Career
In December 2008 he retired from his position as sports director and anchor for the WPIX Channel 11 News At Ten. A graduate of Fordham University, Marchiano began his sportscasting career in 1964, with the audio operation of United Press International and in local radio, mentored by famed New York sportscaster Marty Glickman. Marchiano later worked at Columbia Broadcasting System News, WCBS-television, W National Broadcasting Company-television, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, American Broadcasting Company Sports, American Broadcasting Company Radio Network, WABC-television, WNEW-FM radio and the Mutual Radio Network.
His television debut as sports anchor and reporter for Frank Gifford was at WCBS in 1967, working alongside Jim Jensen, Robert Trout and Reed Collins.
Starting in 1971, at WABC-television, he anchored and reported alongside Howard Cosell and Frank Gifford as well as Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel. In 1980, he was an original cast member at Entertainment and Sports Programming Network anchoring Sportscenter, hosting the weekly Sports Forum and doing the blow-by-blow of the weekly Top Rank Boxing telecasts.
In 1984, he joined W National Broadcasting Company-television and teamed with Chuck Scarborough,Sue Simmons, Gabe Pressman, Marv Albert and Len Berman. Sal moved to WPIX television in 1994 as sports anchor next to Jack Cafferty and Kaity Tong, for the last fourteen years of his more than four decades broadcasting career.
Marchiano hosted American Broadcasting Company"s Wide World of Sports live from the Philippines before THE THRILLA Indiana MANILA. He interviewed the leading sports personalities of his era including Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Vince Lombardi, Joe Namath, Pete Rozelle, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Ted Williams and Billie Jean King.
Among his non-sports interviewees were Gene Autrey, Federico Fellini, Paul Newman and Frank Sinatra. Sal was awarded two Emmys for broadcasting excellence. His memoir is Indiana MY REAR VIEW MIRROR. Marchiano"s daughter Sam Marchiano, a graduate of Columbia University, has been a sportscaster since the mid 1990s with Fox Sports and Major League Baseball.com.
She is a documentarian and social activist.
