Anthony Grossi is a radio/TV personality, author, and former newspaper sportswriter who works as an on-air host and Cleveland Browns reporter/analyst for ESPN Cleveland, as well as for regional sports network Bally Sports Great Lakes. Grossi also served as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee.
Tony Grossi
WKNR – branded as 850 ESPN Cleveland – is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, serving Greater Cleveland. Owned by Good Karma Brands, WKNR is the Cleveland affiliate for ESPN Radio and the AM flagship station for the Cleveland Browns Radio Network; the Cleveland affiliate for the Ohio State Sports Network, and the radio home of Je'Rod Cherry and Tony Grossi. The WKNR studios are currently located in the East Bank of The Flats in Downtown Cleveland, while the station transmitter resides in the Cleveland suburb of North Royalton. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WKNR is available online.
The Richland Trust Building in downtown Mansfield, an early home for WJW
Former Browns owner Art Modell, who also owned WJW via parent company Lake Erie Broadcasting
The WKNR transmitter site in North Royalton, Ohio. Activated in 1999, it replaced a previous tower array built in 1959, and has been used for broadcasting since 1943.
Bruce Drennan's combative personality and unconventional morning show made him a WKNR fixture from the station's 2001 move to 850 AM until his 2004 implication in an illegal sports betting operation.
