Philly Radio: WOGL Extends Harvey Holiday

Entercom/Philadelphia has signed a contract extension with longtime Delaware Valley radio personality Harvy Holiday.

Holiday made the announcement on his Facebook page:


Holiday has been in broadcasting for a half-century or more.

Harvey Holiday

He started out in the mid-sixties working at WYNS 1160 AM (now WBYN) in Lehighton, Pennsylvania and served the Allentown market. From there, he went to WRAW 1340 AM in Reading and then on to WAAT 1300 AM (now WIMG) in Trenton. It was the oldest operating station in the entire state of New Jersey.

Next, Harvey went to WMID 1340 AM in Atlantic City. The station was a powerhouse in the 50s, 60s and early 70s. The only time, Holiday left the Delaware Valley was to jock on WSAR in Fall River, Massachusetts.

In 1970, Harvey Holiday moved to WDAS AM & FM. There, he was Program Director of WDAS-FM (plus an on-air shift) and later became Research Director for both AM & FM.

In 1985, he left the station to run WFIL 560 AM, an oldies station at the time. He also worked at Power 99, WPGR and WIOQ where he did morning drive.

On July 2, 1989, he started “Street Corner Sunday” from 7 pm until 12 midnight on WOGL. A year later, he went full-time at WOGL and has spent more than the last decade doing mid-day.