adair got his start in journalism in television in Dayton in the early 1950s. In 1958 he moved to Cleveland and joined then-Columbia Broadcasting System-affiliated WJW-television as a reporter and anchor. Starting in 1964, Adair was paired with Joel Daly and the duo co-anchored City Camera News, the first two-man television newscast in Cleveland.
City Camera News was notable for equipping reporters with Polaroid instant cameras, allowing them to take pictures that can be used on the air.
The format was successful, and the Adair/Daly team anchored the most-watched newscast in Cleveland. In 1970 Adair left WJW-television and joined then-National Broadcasting Company-owned WKYC-television to co-anchor their evening news programs.
In early 1983, Adair moved to Columbus to assume anchor duties at WCMH-television, that city"s National Broadcasting Company affiliate. However, the couple divorced—both on-air and off-air—in 1990.
Adair remained at WCMH until 1994, when he retired from television news.
Adair was inducted in the Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1992.
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Amongst his awards and accomplishments: Adair has been honored as the state of Ohio"s Best television News Writer. Adair is also a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of the Society of Professional Journalists. Adair has also received The National Faith and Freedom Award from Religious Heritage of America. The same piece that brought him this award (The Crisis in Christianity) brought him the Catholic Church"s National Gabriel Award. The Holy Name Society named him Cleveland"s Outstanding Citizen and in the same year he received the First Bishop"s Award of the Episcopal Church. The latter was the result of his massive efforts on behalf of needy children in Cleveland and his "Clothes for Christmas Campaign.".
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