[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 86 (Thursday, May 24, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4725]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT OF DOUG WRIGHT

  (Mr. BISHOP of Utah asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, June 1 will mark the end of an era 
in Utah broadcasting. For the past 40 years, Utahans have heard Doug 
Wright inform, uplift, and bloviate--that is his word, not mine.
  On Fridays, he reviewed movies, crowned losers, and gave prizes worth 
up to dollars. For the callers, it was telephone torture, but for the 
listeners, it has been a friendship through the airways.
  The Doug Wright Show is ``Where Utah Comes to Talk.'' In Utah, it is 
not news until you hear it on Doug's show. Doug got exclusives, and he 
did it through hard work, fairness, and being worthy of the trust 
Utahans placed in him.
  Doug wasn't always cooped up in a studio. From the back of a Harley 
and with a microphone in his hand, he raised the money to bring street 
lamps to his adopted home of Eureka. His motorcycle rally, the Ride to 
Light up Eureka, set records, and continues to grow each year.
  Doug has earned awards and accolades and has been at the top of the 
ratings, but he will tell you the best thing to come from the newsroom 
was his wife, D. With her, he grew a family and shared with his 
audience all the joys and trials that come with a family.
  As Doug advised us at the close of each day's program: Tonight, when 
you go home, make sure you hug the people you love.

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