Jerry Recco is the morning sports anchor on all-sports radio station WFAN

WFAN

WFAN , also known as "Sports Radio 66" or "The FAN", is a radio station in New York City. The station broadcasts on a clear channel and is owned by CBS Radio...

 in New York City

New York City

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 for the Boomer and Carton show. He's been with the station since 1997. As of 2009, Recco also reports sports in the morning for WFAN's sister station all-news WINS

WINS (AM)

WINS , known on-air as "Ten-Ten Wins", is a radio station in New York City, owned by CBS Radio. WINS's studios are in the combined CBS Radio facility at 345 Hudson Street in the TriBeCa section of Manhattan, and transmitting towers in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.WINS is one of the nation's oldest...

. Born in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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 and raised in New Jersey

New Jersey

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, Recco received a BA in Media Arts from Jersey City State College

New Jersey City University

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, after a 3 year stint at the now defunct Upsala College

Upsala College

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. He began his career at WFAN first as an intern and then moved up to producer and board operator, before taking over as the overnight anchor. He left the FAN for a short time to disc jockey at WHTG-FM

WHTG-FM

WBBO is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Hit Radio format. Licensed to Ocean Acres, New Jersey, it serves Ocean & Burlington counties in New Jersey as well as the New Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia. It first began broadcasting in 1993 under the call sign WQNJ, but more recently operated...

 in New Jersey and anchor sports at Sportsphone before returning in April 2000 as part-time anchor and full-time board operator for the Mike and the Mad Dog

Mike and the Mad Dog

Mike and the Mad Dog was an afternoon drive sports radio program based out of WFAN in New York City that featured Mike Francesa and Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo talking sports and taking phone calls from listeners. From 2002 onwards the show was simulcasted on the YES Network...

 show. Recco is an avid golfer and Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

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 fan.

Since 2006, Recco has been the radio play-by-play voice of Columbia Lions

Columbia Lions

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 football and basketball. Their games are streamed on the Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

 Athletics website.

Recco also spent time covering the New York Giants in 2004 and the covering the New York Jets in 2007 and 2008. He is also the stations key Super Bowl reporter having covered the last four.
This fall Jerry will serve as the studio host for Compass Media Networks' presentation of the Dallas Cowboys.

Recco, his wife Kim and his son Matthew currently reside on the Jersey Shore

Jersey Shore

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 in Hazlet, New Jersey

Hazlet, New Jersey

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