Tony Aiello

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Tony Aiello (born March 6, 1963) is a television reporter for WCBS-TV in New York City. He joined the station in October, 2002 after spending more than four years at WNBC New York. Aiello is assigned to cover news in the northern suburbs from the WCBS-TV bureau in White Plains, NY.

Aiello came to New York in 1996 to work for WBIS+, a new station started by Dow Jones & Company. Prior to New York, he worked at network affiliates WITI in Milwaukee, WI and WTVF in Nashville, TN, which is where he began using the name "Tony" on-air. Prior to Nashville, at jobs in Greenville, SC, Charlottesville, VA, and Winchester, VA, Aiello used his given name, "Carm." Aiello graduated from Indiana University with a degree in telecommunications.

In 2006, Aiello appeared in an episode of Snapped on the Oxygen Network to comment on the case of a woman accused of stabbing her husband. He also has appeared on Court TV to discuss high-profile criminal cases he has covered.

Aiello is active in the Westchester County, NY arts scene. He is a board member of the Westchester Arts Council and is board secretary of the Westchester Philharmonic.

Aiello's wife Elizabeth works for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, directing Stewart's channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. The couple has two children and reside in New Rochelle, New York.