Tommy Tighe
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Tommy Tighe is a sports radio broadcaster who previously worked for the Westwood One
Westwood One
Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...

 radio network. He had been employed by the network since CBS radio days, hired in 1987 as a reporter and a commentator. He currently does work for ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio
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 as a sportscenter anchor.

Career

Tighe can currently be heard on 790 the Ticket
WAXY
WAXY is a radio station licensed in South Miami, Florida broadcasting on 790 kHz with a sports talk format. The station is owned by Lincoln Financial Media, which was previously known as Jefferson-Pilot Communications...

 doing the pre- and post-game Miami Heat broadcasts. Tommy also has a Saturday morning show form 9am - 11am on 790 the Ticket.

Tighe was Westwood One's primary studio host for its sports broadcasts. He hosted the pre- and post-game studio shows for The NFL on Westwood One and has since been replaced by Scott Graham
Scott Graham
Scott Graham is an American sportscaster best known for his broadcasts of the Philadelphia Phillies. He has lived and worked near Philadelphia for most of his life. He was born June 10, 1965 in Belleville, New Jersey, and now lives in Voorhees Township, New Jersey. His sportscasting résumé covers...

. Tighe also hosted the network's coverage of NCAA college basketball and football (except for Westwood One's Notre Dame football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
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 coverage, which was produced separately from the weekly college football package Westwood One airs). In addition, he hosted the Westwood One recap show NFL Sunday, which aired an hour prior to the Westwood one Sunday Night Football
Sunday Night Football
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broadcast.

Also, prior to 2004, Tighe hosted the pre- and post- game shows for Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football
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on the network, but was replaced by Jim Gray
Jim Gray (sportscaster)
Jim Gray is an American sportscaster. He has previously worked as a reporter with NBC Sports and CBS Sports. He is currently with Westwood One radio network, Showtime, Golf Channel, the Sacramento Kings, and ESPN/ESPN on ABC...

.

Tighe's other credits for Westwood One include U.S. Open tennis coverage, a weekday sports recap show called "Sportstime", and a weekend sports report segment known as "Sports Central USA," which he did prior to taking over as pre-game host for nearly all sports broadcasts on the network. Mr. Tighe is also the captain of the five-time champion Thursday Night Bowling team 'Tommy's Tools.'
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