1. Anthony Joseph Bruno was born on June 13,1952 and is an American sports talk radio host.
25 Facts About Tony Bruno
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Tony Bruno has worked for national American sports broadcasters including ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio, Premiere, and Sporting News Radio.
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Tony Bruno's father served in both the American and Italian Army where his met Bruno's mother, a Sicilian Native.
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Tony Bruno has one older sister and one younger sister.
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Tony Bruno graduated from St John Neumann High School, then from Temple University.
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Tony Bruno's first talk show was on WCAU in Philadelphia as the morning host.
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When WCAU abandoned talk in 1991, Tony Bruno moved to Sports Talk as a co-host of WIP's Morning Guys show with Angelo Cataldi and Al Morganti.
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Tony Bruno later joined ESPN's new radio network in 1992 as one of the first hosts.
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Tony Bruno was ready to make that walk, but his bosses at ESPN refused to let him.
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In 2000, Tony Bruno moved to Los Angeles, launching the Fox Sports Radio network.
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The Tony Bruno Show appeared on Sporting News Radio and on XM Satellite Radio weekdays.
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Tony Bruno hosted there from 2006 to 2008, in the same morning show time slot.
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Tony Bruno was carried on XM Sports Nation for most of the show's run on Sporting News.
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Tony Bruno did a daily half-hour with Gary Radnich on the Gary Radnich Show on KNBR in San Francisco.
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In January 2008, it was announced that Tony Bruno's show on Sporting News Radio had been cancelled, though KNBR hoped to have him continue working with Radnich.
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Tony Bruno 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.
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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.
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On July 30,2009, Premiere Radio Networks announced it had partnered with The Content Factory to distribute Tony Bruno's show across the Fox Sports Radio network beginning August 10.
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Tony Bruno's contract was not renewed, and he left in September 2011.
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On January 18,2010, Tony Bruno, paired with Harry Mayes, and returned to a daily show from noon to 2 PM on ESPN until June 26,2014.
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Tony Bruno retired from radio in July 2015 but still continues his live podcast every Wednesday night.
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The Tony Bruno Show with Harry Mayes returned to Sirius XM on April 6,2020, and aired every weekday from 3pm to 6pm EST, on the Dan Patrick Radio channel 211, alongside co-host Harry Mayes.
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Tony Bruno's program was among the offerings of the SportsMap Radio Network, after it ended its cross-branding agreements and brought all programming back in-house in July 2020.
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Tony 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.
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Tony Bruno lived in Venice, California, for 11 years, then moved back to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September 2011.