Tony Bruno
| Tony Bruno | |
|---|---|
 Bruno and Robin Austin at an event for the National Italian American Foundation in 2010 | |
| Born |
Anthony Joseph Bruno June 13, 1952 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Alma mater | Temple University |
| Occupation | Sports Radio Host, Radio & TV Personality |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Partner(s) | Robin Austin |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | TonyBrunoShow.com |
Tony Bruno (born June 13, 1952) is an American sports talk radio personality from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a 40-year sports radio veteran, having worked for national American sports broadcasters including ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio, Premiere and Sporting News Radio.
Early life
Bruno is a South Philadelphia native. His father served in both the American and Italian Army where his met Bruno's mother, a Sicilian Native. He has one older sister and one younger sister. He graduated from St. John Neumann High School then from Temple University.[1]
Radio career
WCAU, KFI, and WIP
Bruno's first talk show was on WCAU in Philadelphia as the morning host.[2] When WCAU abandoned talk in 1991 Bruno moved to Sports Talk as a co-host of WIP's Morning Guys show with Angelo Cataldi and Al Morganti.[2] He later joined ESPN's new radio network in 1992 as one of the first hosts. He remained at the network until 2000. In 1996 he stated on air he would walk from Bristol, CT to Syracuse, NY if the Orangemen beat Kansan in the 1996 Elite 8. He has yet to make that walk.[3]
Fox Sports Radio
In 2000, Bruno moved to Los Angeles, launching the Fox Sports Radio network. Once again, Bruno played the role of a pioneering host for an up-and-coming sports radio network. Bruno hosted #1 Rated The Tony Bruno Extravaganza morning program with Andrew Siciliano. During this time, Bruno was frequently a guest host on Fox Sports Network's The Best Damn Sports Show Period. Prior to heading west to California, Bruno hosted a morning show on 620 WDAE in Tampa.
Bruno would eventually be unable to come to a contract renewal agreement with Fox. He left radio for 9 months to tour the world and entertain offers.
Sporting News Radio and KNBR
In 2006, he signed with Sporting News Radio. The Tony Bruno Show appeared on Sporting News Radio and on XM Satellite Radio weekdays. He hosted there from 2006 to 2008, in the same morning show time slot. He was carried on XM Sports Nation for most of the show's run on Sporting News. Bruno also did a daily half-hour with Gary Radnich on the Gary Radnich Show on KNBR in San Francisco.
In January 2008, it was announced that Bruno's show on Sporting News Radio had been cancelled, though KNBR hoped to have him continue working with Radnich.[4] He did return to working with Radnich, until August 1, 2011 when Radnich announced KNBR management has decided to drop the half-hour segment with Bruno after 16 years.
New show and return to Fox Sports Radio
On September 29, 2008 Bruno got a new show called Into The Night with Tony Bruno which featured his Executive Producer Tim Cates and introduced Robin Austin. It first aired live on the West Coast from 7 to 10pm on am 570 KLAC, the top ranked Sports station in Los Angeles. After one month exclusively on KLAC, it was syndicated around the country on November 3. Bruno aired the show from various major sporting events.[5]
On July 30, 2009, Premiere Radio Networks announced it had partnered with The Content Factory to distribute Bruno's show across the Fox Sports Radio network beginning August 10.[6] Bruno left in September 2011 after his contract was not renewed.
Return to Philadelphia
On January 18, 2010, Bruno, paired with Harry Mayes, returned to a daily show from noon to 2 PM on ESPN
On June 26, 2014, Bruno left the station after a new contract could not be agreed upon.[2]
On October 13, 2014, Bruno debuted the "Tony Bruno Show" podcast. Bruno has made a number of remote broadcasts of the podcast, including from Radio Row at Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, AZ.
On January 30, 2015 he announced his return to WIP in Philadelphia, which quickly became the number one station in the area.[7][8]
Bruno retired from radio in July 2015 but still continues his live podcast every Wednesday night [9]
Other work
Madden NFL
Bruno is the host of EA Sports Radio, a show that has appeared on the 2005, 2006, and 2007 versions of the Madden NFL video game. The show has Bruno listing statistics and accomplishments from the previous "week" of play. In addition, he "interviews" players and coaches, takes calls from listeners, and even asks trivia questions.
On August 26, 2018, within an hour of a mass shooting at a Madden 19 tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, Bruno tweeted the following in response to CNNs reporting: "I'm hearing Madden 19 sucks, but this is a bit much". He apologized soon after, stating that he would "never make light of such a tragedy."[10]
Personal life
Bruno is divorced with three grown children, Anthony, Chris and Deanna. He lived in Venice, California for 11 years, but has moved back to Philadelphia, PA as of September 2011. He lives with his longtime girlfriend and Producer/Manager Robin Austin.[11]
References
- ↑ http://articles.philly.com/1995-06-30/living/25689356_1_wip-weekend-programming-urkel
- 1 2 3 "Sports talker Tony Bruno resigns from 97.5 The Fanatic - Philadelphia Business Journal". Retrieved 2015-08-26.
- ↑ "Tony Bruno Out at 97.5 The Fanatic | News | Philadelphia Magazine". Retrieved 2015-08-26.
- ↑ Morning Buzz: More radio days ahead for Tony Bruno?
- ↑ THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
- ↑ Tony Bruno Returns! Tony Bruno Joins JT "The Brick" As FOX Sports Radio Delivers Head-Turning, One-Two Punch To Its Evening Lineup
- ↑ http://www.crossingbroad.com/2015/03/radio-wars-tony-bruno-and-josh-innes-claim-victory-over-mike-missanelli.html
- ↑ http://www.crossingbroad.com/?s=radio+wars
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TonyBrunoShow/status/1033793396366876674
- ↑ http://www.docksidecondominiums.com/blog/2015/04/tony-bruno-finds-phillys-good-life-at-dockside/