Tony Cornish, Jr.

Sports Anchor/Reporter

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TELEVISION / RADIO / PRINT

Sports Director/Anchor/Reporter/Producer
WZBN-TV (AmericaOne), Trenton, NJ 8/06 – 5/10

Freelance Sports Reporter/Videographer
Time-Warner-Channel 10, Palisades Park, NJ 2006

Sports Talk Show Host/Anchor/Executive Producer
WWPR-AM, Pier 1490, Bradenton, FL 7/99 – 7/07
· Host/Executive Producer of call-in show, “SportsTalk Live with Tony C!”

Sports Columnist/Sports Editor
· “Timeout with Tony C!,” column for Tempo (Sarasota, FL) 7/99 - 7/07
· “Timeout with Tony C!,” The Augusta Focus (Augusta, GA) 8/95 – 8/00

Freelance Sports Feature Reporter/Play-By-Play Announcer
CATCH 47/TAMPA BAY SPORTS TELEVISION
· BRIGHT HOUSE NETWORKS, Tampa, FL 2/05 - 3/05

Sports Director/Anchor/Reporter/Producer

WWSB-TV (ABC), Sarasota, FL 7/98 – 11/03
· Creator/Host/Executive Producer of award-winning sports program
(Football Friday Night). Hired as Sports Director July 18, 1998.
· Primary Sports Anchor/Producer for 5PM, 6PM, 11PM, and 6AM
Newscasts (Monday-Friday).

Sports Director/Anchor/Reporter/Exec. Producer
WBEK-TV (UPN), Augusta, GA 10/96 - 7/98
· Sports Anchor/Executive Producer of “SportsTalk Live,” a show geared
toward highlighting the positive accomplishments of high school student
athletes in the Georgia-South Carolina area.
· Incorporated interviews from professional NFL/NBA athletes and coaches.

Sports Director/Show Host/Exec. Producer
WRDW-AM Sports Radio, Augusta, GA 8/95 - 4/96
· Host/Executive Producer of morning drive sports-talk program,
“Timeout with Tony C.”

Sports Director/Anchor/Morning Personality
WFXA-FM, FOXY 103, North Augusta, SC 2/95 - 8/95

Sports Director/Anchor/Reporter/Producer
WJBF-TV, (ABC), Augusta, GA 7/94 - 5/96

Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter/Producer
WMC-TV (NBC), Memphis, TN 5/92 - 11/93

Co-Host/Sports Reporter
WMC-AM (ABC Radio Network), Memphis, TN 5/92 - 6/93
· Co-Host/Producer of “SportsTalk 79.”

Freelance Sports Reporter/Segment Producer
ESPN/Focus Marketing, Inc., Greensboro, NC 8/91 - 9/92
· Regional Reporter on “Black College Sports Today.”

Overnight Producer/News/Sports Reporter
WWNZ-AM 740 News Radio (CBS Radio Network), Orlando, FL 2/91 - 6/91

Freelance Sports Reporter Assignment
CBS Sports (NBA Coverage), New York, NY 1/90
“Prudential at the Half.”

Sports Producer/Reporter
WCPX-TV (CBS), Orlando, FL 10/88 - 11/91


HONORS/AWARDS

National AXIEM, Best Sports Coverage Award – 2003
Received a first place AXIEM Award for his outstanding display of writing
and producing during a very moving and emotional feature story on how the
sports world remembered the first year anniversary of the September 11th
terrorists’ attacks.

National AXIEM, Best Sports Coverage Award
“Cincinnati Reds 2000: A New Era Begins!” 2001

National AXIEM, Best Sports Coverage Award Finalist
“Tampa Bay Buccaneers” 2000

Augusta Magazine, Best of Augusta Award, “Voted Best Sportscaster,
Second Place” 1996

Augusta Magazine, Best of Augusta Award, “Voted Best Sportscaster” 1995

National Academy of Television Journalists, “Excellence in Children's
Programming, First Place Award” 1995

Georgia Associated Press, Best Sportscast, First Place Award” 1994

Central Florida Press Club, “Best Investigative/In-depth Series for
Television” 1990


AFFILIATIONS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

National Academy of Television Journalists
American Sportscasters Association
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. - Life Member
Dick Vitale Sports Night Executive Committee (Past Board Member)
Gulf Coast Neighborhood Assistance Foundation
Mercer County (NJ) Sports & Entertainment Commission


EDUCATION

Major: Communications (Radio/TV)
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (1981-86, '89)

 


Tony Cornish, Jr.

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David Brunner
(610) 767 - 6183

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