Troy Dungan

Who is Troy Dungan?

William Troy Dungan Jr., better known as Troy Dungan, is an American weatherman presenting for News/Talk 820 47-1 KTXD-TV, effective October 1, 2012. He was formerly the chief weather anchor for both WFAA-TV and WBAP.

Dungan graduated from Baylor University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree. He received private meteorological training from the National Engineering Science Company in Houston, Texas whilst employed at KTRK-TV.

Dungan began his career at KWTX-TV in Waco, Texas in 1958. After working in Orlando, KTRK-TV in Houston, WCAU in Philadelphia, and then ABC O&O WXYZ-TV in Detroit—Dungan joined WFAA-TV as chief weather anchor on July 19, 1976. Whilst at WCAU he was the first weatherman to use the current 5-day forecast system. Before 1976, weather predictions were typically for a maximum of two days ahead.

Since July 19, 2006, the day of Dungan's 30th anniversary with WFAA-TV, he has presented the weather only during News 8 at Six, with Pete Delkus taking over his duties at News 8 at Five and The News 8 Update. This was to facilitate the transition from Dungan to Delkus as chief meteorologist/weather anchor for WFAA-TV. Troy's last day was July 18, 2007.