A well known local media personality in his native New England during the 1980s and 1990s, he reached a national audience in the later part of the 1990s hosting several morning talk shows on various networks, culminating in 1996 with a gig as the regular guest host of ABC\'s Good Morning America. He has remained with the ABC network ever since, as the host of America\'s Funniest Home Videos (2001–2015) and Dancing with the Stars (2005–present). He has also hosted the syndicated game show Hollywood Squares (1998–2004), and a fill-in host for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He has won both a Daytime Emmy Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.\n', '

Bergeron was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, son of the late Kay and Ray Bergeron. He is of French-Canadian and Irish descent.\n', '

His first job in broadcasting was as a disc jockey at local radio station WHAV, in his home town of Haverhill, Massachusetts. He became a popular radio DJ in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire in the early 1980s on Portsmouth\'s WHEB, where he played comedy records along with music and offbeat interviews. His popularity led to additional TV and radio auditions.\n', '

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