KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana News Weather & SportsDoug Warner

KSLA News 12's Doug Warner has returned to Shreveport and his native Louisiana as an anchor and reporter after six years at Oklahoma City's CBS affiliate KWTV. 

Doug was born and raised in DeRidder and later graduated college at McNeese State University in Lake Charles.  Doug got his start on air just months after graduation,  Thanksgiving Day 1990.  That's the day his news director wanted to know if he owned a tie and a sports coat.  The sports anchor had called in sick and Doug's television career was off and running.  Doug worked and played as a sports anchor and reporter at KVHP in Lake Charles and KFDM in Beaumont, Texas.  He later transitioned from sports to news as a weekend anchor and producer at KCEN in Waco, Texas.

While in Waco, Doug covered the 2000 Presidential election from Crawford, Texas.  After the election, he secured the very first one-on-one interview with eventual President George W. Bush.  He later served as emcee of the Crawford Presidential Inauguration which was attended by both President Bush and first lady Laura Bush.

At KWTV, Doug was an anchor and feature reporter for their morning show and enjoyed the occasional storm chasing for the station's weather department.  Doug volunteered time with numerous non-profits throughout Oklahoma.  That list includes the American Red Cross, Special Olympics, Limbs for Life Foundation, and The Children's Center.  He competes each year in an annual baseball fundraiser hosted by actor Mark Harmon from the CBS hit show NCIS.  Former Major League baseball greats Rick Sutcliffe and Wally Joiner also participate.

Doug also worked as a radio DJ and talk show host in Beaumont and at Shreveport's K94.5 and News Talk 710 KEEL.

Doug has been honored by the Association Press for his sports, feature and spot news reporting in both Louisiana and Texas.  And the Association Press, the Society of Professional Journalist and the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters also selected Doug as one of the Oklahoma's top reporters.