Al Anthony (born Almondo Antonio Vincenzo Fiori; 1929 in Endicott, New York) is an American former Los Angeles area radio personality and pioneer rock and roll DJ.
Full four year tour of duty 1949-53 In 1949, he participated in the support crew of the first ever non-stop, around-the-world flight, in a Boeing B-50 Superfortress named Lucky Lady II.
He hosted his own TV show, Al Anthony Dance Party, in the 1961–62, on a local Southern California TV station (and syndicated on The Rollins broadcast network) On October 25, 1968, Anthony was the director of operations at KFXM, Tiger Radio 590, when an AFTRA strike resulted in a walkout of the radio station's on-air staff, including Jim Conniff (son of Columbia Records recording artist Ray Conniff), Charlie Walters, Brad Edwards, Don McCoy (a.k.a.
"The Magical Mystery Man"), Jonny Bruce, Sherman Mason, and Craig Denny—along with the announcing staff at sister station KDUO-FM.
Anthony and other members of the station's management and sales staff immediately took over disc jockeying duties, adopting the mysterious personas of "The Jones Boys".
The true air staff identities of "The Jones Boys" was finally publicly revealed in a new Tiger Tune Sheet weekly survey format published on July 4, 1969.
A (Indigogo) public online funding effort, was made for Anthony (Fiori) to produce a movie feature / video DVD of his experiences, with a goal of raising $25,000 The documentary has not been completed.