He was a 1948 graduate of the University of Florida. with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. Following his graduation Ciraldo moved to Atlanta and did play-by-play work for the University of Georgia basketball team. He joined the staff at WGST radio in Atlanta and broadcast his first Georgia Tech football game in 1954, against Tulane. His first Tech basketball game was against that same year. Over the next 38 seasons, he called 416 football and 1,030 basketball games for the Rambling Wreck.