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Tony O., has been working in radio for almost 30 years, celebrating and presenting doo wop music.
Tony is also well know around the world amongst record collectors as one of America's top collectors of doo wop records, and has consulted with many music biographers and authors including John Clemente (author of "Girl Groups -- Fabulous Females That Rocked The World"), Dr. Anthony Gribbin, Ph.D & Dr. Matthew Schiff (authors of "Doo Wop: The Forgotten Third of Rock and Roll" and "The Complete Book Of Doo Wop") and Steven J. Dunham & Abraham J. Santiago (authors of "Acappella Street Corner Vocal Groups - A Brief History and Discography of 1960's Singing Groups").
Over the years, Tony O. has worked with many groups on and off radio, during performances, recording sessions, promoting and organizing groups. Some of the groups Tony O. has worked with include The Shallows, Flashback, Heart's Desire, Wishful Thinking, The Creations, Sentimental Journey, Gettin' Busy, Starr and the Satellites, Take Five and The Variations. Tony O. has also worked with other Doo Wop radio programs including "Ronnie I's R&B Party" WNYE (NYC), "Johnny Z's Rock & Roll Revival Show" on WZAD (Wurtzboro, NY), "John Manzi's Bop Shop" on WSUL (Monticello, NY) and the "Rich Jackson, Man Of Action" R&B program, WRPR (Mahwah, NJ) and WRKL (Rockland County, NY).
Tony O, formerly with WOV Internet Radio, has joined the Doowop Cafe Radio Station. Tony brings us his unique "Dungeon Serenade" show, with a blend of R&B, Doowop, and a bit of discussion about the music and performers, as well as occasional live interviews.
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Tony is now doing a two hour show on Poughkeepsie, New York's WVKR.
History
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Nov. 2008 - Present
Currently hosting and producing "Dungeon Serenade Doo Wop Show with Tony O" on Doo Wop Cafe Radio, Internet radio station and WVKR.
- Utilizing and maintaining a private music archive of over 20,000 recordings.
- Utilizing and maintaining a full professional broadcast studio and production facility.
- Researching, locating and conducting interviews with various artists, performers and people who are currently or previously involved with doo wop music.
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Sept. 2004 - Nov. 2008
WHVW Poughkeepsie, NY 950 AM
- Announcer, Producer
- Utilizing and maintaining a private music archive of over 20,000 recordings.
- Utilizing and maintaining a full professional broadcast studio and production facility.
- Researching, locating and conducting interviews with various artists, performers and people who are currently or previously involved with doo wop music.
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Nov. 2002 - Present
Joined DooWopCafe Internet Radio
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Feb. 2000 - July 2002
WOV RADIO.COM, Otisville, NY
Announcer, Producer and Co-creator
- Co-founder of WOV Radio.com, an Internet only radio station, which successfully attained over 8 million listeners over 2.5 years.
- Managed 21 on-air announcers.
- Recorded and produced programs of various types and styles of music.
- Built, utilized and maintained a full professional on-air broadcast studio and production facility.
- Maintained on-air presence in several self produced programs.
- Hosted and produced "Dungeon Serenade Doo Wop Show with Tony O." a music program featuring rhythm & blues vocal group harmony recordings of the 1950s with 95% of all musical content taken from original 45 rpm records.
- Hosted and produced "The 78 Show", a music program featuring 78 rpm recordings recorded between 1896 and 1930.
- Hosted and produced "Albumside Cafe", a music program featuring 60s thru 80s rock album sides from original pressing vinyl LP's.
- Utilizing and maintaining a private music archive of over 20,000 recordings.
- Researching, locating and conducting interviews with various artists, performers and people who are currently or previously involved with doo wop music.
- Restoration and preservation of vintage audio recordings.
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July 1993- Aug. 1998
WNYE 91.5 FM, New York City
Production Assistant
- Worked as a production assistant with program host Ronnie Italiano during "Ronnie Is R&B Party", a weekly 2 hour music program featuring R&B Vocal Group Harmony Doo Wop recordings.
- Worked as a telephone screener, logged requests and produced audio segments and drop-ins.
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Jan. 1992- Dec. 1998
WTBQ 1110 AM, Warwick, New York
Announcer and Producer
- Created, co-hosted and produced "Dungeon Serenade Doo Wop Show" with Ed Decker, a music program featuring rhythm & blues vocal group harmony recordings of the 1950s with 95% of all musical content taken from original 45 rpm records.
- Utilizing and maintaining a private music archive of over 20,000 recordings.
- Researching, locating and conducting interviews with various artists, performers and people who are currently or previously involved with doo wop music.
- Performed on-air announcing and board operation services during 1993 and 1994 utilizing American popular standards format music selections and pre-recorded programming.
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