Newsradio 790 AM WNIS
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"Macrini’s Morning News Team", Weekdays 6am-10am |
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Email Tony:
tony@wnis.com
Call Tony on the air:
627-7979, toll free at 888-226-7979
Tony Macrini was born in New York City. Tony attended Parochial schools.
Tony’s parents moved to New Jersey in 1961, and decided to take Tony and his younger sister along.
He attended and graduated from South Brunswick High School where he was active in Theatre Arts, cross-country, Wrestling, and Track.
Shortly after graduation, Tony enlisted in the Marine Corps. He was honorably discharged, and then went to broadcasting school.
Tony has been a broadcaster for 35 years - 33 in Virginia.
Tony currently does a morning show on WNIS.
He lives in Williamsburg and has two sons. His oldest is serving in the Navy.

Here are some of the musical selections you hear on Macrini's Morning New Team:
- Macrini's show open music (top of each hour 6a-9a): "Hideaway" (version either by Freddie King or John Mayall's Bluesbreakers featuring Eric Clapton)
- 9a talk show open music (solo harp instrumental): "Chicago sunset" (Charlie Musselwhite)
- Instrumental occasioanlly used to open 6a-9a hours: Ray Charles - "One Mint Julep"
- "Cup Cakes" by Terri O' Mason
Gary Amos
Gary Amos is a frequent guest on Macrini in the Morning. To see excerpts of the information he provides in the show, or to email Gary Amos, click here.
Here are some websites used for show prep on this show:
Click on the items below for information used on this program:
- Aulton Kohn Walking Dead Article in "The Boot"
- Bill Gates authored a list of 'Rules Kids Won't Learn in School. This includes text read from an email that erroneously credited the piece to Bill Gates. Further research into the author of the list is included in the body of the page.
- Robert E. Lee's Mother by Gail Jarvis
- Civil War battles mapped out on Internet By Carl Hartman
- A Time for Choosing, aka The Speech: Ronald Reagan's stump speech for Barry Goldwater - 27 Oct 64
SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE NEWS (as aired Wednesday, May 12th, 2004 on "Macrini in the Morning" - article written by bob lonsberry copyright 2004)
- Imagining Italians: The Clash of Romance and Race in American Perceptions, 1880-1910 (Suny Series in Italian/American Culture) by Joseph P. Cosco
- What is a Liberal, What is a Conservative?
- Land Of The Free By Dinesh D'Souza
- The real insiders by Joseph Farah
- The Objectivist Center, Ruled—Or Principled? by David Kelley
- Faculty Bios - David N. Mayer
- David Mayer's Blog
- David Mayer's Personal Website
- The 2004 State of the Union Address Drinking Game
- The Civil War at Endview Plantation
- The Virginia War Museum
- The Chrysler Museum of Art
- Candidates on the Issues
- "You Might Be a Fascist" by Russell Madden
- 2004 Virginia Beach Vintage Pin-Up Calendar
- "Song For My Father" by Joseph Farah
- "A Gift For My Daughter" by Harry Browne
- "Why do the neocons hate Dixie so?" by Patrick J. Buchanan
- Address by General Anthony Zinni, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
- Show your support for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital everywhere you drive by ordering your very own St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Virginia License Plates! Click here to find out how!
- "No to Democracy" by Joseph Farah.
- "War Is A Racket" by Major General Smedley Butler
- "Not Yours To Give" by Col. David Crockett, US Representative from Tennessee
- The United States Constitution
- So much for Conservatism in Congress
- The Constitution & The Right to Privacy
- Spitting on their graves: Michelle Malkin
- Ticking Time Bomb Expoldes, Public is Shocked: Robert Higgs
Click here for archives of jokes and funnies mentioned on "Macrini in the Morning"
Links Recommended By Tony
Seton Youth Shelters
The Casemate Museum
The Hampton History Museum

Tony and Charles Nelson Reilly...picture by Dugout Doug.
Tony at Talkfest 2003.



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