- Joey Reynolds
Joey Reynolds is the
pseudonym of Joey Pinto, host of the U.S.radio program "The Joey Reynolds Show" via theWOR Radio Network . Reynolds'broadcasting career began at radio stationWKWK inWheeling, West Virginia and continued at several venerable stations, including WKBW inBuffalo, New York ,WHTZ and WNBC inNew York City ,KQV inPittsburgh ,KMPC andKRTH inLos Angeles , WDRC inHartford , WIXY inCleveland , and WIBG andWFIL inPhiladelphia .He rose to fame as a
Top 40 radio personality during the 1960s and 1970s, amassing huge audiences in places such asHartford, Connecticut ,Cleveland, Ohio ,Detroit, Michigan , and his hometown ofBuffalo, New York . Reynolds is often regarded as the originator of "shock talk radio", whose sometimes outlandish on and off-air stunts garnered widespread publicity. (The Four Seasons even produced a special radio jingle for the introduction of his daily radio show). He was the focus of a two-part series on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" concerningtalk radio personalities, on which more than a dozen of Reynolds' media peers paid tribute to him. Moreover, he has been invited to speak about entertainment media at several radio industry conferences.While Reynolds' present persona can be considered mellower by comparison, he still retains a loyal audience. In
Denver, Colorado , he hosted a radio-television simulcast on KOA-AM, and launched (and hosted) the first nationwidesatellite radio programming featured on more than 35 radio stations coast-to-coast.Reynolds' career memoir is titled, "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella, But Don’t Get a Mouthful of Rain". He maintains a second home in
Florida and spends most weekends with two daughters from a previous marriage.tations at which Reynolds has worked
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WKWK Wheeling, WV
* KQAQ Austin, MN (1960)
*WNDR Syracuse, NY (1961)
*WPOP Hartford (1962)
* WKBW Buffalo (1963)
* WDOK/WIXY Cleveland (1966)
* WXYZ-AM Detroit (1966) (nights)
* WDRC Hartford (1968)
*KQV Pittsburgh (1975)
* WIBG Philadelphia (1970s)
*KMPC (1980) andKRTH (1981) Los Angeles
*WGAR Cleveland (1981)
*WHTZ (Z-100) New York (1983)
* WHYT Detroit (1984) (mornings)
*WFIL Philadelphia (1984 & 1985)
* KMGG Los Angeles (1984)
* WNBC New York (1985)
* WSHE Miami (1987)
*WQAM ,WIOD andWPLG-TV Miami (1980s)
*WFLY Albany, NY (1990s)
* WBZT West Palm Beach, FL (1994)
* WOR New York / national syndication (since 1996)External links
* [http://www.wor710.com/pages/46370.php/ Official website]
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