Troy Dungan

{{Short description|American weatherman (born 1936)}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Troy Dungan

| image =

| birthname = William Troy Dungan Jr.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|11|17}}

| death_date =

| birth_place = Hillsboro, Texas, US

| education = National Engineering Science Company

| alma_mater = Baylor University

| occupation = Television; Weather

| status =

| title = Weather Anchor

| spouse = Janet Dungan

| children = Leah, Dana, and Wyn-Erin

| known for = WFAA-TV Chief Meteorologist {{start date|1976|7|19}}-{{end date|2007|7|18}}

| credits = {{ubl|KTRK-TV|WCAU|WXYZ-TV|KTXD-TV {{start date|2012}}-{{end date|2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dfw.com/2012/09/13/680469/tracy-rowlett-troy-dungan-and.html |title=Tracy Rowlett, Troy Dungan, others return for 'Texas Daily' | Star-Telegram.com |accessdate=2012-09-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915091841/http://www.dfw.com/2012/09/13/680469/tracy-rowlett-troy-dungan-and.html |archivedate=2012-09-15 }}}}

| successor = Pete Delkus

| years active = 1958-2013

}}

William Troy Dungan Jr. (born November 17, 1936), better known as Troy Dungan, was the former chief weather anchor at WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas for 30 years.

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 while employed at KTRK-TV.{{cite web |url=http://www.wfaa.com/tdungan |title=Troy Dungan |work=Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas WFAA.com |accessdate=2006-07-08 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104111304/http://www.wfaa.com/tdungan/ |archivedate=2006-01-04 |url-status=dead }}

Dungan began his career at KWTX-TV in Waco, Texas in 1958. After working in Orlando, KTRK-TV in Houston, then CBS O&O WCAU in Philadelphia, and then ABC O&O WXYZ-TV in Detroit—Dungan joined ABC affiliate, WFAA-TV, in Dallas as chief weather anchor on {{start date|1976|7|19}}. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.dfwretroplex.com/bloxom2.html|title=Russ Bloxon's Where Are They Now?|work=DFW Radio/TV History|accessdate=2006-10-17|archive-date=2013-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928231520/http://www.dfwretroplex.com/bloxom2.html|url-status=live}}

Since July 19, 2006, the day of Dungan's 30th anniversary with WFAA-TV, he 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 (10 p.m.). This was to facilitate the transition from Dungan to Delkus as chief meteorologist/weather anchor for WFAA-TV. Troy's last day was {{end date|2007|7|18}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/41096a7cf61c1c457bb12662c8839207-20.html|title=Troy's autumn years mean summer departure|work=Uncle Barky's Bytes|accessdate=2007-01-17|archive-date=2006-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123061635/http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/41096a7cf61c1c457bb12662c8839207-20.html|url-status=live}}

In 2014, he became a spokesperson for 50 Floor with the jingle: "Call 877 50-FLOOR. Pick up the phone, we'll be knocking at your door!"