Joe Giglio and Hugh Douglas make up the midday show on 94 WIP in Philadelphia. The duo have done well in the ratings, and they expected things would go well when they first met.
In a profile from the Asbury Park Press, Giglio admits that he and Douglas did not have a long history together before they were paired together for the 10 AM-2 PM timeslot on the Audacy Philadelphia sports station.
“A couple years ago, he had a chance to become my cohost and it’s been great,” Giglio said. “I remember him getting drafted by the Jets, and then getting traded to Eagles.
“We were reshifting, I had an opportunity to be a host on the midday show, Hugh’s name came up. He was in Atlanta, but I knew him, and his post (NFL) career on radio, good guy, good character. I only met him for one hour, he was up here for an event, he worked an hour with me. They didn’t tell me why, but I had a sense of what it might have been. And it’s been great ever since.”
Joe Giglio added that in all of his travels in his sports radio career, he’s happiest in Philadelphia.
“I worked in New York and have a lot of friends there, I worked in Baltimore getting reps, I did a few national shows before I had a fulltime job, I did overnights on CBS Sports Radio,” said Giglio. “I’ve interacted with a lot of fanbases, nothing like the fans in Philly. They live for the teams, that’s the coolest thing as a host. If people care, it makes going to work so much fun. I can’t ask for any more.”
