Philly Radio: Joe DeCamara Starts Mornings At 94 WIP-FM

Joe DeCamara new morning host

On Monday, Joe DeCamera started his new role as the new voice of Philadelphia sports talk radio as the drive-time morning host at WIP-FM, taking over for the legendary Angelo Cataldi, who retired last Friday.

It marks the first time in Philadelphia sports talk radio history when all the major morning shows will be anchored by hosts with Philadelphia-area origins. The Fanatic’s WPEN 97.5 morning host John Kincade is a native of Broomall, while 94 WIP-FM's  DeCamara is from Huntingdon Valley, reports The Philly Inquirer.

DeCamara, 44, is in many ways the quintessential Philadelphia story. A 1996 St. Joseph’s Prep and 2000 Fairfield University graduate with a history major, he worked his way through the field, leaving a job he hated to take a chance on a dream.

His journey was buoyed by a cocoon of love and support from a vast network of family, relatives, and family friends that can only be described as “DeCamara’s Army.”

DeCamara seemed destined to do this. As a child, he would sneak a radio under his pillow and listen to sports talk radio. His sister Nancy would check on him and let it go, until the nuns called Terese informing her Joe was dosing off in class from listening late at night.

Joe spent countless hours in the basement “broadcasting” games to himself on a tape recorder or a drumstick. Anything he could get his hands on to talk into, and then self-critique himself.