Tim Tialdo

Master of Ceremonies

Tim Tialdo’s professional television career has taken him all over the country. After graduating from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale he began his career at the entertainment news magazine, “Access Hollywood” in Los Angeles, CA in the research department. His on-air career has included stops at WBOY-TV, the NBC affiliate in Clarksburg, West Virginia as a morning anchor, then to KYTV in Springfield, Missouri where he worked as a weekend anchor and reporter for three years. In 2007 he was the on-field emcee for the Springfield Cardinals, the Double-A Affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2008 Tim helped kick off the entertainment show “Great Day St. Louis” as a host and feature reporter.
Tim has enjoyed some great opportunities during his television career including “behind the scenes” features with “The Today Show”, “Jeopardy”, and “Wheel of Fortune”. He also has done live interviews with numerous celebrities and also recently completed a documentary on The Ozark Mountain Daredevil’s who wrote such big hits as “Jackie Blue” and “If You Wanna Get To Heaven.”
Outside of his on-air responsibilities, Tim is an active host, emcee and motivational speaker. He hosted the 2002 Miss West Virginia Pageant, The 2004 Miss Missouri Pageant, The 2007-2009 Mr. Missouri and Mr. Arkansas Bodybuilding Shows and speaks at many corporate and collegiate events. He is also a professional model, commercial actor and voice over artist for Talent Plus in St. Louis, MO and Talent Unlimited in Kansas City, MO.
Tim has published articles in Parks and Recreation magazine. He has also presented at local, state and national conferences including the National Recreation and Park Association national conference on Media relations. In addition to his professional duties, Tim is very involved in philanthropic endeavors. Due to his father’s bout with Diabetes Tim has served on his local board of the American Diabetes Association for the past 4 years and serves as emcee for many charitable events. He founded the annual “Spike It For Diabetes” Volleyball Tournament in Springfield, MO and was a big brother for 4 years in the Big Brother/Big Sister program.

In his daily life Tim is very involved in health and fitness. He competed in the Southern States Classic and Missouri Natural Physique bodybuilding competition in 2006. He has also played competitive volleyball for 16 years.