Jamie Dupree

B.S. Broadcasting, 1985

Washington, D.C. Capitol Hill Correspondent for Cox Broadcasting

Hall of Fame 2026

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Jamie Dupree started his broadcasting career in 1983 at WUFT-FM.  His first radio job was playing jazz music from 1-5 a.m. He later hosted a blues music show on Saturday nights, which drew letters from inmates at the Florida state prison in Starke. Jamie’s original goal was to be a sports play-by-play announcer. But he quickly shifted into news at UF.

After graduating in 1985, Jamie worked at two small AM radio stations outside Washington, D.C., and then worked for a small freelance news bureau on Capitol Hill. He got his big break in 1989, when he was hired by Cox Broadcasting, a large TV and radio group based in Atlanta.

Jamie spent the next 32 years in that radio job, covering news from Washington and the campaign trail. He was a familiar voice in Atlanta, Orlando, Jacksonville, Miami, Los Angeles, Dayton, Ohio, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jamie was also heard on talk radio, becoming a regular guest with Neal Boortz, a regional talk show host in the South, and nationally with a daily segment on Sean Hannity’s radio program.

Unfortunately, life intervened in 2016, when an unknown medical issue took Jamie’s voice. As Jamie describes it, the wires between his brain and his mouth got crossed. His voice won’t work right, no matter how hard he tries. In an effort to keep him on the radio, a company in Scotland developed an artificial intelligence text-to-speech voice, which he used for several years on the radio. The voice was dubbed ‘Jamie 2.0.’

After the 2020 election, Jamie’s time with Cox came to an end. Retirement was not an answer. So, Jamie created the ‘Regular Order‘ newsletter, giving subscribers a daily, behind-the-scenes look at news on Capitol Hill.  Working daily from the U.S. Capitol, Jamie also does freelance work for the Dayton Daily News newspaper in Ohio.