Tony Bruno
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Tony Bruno (born June 13, 1952) is an American sports radio talk show host from Los Angeles, California.
He is a sports radio veteran, having worked at all three major American sports networks: ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio and Sporting News Radio; he held a job at one of the three networks near-continuously from 1992 through 2008.
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[edit] History
After successful runs as a talkshow host at WCAU (now WPHT) in Philadelphia and KFI in Los Angeles, Bruno moved to the world of sports radio. He returned to Philadelphia in the mid 1990s as a co-host of 610 WIP's Morning Guys show with Angelo Cataldi and Al Morganti. When ESPN decided to launch its own radio network in 1992, they tagged Bruno to be one of the co-hosts. Bruno co-hosted ESPN Radio's Gamenight on weekends and continued to co-host The Morning Guys on weekdays. In 1995, Bruno joined ESPN Radio full-time and co-hosted the Bruno-Golic Morning Show with former NFL Player Mike Golic. (Bruno left the morning show in 1998 and was replaced by current co-host Mike Greenberg.)
In 2000, Bruno left ESPN radio and moved to Los Angeles, launching Fox Sports Radio network. Once again, Bruno played the role of a pioneering host for an up and coming sports radio network. Bruno hosted 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 7 months to tour the world and entertain offers. In 2005, he signed with Sporting News Radio. He hosted there from 2005 to 2008, in roughly the same time slot as his Fox show (although one hour longer). He was carried on XM Sports Nation for most of the show's run on Sporting News.
Bruno has three grown children and resides in Marina del Rey, California. He attended Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, majoring in Political Science and Journalism.[citation needed]
[edit] Sporting News Radio
The Tony Bruno Show with on-air sidekick Mark Willard appeared on Sporting News Radio and XM Satellite Radio Channel 144 on weekdays from 12 PM - 3 PM Eastern Time, and on Sirius Channel 123 on weekdays from 9 AM -1 PM Eastern Time.
Gary Radnich announced on his January 28th show that Bruno had left Sporting News Radio and the future of his daily half-hour with Bruno was uncertain[1]. Bruno's last show on SNR was on January 18 and he departed the network when his contract expired in April 2008.[2]
Tony was in the San Francisco Bay Area and appeared live in the KNBR studios with Gary Radnich on Feb. 27 and Feb. 28. He mentioned on Feb. 28 that he would be on daily until March 8, after which he would go on vacation. He also mentioned that he had 'sat down' with Lee Hammer, Program Manager of KNBR. Since his vacation, he has returned to regular broadcasting with the Gary Radnich Show, but he has denied any rumors of any future commitments.
[edit] Catchphrases
- "Exactly Right!"
- Self-proclaimed "Mr. Monday Night"
- "You've gots to get down"
- "Beauuuuutiful", referring to something good
- "That's an outrage"
- "It's not my style to criticize, but..."
- "That's good knowledge"
- "Slap It Up, Flip It And Rub It Down"
- "What's in the boxxxxxx?"
- "They got pole-axed"
- "You got a big one in there?"
- "[Team Name] got boatraced."
[edit] 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.[citation needed]
[edit] Personal Life
- Tony's father passed away when Tony was only 10 years old. Tony's father, who was 39 at the time, had leukemia. [3]
- Tony is divorced and has 3 grown children. [4]
