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The Real Doug Steele (born Douglas Warfield Candis, March 30, 1943) is an American Radio Broadcaster. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. After completing high school Doug joined the Air Force becoming a jet engine mechanic and the year before being discharged in 1965 worked part-time as a Remote Engineer at K.S.O.L. radio San Francisco and later promoted to the position of Religious Director and Radio Sales in 1966.

By 1967 Doug left San Francisco to return to assume the position of News Director at W.C.I.N. radio but that stay was brief for he returned to the Bay Area two weeks later. Shortly after returning he was offered the Morning Show position becoming James Brown first announcer on his first radio station W.J.B.E. in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1968.

Leaving Knoxville the following year Doug received multiple offers from Cleveland, Ohio,, Nashville, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia which he accepted and held the position for 9 years before pulling up stakes once again to become the Southeastern District Manager of R&B Promotions for Arista Records 1978.

In 1981 he partnered with the owners of Atlanta's local night club "Cisco's" to form the American Media Company where he created the format for the first Black syndicated radio music countdown program "Coast to Coast Top 20" heard on over 600 radio stations worldwide. 1983 he also partnered with Anderson Media to create as well as produced another first the syndicated contemporary gospel radio program "Inspirations Across America".