The staff at 95.3 WDAE in Tampa spent time today remembering their former colleague Steve ‘Big Dog’ Duemig who passed away on this day five years ago. Duemig died at the age of 64 after being diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer early in 2017.
Hosts, callers and guests talked about their memories of one of the legends of sports radio. Duemig started with Tampa’s first all-sports station, WFNS, where he spent five years before moving to WDAE for more than two decades.
Jay & Zac hosts Jay Recher and Zac Blobner played some clips from old shows featuring Duemig, including a rather hilarious call from a listener who doesn’t realize he is talking to the ‘Big Dog’ as he is telling him why he doesn’t like the show or Duemig himself, even though he listens to the whole show most days.
One of the guests that came on was Rob Higgins, Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission who talked about the way Duemig supported the area and all the various events that would come to the Tampa area.
“He was incredible,” Higgins said. “You think about just how passionate he was about Team Tampa Bay and how much he really focused on promoting the community…he truly was one of a kind and someone we think about non-stop for sure.”
In addition to his work locally in Tampa, Duemig hosted nationally on Fox Sports Radio and contributed to The Golf Channel for more than five years.
