‘You can still hear his voice’

Longtime WBZ NewsRadio reporter Doug Cope has died from cancer, according to those at the local radio station who are remembering “one of the good guys” who had legendary pipes. He was 69.

Cope, who retired in 2019, was a staple at WBZ NewsRadio for 17 years. Listeners heard him report from courtrooms across the region, and all along the Boston Marathon route on the third Monday in April.

“When Doug was assigned a story, you knew it was never going to be mailed in,” WBZ NewsRadio reporter Drew Moholland said during the “Morning Report” yesterday.

“He was as solid as solid gets,” Moholland said, later adding, “We won’t soon forget Doug Cope.” He leaves behind two children. “You can still hear his voice when you think about your conversations with him, and his presence is still here,” said Jeff Brown, morning news anchor on WBZ NewsRadio.

Local sports announcer Mike “Sarge” Riley called Cope “one of the good guys in the business.”

“Very sad to learn of the passing of my former colleague and friend at @wbznewsradio who passed away this week from cancer,” Riley posted. “RIP Doug. Prayers and condolences to his entire family.”

Rony Camille, who used to work at WBZ NewsRadio, called Cope a “legendary anchor/reporter.”

“He was one of the good ones in the newsroom,” Camille posted. “Funny, considerate, and just a SOLID newsman. Condolences to his entire family, news family, and friends.”

Listeners were remembering Cope for his phenomenal pipes.

“Doug Cope, longtime reporter at WBZ Radio in Boston and Emerson College classmate has died from cancer,” a person posted on X. “Back in school he had the deep ‘radio voice,’ which back then mattered.”