13 Facts About Tony Guida

1.

Tony Guida was born on November 5,1941 and is a New York-based local television and radio personality.

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2.

Tony Guida is currently a news anchor for WCBS Newsradio 880 and a business correspondent for CBS News.

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3.

In 1972, Tony Guida went to WNBC as a weekend co-anchor, later becoming Chief Political Reporter for the station.

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4.

In 1986, Tony Guida re-joined WNBC-TV as Chief Political Reporter, and in 1989, Tony Guida was promoted to co-anchor of Live at Five.

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5.

Tony Guida was unhappy with his move; when his contract with the station expired in 1992, Tony Guida was offered a job to anchor a new noon newscast which did not start until 1995.

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6.

Tony Guida would be responsible for keeping his co-hosting duties on Today In New York.

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7.

Tony Guida turned this offer down when he accepted WCBS-TV's offer as a senior reporter.

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8.

In 1995, Tony Guida replaced Jim Jensen as co-anchor of WCBS-TV's Sunday morning public affairs program, Sunday Edition.

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9.

That same year, Tony Guida was made co-anchor of the 5pm and 11pm newscasts for a short period of time after John Roberts left to join CBS News and before John Johnson joined from WABC-TV.

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10.

Tony Guida kept his other WCBS-TV duties during this short period of time.

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11.

In 2001, Tony Guida was yet again a part of a mass firing, this time at CNN.

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12.

Later that year, Tony Guida joined WCBS-AM as an anchor where he anchored coverage of the September 11,2001 attacks throughout that day.

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13.

In 2005 Tony Guida supplied the voice of the Newsreader in the Activision PC video game The Movies.

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