The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia

Tom Maloney was born on October 5th, 1944 to an Irish Family in North Philadelphia. After 8 years of a Catholic Education at the grammar school, St. Martin of Tours in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, he went to Father Judge High School where he played basketball and was an excellent Tennis Player.

He had a desire to be a sports reporter and after a few jobs, he contacted a radio station in Vineland, NJ where he landed a weekend assignment doing news and sports in the evening hours. He worked there for a few years until he applied for a job at KYW radio in Philadelphia. After landing the gig, Tom graced us with the most in-depth reporting on Philadelphia radio. Tom’s 25 year journey started at Newsradio on October 1, 1988 and ended on September 30, 2013.

Prior to these jobs, he worked in Lake Charles, LA in construction work with relatives. After a few years in the South, he returned to Philadelphia to start his sports reporting career. He was always involved with his brother Ed’s family in New Jersey and his brother Dave and family in Oklahoma.

Tom was an avid dog lover and tennis player and in addition to his radio career, he did work as a model, teacher and as voiceover talent.

Looking back on his reporting fondly during his last on air report, he said “I’ve been really lucky to how so many people were nice to me" at the Eagles organization when they presented him with a Jersey with Tommy McDonald’s number 25 on it for his long time Eagles reporting. One could only imagine what went through his mind when the Eagles finally won the Super Bowl.

Tom has a long time relationship with his significant other and they traveled to Ireland, one of the things he always wanted to do along with his brother Ed, Ed's wife and his two sisters, Maryann and Kathleen.

He always enjoyed traveling especially a tennis trip he made with his brother Ed and two of their tennis friends to Clearwater, Florida where they combined tennis with baseball Spring training.

Tom was a fixture in Philadelphia sports radio reporting and he will be remembered for his honesty and kindness to everyone that he made contact with. One thing he always said to his closest people is “he treasured the relationships he made while working, and held some of the people he met in the highest regard."

The e-mail address of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia is pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com