Phil Giubileo

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Phil Giubileo is a professional hockey announcer. Giubileo grew up in the Bronx, NY and attended Fordham University, where he graduated with a B.S. in Management Sciences.

Giubileo is a play-by-play broadcaster that is currently in his second season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League (AHL). The Sound Tigers are the top minor league affiliate of the New York Islanders (NHL).

Previously Giubileo broadcast hockey for the now defunct Danbury Trashers (UHL) and St. Louis Heartland Eagles (USHL) and baseball for the River City Rascals (Frontier League).

Giubileo started his career while in college at WFUV, a National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate licensed to Fordham University. He began as a staff member in 1991 and progressed to the title of Sports Director from 1993 to 1995. While at WFUV, Giubileo was one of the hosts of One on One, which is New York City's longest-running sports call-in show, and handled play-by-play for Fordham Basketball, Football, and Baseball.

For three years Giubileo studied play-by-play under legendary sportscaster Marty Glickman.

Following his career at WFUV, Giubileo served as a studio producer for WABC Radio, working on various sports and talk programming including New Jersey Devils (NHL) hockey and New York Yankees (MLB) baseball broadcasts. Giubileo also worked for talk show hosts Sean Hannity, Curtis Sliwa, and Lynn Samuels.

In 2004, Giubileo broadcast the Frontier League All-Star Game for Fox Sports Networks.