Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Stagno started his career as a sports commentator in Radio Cagliari and as a reporter in Radiosera.[1] In 1954 he was employed at RAI, making his official debut one year later with the program Viaggio in Sardegna.[1] Starting from 1956 he specialized as a play-by-play commentator, covering sport, political and space events.[1][2] He is best known in his home country as the commentator of the 1969 Moon landing.[2][3][4]
Stagno was also a television writer of documentaries and sport programs.[1] He was the head of the RAI sport department between 1976 and 1979, and between 1976 and 1995 he was head writer of the long-running Sunday sport program La Domenica Sportiva, which he also hosted for a number of seasons.[1] He named the asteroid 110702 Titostagno.[5] He died on 1 February 2022, at the age of 92.[4]
