Photo: Matthew Brown / Hearst Connecticut Media A lot of times a lot of nonsensical crap we laugh at.”Reno said after COVID struck in mid-March, he began reading about industry layoffs elsewhere.“I remember saying to my wife several times, ‘They’ve got major cuts over here, over there. Could this happen here in Milford?’” Reno said. I was a drummer and singer. “Everything I did I tried to emulate him.
On May 15, Reno was laid off, after 10-and-a-half years worth of weekday mornings broadcasting from WICC600-AM and Sundays presenting the “Italian House Party.”“I’m not gonna retire,” Reno said. “I hope to find some place. Tony Reno, the longtime WICC-600 morning host, admires some family photos at his Stamford home on July 14.
Reno was laid off in mid-May because of the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on the station's finances.Tony Reno, the long-time WICC600 morning host, is photographed at his Stamford, Connecticut home on July 14, 2020. Share on Google plus. Instagram. Tony Reno, the long-time WICC600 morning host, is photographed at his Stamford, Connecticut home on July 14, 2020. Has been for a morning radio audience of tens of thousands on 600 WICC–a Bridgeport regional institution since 1926–for 13 years. I’m working on it.”As he tries to map out a future, and without the benefit of a farewell WICC broadcast, Reno said, “I just wanted to thank the listeners and people that helped me along over there.”“Replacing John LaBarca was a real monumental task for the first couple of months,” Reno said. Greenwich had a station. Program Guide. ... We did weddings.
Station links. “And it ended up being true.”“I hope some day soon to be back, somewhere, whether it’s every weekday or once a week,” Reno said. If you knocked on four doors, two of them would probably have an interest.”Which is a challenge for a Connecticut radio host without a show. WICC 600. “I’d like to continue to be on the air if somebody would have me.”He said — and WICC last week confirmed — that his position was cut because of the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 and the related stay-at-home orders aimed at temporarily closing businesses and keeping the public indoors to prevent the virus’ spread.“Due to the devastating impact COVID had on our advertisers and in turn our business, we reduced our part-time and full-time staff, including nine full-time employees,” Kristin Okesson, WICC’s senior vice president and station manager, said in an emailed statement for this story. He always told me, ‘Always be a nice guy. Self-deprecation. I miss the listeners,” Reno said.
Only in Bridgeport reports that WICC is making some ‘mega changes’. Melissa in the Morning is hosted by Melissa Sheketoff who gathers top news headlines locally and nationally to keep WICC600 listeners in the know, delivering the information that matters most to you. We got along very well on the air,” Reno said. Despite the layoff, he is not retiring and will continue to look for a new gig.WICC600 is not the only Connecticut radio station hit with layoffs this month.
'Herd Immunity' Strategy Pushed By White House Medical Adviser I would emulate him. “I’ve gotta tell you, it was the best time in radio that I ever had.
Traffic pilot/reporter Patch is a space for neighborhood news. FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CT — It's no secret that the coronavirus pandemic has been devastating to a lot of industries and workers, popular radio and the people whose voices you've heard for years, being some of them. “But for some reason, the listeners came around, and it just manifested into a great thing.”Brian Lockhart covers Politics for the Connecticut Post.‘I miss being on the air:’ radio jockey Tony Reno speaks of his layoffAnya Kopchinsky rescues pit bulls from dog-fighting rings. Sometimes baseball. https://www.doingitlocal.com/2019/04/mike-bellamy-let-go-from-wicc WICC 600.
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