Philly Radio: Al Morganti Stays with 94 WIP in New Role

With SportsRadio 94 WIP announcing new morning drive and midday hosts in advance of ratings kingpin Angelo Cataldi’s pending retirement at the conclusion of Eagles season, listeners have wondered about the fate of Cataldi’s longtime morning drive co-host Al Morganti.When Joe DeCamara and Jon Ritchie were named to succeed Cataldi in October, WIP owner Audacy said Morganti would be staying with the station but did not specify in what capacity. At the time, Morganti would only say he was excited at the prospect of no longer waking up in advance of the start of his 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. weekday shift with Cataldi.

The Philadelphia Business Journal reports Morganti, 69, filled in the blanks Thursday by saying on-air that he has agreed to a new five-year deal with WIP to launch a hockey-themed podcast and work weekend shifts at the station.

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An Audacy spokesman said Morganti will host his hockey podcast twice a week during the NHL season and once a week in the offseason. The podcast will be produced by 2400Sports, the new podcast studio launched in January 2021 to house Audacy's digital sports audio content, including both new and existing original podcasts. The studio — named in honor of Audacy’s headquarters at 2400 Market St. in Philadelphia — was started on the heels of Audacy becoming the official audio and podcast partner of Major League Baseball.

In addition to his podcast role, the spokesman said Morganti will handle some weekend shifts, but it does not appear that he will have a regular show like Glen Macnow’s program with Mike Sielski and Jody McDonald on weekend middays.

Morganti does have another full-time job as pre-game and postgame analyst for NBC Sports Philadelphia, where he works with new host Ashlyn Sullivan and former Flyers left winger Scott Hartnell.

A Boston native and Boston University graduate, Morganti began his career at the Boston Globe and first started covering hockey for the Atlanta Constitution, covering the Flames. He went on to cover the Flyers for the Philadelphia Inquirer for 15 years. Morganti became a key part of ESPN’s NHL coverage from 1993 to 2004. Since that time, he has worked at NBC Sports Philadelphia with its Flyers coverage.