Philly Radio: Two New Voices Added To Sport 94.1 WIP

 94.1 WIP host Glen Macnow is getting not one, but two new radio partners to replace the recently retired Ray Didinger, reports The Philly Inquirer.

Inquirer columnist Mike Sielski will co-host alongside Macnow on Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., while longtime WIP host Jody McDonald will join Macnow on Sundays, though that show will be cut short most weeks by the station’s Eagles pregame show.

Both Sielski and McDonald will start this weekend on WIP. Macnow’s on-air relationship with McDonald dates back nearly 30 years, when the pair hosted Mac and Mac on WIP for six years during the mid-1990s. McDonald, the son of former Major League Baseball executive Joe McDonald, has been affiliated with WIP since 1990.

Meanwhile, Sielski is just the latest Inquirer writer to take their talents to radio, where he’ll join fellow columnist Marcus Hayes at WIP. Current Philly sports talkers Angelo Cataldi, Al Morganti, Mike Missanelli, Anthony Gargano, and Bob Cooney all once worked for the Inquirer or Daily News during their careers, as did both Macnow and Didinger.

Sielski isn’t leaving the Inquirer, where he has been a sports columnist since 2013. In fact, he just published a new column today about hard-working Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts.

Speaking of Cataldi, the retiring morning show host told his listeners back in June that WIP would announce his successor in July. Now it looks like that will be bumped back into August, but you can certainly expect a decision before the Eagles kick off their season on Sept. 11 against the Detroit Lions.

➤Phillies TV ratings way up compared to last year

While the Phillies haven’t always been must-watch TV this season, the team is certainly driving viewers to NBC Sports Philadelphia.

Through July 24, ratings on NBC Sports Philadelphia are up 23% compared to the same time last year, according to the network. Ratings are also up 21% compared to 2019, which featured the debut of Phillies slugger Bryce Harper. Among viewers between the ages of 18 and 49, a coveted demographic for advertisers, ratings are up 29% compared to this time last season.