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Tony Caridi
Play-by-Play Announcer, Mountaineer Sports
Network, and Manager, Pikewood Creative
SAMANTHA CART
Photo by WVU Sports Communications.
PERHAPS BEST KNOWN AS THE ICONIC VOICE that helps
bring the Mountaineers to life on the radio, Tony Caridi has
had a knack for broadcasting from a young age. He started
by delivering the morning announcements at school and
working as a deejay at a roller rink, but it was an internship at
a television station near his hometown of Lockport, NY, that
solidified his passion.
“I’d fall asleep at night listening to broadcasts of the Buffalo
Braves and Buffalo Sabres, and it ignited my interest in that
world,” he recalls. “I would dream about how neat it would
be to do that.”
Today, Caridi is a play-by-play announcer for the Mountaineer
Sports Network, broadcasting West Virginia University’s (WVU)
football and basketball games. He also hosts “Sportsline” on
the MetroNews Network and a podcast called “Three Guys
Before the Game” while managing Pikewood Creative, a West
Virginia Radio Corporation company, where he helps produce
video content and live sporting events.
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