No rest for the best in Boston! Greg Hill was back on WEEI first thing Thursday morning after taking home the Marconi Award for Major Market Personality of the Year the night before.
He was not in the Boston studios though. He joined his co-hosts remotely from a WFAN studio in New York.
Hill acknowledged that he blew past the allotted 37 seconds for his speech. He told colleagues Jermaine Wiggins, Courtney Cox, and Chris Curtis that it was to make sure they were recognized too.
“I’m sure there is audio of the speech. I did thank each and every one of you. I didn’t even thank my kids. I thanked you guys. This radio award does belong to you and all of you guys and everybody I have ever worked with in my 33 years or whatever. I do include LB in that, Danielle, Hsu, Spazz, everybody.”
That last group was the cast of The Hillman Show on WAAF, the former active rock station where Greg Hill spent 28 years before taking over the morning show on WEEI in the summer of 2019.
“I’ve been fortunate because most of the people I have ever had the pleasure of working with in radio have been way more talented than me,” he added.
What is Hill’s future at WEEI? He joked that after his acceptance speech, it may not be very bright.
“I was trying to thank the president of our company and I, unfortunately, Courtney, you’ll appreciate this, mispronounced her last name. So that probably doesn’t bode well for me.”
Later in the show, Curtis jokingly asked if Hill if he received dirty looks from Felger & Mazz. The afternoon show on crosstown rival 98.5 The Sports Hub was also nominated for the Major Market Personality of the Year award.
Greg Hill answered that he did not see the duo on Wednesday night. He had nothing but kind things to say about them though.
“They are legends, and honestly, I didn’t see it or hear it, but I was told Mike Felger had some really nice things to say yesterday. They were in the category. Have they won? They’ve won Major Market Personality of the Year and they deserve it again.”
