Joey Reynolds
Joey Reynolds is the pseudonym for Joey Pinto, the host of the national radio program, "The Joey Reynolds Show" via the WOR Radio Network. Reynolds' career in broadcasting began at radio station WKWK in Wheeling, West Virginia and has taken him to some of the most famous and most respected stations in the nation, including WKBW in Buffalo, New York, WHTZ and WNBC in New York City, KQV in Pittsburgh, KMPC and KRTH in Los Angeles, WDRC in Hartford, WIXY in Cleveland, and WIBG and WFIL in Philadelphia.
Reynolds was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his accomplishments in the mediums of radio, television, and music. He rose to national fame as a Top 40 radio personality and many leading authorities in the business think of him as the person who invented "shock talk radio". He was the focus of a two-part series on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" about radio personalities in the talk radio genre. Over a dozen of Reynolds' fellow radio professionals paid tribute to him on the show.
While at 20th Century-Fox, Reynolds contributed to the development of the "Star Wars" marketing program, a financial success for the movie and soundtrack album. During his career, he also headed singer Wayne Newton for two years.
From the 1960s and 1970s Reynolds' presence in Top 40 radio gained huge audiences in places such as Hartford, Connecticut, Cleveland, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and his hometown of Buffalo, New York. His sometimes outlandish stunts both in and outside of radio gained the attention of his audience and trade and consumer publications. The group Four Seasons produced a special radio jingle for the introduction of his daily radio show. He has been called upon to speak at many radio industry conferences regarding media and entertainment.
Reynolds today as a radio-TV personality can be considered mellow by some, but his loyal audience continues to follow. In Denver, Colorado, he hosted a radio-TV simulcast on KOA-AM. Reynolds launched and hosted the first nationwide satellite radio programming featured on more than 35 radio stations coast-to-coast.
Outside of radio, Reynolds was the driving force behind various concepts, most notably a cheesecake named in his honor. Reynolds' memoir on his career is titled, “Let Your Smile Be Your Umbrella, But Don’t Get a Mouthful of Rain”. Reynolds has a second home in Florida and spends most weekends during the year with his two daughters from a previous marriage.
Stations at which Reynolds has worked
- 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) and KRTH (1981) Los Angeles
- WGAR Cleveland (1981)
- WHTZ (Z-100) New York (1983)
- WHYT Detroit (1984) (mornings)
- WFIL Philadelphia (1984)
- KMGG Los Angeles (1984)
- WNBC New York (1985)
- WSHE Miami (1987)
- WQAM, WIOD and WPLG-TV Miami (1980s)
- WFLY Albany, NY (1990s)
- WBZT West Palm Beach, FL (1994)
- WOR New York / national syndication (since 1996)