Age
Group of your children – I have a six year old son and a
two-year old daughter
Radio
Awards and Achievements –
2007 Best Radio Show –
Colorado Springs
Independent
2006 Best Radio Show –
Colorado Springs Independent
2005 Best Radio Show –
Colorado Springs Independent
2003 Best Sportscast –
Colorado Associated Press
2002 Best Sportscast –
Colorado Associated Press
1999 Rising Star-
Las Vegas
CBS Radio
Bio
Info:
Tony Desiere began his broadcasting career in
high school. Too short to actually play basketball, Tony decided to
follow the team around and do play-by-play into the coach's video
tape. That led to some guest appearances with a local station and
before he knew it, he was a journalism student at the University of South Carolina.
After finishing his degree at the
University
of New Hampshire, Tony
worked for WGIR-AM in
Manchester
as part of the largest radio sports department in the state. He
covered the New England Patriots rise in the mid 90s under Bill
Parcells, which led to a horrifying incident where Coach Bill
screamed at another reporter for asking a dumb question. Terrified,
Tony decided to keep his mouth shut for the rest of the year.
While in
New Hampshire, Tony covered every motor
sport event at the local speedway, including three Winston Cup
races. He interviewed a young driver named Jeff Gordon, who was
getting his feet wet in NASCAR. Ironically, Tony and Jeff share the
exact same date of birth, but unfortunately not the exact same climb
to greatness. While Jeff won millions of dollars and took home four
championships, Tony had to settle for three New Hampshire Golden
Microphone awards that did not come with a big oversized check, nor
a kiss from the Winston Girl.
Tony moved onto
Las Vegas
where he covered sporting events for KSFN. A few years later, he
arrived in Colorado where he served
as Sports Director for KNRC. Two Associated Press awards later, he
made his way down to
Colorado Springs
to work at the Sports Animal.
An avid golfer, Tony plays whenever he can. He
started teaching his son Christopher the game, much to the delight
of his wife Lori, who can't wait to get them both out of the house.
Tony's lifelong dream is to play one round of golf at
Pebble Beach, St. Andrews
and Augusta National. When not watching the latest sporting event,
Tony can be found at home teaching his son how to play golf and
putting up with the championship ego of his Florida Gator wife,
Lori.
Photos
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Topics
discussed on show – Sports, entertainment and his family life.
Type of
people discussed on show – Athletes, Coaches, family,
entertainers
Media
Golf Events – Tony is extremely active in the Rocky Mountain
Golf Writer’s and Broadcasters Association. The group travels
all over the Rocky Mountain
region playing in many events and talking with many golf
professionals. The organization meets annually at the Golf Expo in
Denver
every February and conducts meetings every summer in locations such
as Vail, Granby and
Albuquerque. It was very active in promoting
and covering The International and will be very active with the US Senior Open
coming to Colorado Springs
in 2008.
Tony is also a Media participant in the
Colorado Avid Golfer Magazine’s Media Madness tournament where he
plays for the Open Fairways charity in
Colorado. In 2004, Tony finished in the
quarter-finals out of 32 players. In 2005, he came up one two-foot
putt short of playing in the championship match. Although the event
took 2006 off due to staffing reasons, Tony has helped earned over
$2000 for the charity since playing in the event.
His golf game is a frequent topic on the show
and talks not only about new equipment that he is trying, but
courses he has played. His home course is Antler Creek in Falcon,
Colorado.
