Joe D’Ambrosio Biography
Joe D’Ambrosio is an American sportscaster and play-by-play commentator. Joe D” began his career on WLIS radio in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, where he worked as a DJ and hosted the popular oldies show “Twilight Time.” He was also their sports announcer and began broadcasting for the Huskies on the Connecticut Radio Network while at WLIS.
How old is Joe D’Ambrosio?- Age
He is 70 years old as of July 2023. Joe was born on July 19, 1953, in Hartford, Connecticut, the United States of America.
Wife- Married
Joe is happily married to his wife.
Career
Since 1992, D’Ambrosio has called the play-by-play for the University of Connecticut men’s basketball and football games on WTIC (AM) NewsTalk 1080 (www.wtic.com). He also telecasts a few women’s basketball, baseball, and soccer matches at UConn. With the University of Connecticut, D’Ambrosio called his fourth NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship in April 2014. He has called the play-by-play for eight NCAA basketball titles, including several years spent as the UConn women’s basketball team’s voice. After the 2017–18 season, ESPN Radio in Hartford was granted the broadcast rights, replacing D’Ambrosio as the UConn play-by-play announcer.
At the moment, D’Ambrosio co-hosts the WTIC Morning Show with Ray Dunaway and does morning sports on WTIC Radio. He began working as a part-time sports anchor for WTIC-TV in October 2018, where he currently hosts the “Fox 61 Sports Ticket” on Fridays. He calls baseball and ice hockey for the UConn men on Fox 61. As a SportsCenter update anchor, D’Ambrosio was heard across the country on ESPN Radio. Since 1996, he has been a part of ESPN radio. He has hosted shows like MLB on ESPN Radio and Countdown to Kickoff during his time there. He has also covered major sporting events like multiple Super Bowls, Bowl Championship Series, World Series, and Major League Baseball All-Star Games.
He has had the unique distinction of working for the companies that simultaneously own CBS (WTIC AM), NBC (WVIT-TV), and ABC (ESPN) for over a decade. D’Ambrosio worked as a broadcaster for the New Britain Rock Cats for three seasons (2009–2011), providing play-by-play and color commentary in addition to longtime Rock Cats Director of Broadcasting Jeff Dooley.
Honors- Awards
The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association—now the National Sports Media Association—has named him Connecticut Sportscaster of the Year nine times. D’Ambrosio was included in Dick Vitale’s “All-Cawood Ledford Team,” which was his personal “Sweet Sixteen” ranking of the top collegiate play-by-play commentators, in 2003.
Net Worth
Joe has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.