Craig Harris Carton was born on January 31,1969 and is an American radio and television personality.
26 Facts About Craig Carton
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Craig Carton is the co-host of the Carton and Roberts sports radio program on WFAN in New York City, and is seen nationally on Fox Sports 1 as host of The Carton Show weekday mornings.
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Craig Carton previously co-hosted Boomer and Carton on WFAN and later CBS Sports Network from 2007 to 2017.
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In September 2017, Craig Carton resigned from the program and WFAN after his arrest for securities and wire fraud.
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Craig Carton was sentenced to three and a half years in prison, and after serving 12 months, he was released in 2020.
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Craig Harris Carton was born on January 31,1969, in New Rochelle, New York.
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Craig Carton graduated from New Rochelle High School and the S I Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a degree in broadcast journalism in 1991.
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Craig Carton launched the Tic Toc Stop Foundation in 2013, which raises funds to combat Tourette syndrome and provide a camp for youths with Tourette named Camp Craig Carton.
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Craig Carton began his broadcasting career in 1991 at WGR Radio in Buffalo.
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Craig Carton went on to work at WWWE in Cleveland in 1992 and WIP in Philadelphia in April 1993.
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On WIP, Craig Carton was a brash weekend host nicknamed "The Kid" and filled in on the station's morning-drive show.
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Craig Carton next took the morning slot on KBPI, where he hosted the market's top-rated local morning show.
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Craig Carton left Denver to care for his wife Kim, who was pregnant with their first child.
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In late 2000, Craig Carton replaced Scott Kaplan on WNEW-FM's Sports Guys morning radio program in New York City, a job that he held for one year.
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In July 2002, Craig Carton began co-hosting The Jersey Guys show on WKXW.
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Craig Carton left WKXW in August 2007 for a morning opening at New York's WFAN as Boomer Esiason's co-host, replacing Imus in the Morning.
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The Boomer and Craig Carton show reached number one in the Arbitron ratings within a year, a ranking that Imus had not achieved since 1993.
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Boomer and Craig Carton became the top-ranked show in New York, was nominated for multiple Marconi Awards and won several Cynopsis Media awards as the nation's top major-market sports-talk show.
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On September 6,2017, Craig Carton was arrested by federal agents at his home in New York City on criminal charges of securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit those offenses.
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Trial testimony further proved that Craig Carton had no existing gambling debt at the time when the alleged fraud was perpetrated.
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Craig Carton's lawyers argued that money is fungible and, as such, the manner in which Craig Carton had purchased the tickets was not significant as long as he actually purchased them as he claimed.
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Craig Carton was convicted of fraud on November 7,2018, in Manhattan federal court after a week-long trial.
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Craig Carton reported to the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg minimum-security satellite camp on June 17,2019, to begin serving a minimum of 36 months of a maximum 42-month sentence.
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Craig Carton was released from prison to a halfway house on June 23,2020, and ultimately to home confinement.
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Craig Carton served his entire sentence and was released from federal custody on June 8,2021.
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In September 2022, Craig Carton began hosting The Craig Carton Show on weekday mornings for Fox Sports 1, while continuing to co-host his afternoon show with Roberts on WFAN.