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Happy Anniversary, Angelo!

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

Angelo Cataldi mentioned on his morning show today that not only does this day, January 22, mark the 22nd anniversary of him in morning drive on WIP (going back to the old "Brookie and the Rookie" program with the late Tom Brookshier) but he matches a record of the longest time spent in morning drive on WIP - that honor, of course, was achieved by Ken Garland; he was the morning host on 610 WIP from the 60's until he bolted for WPEN in 1987 - which, incidentally, was the year WIP went all-sports.

Angelo had expressed on a previous show this year that he has hopes of reaching 25 years on WIP... which would shatter Garland's old record. Angelo even jokingly said "I'm sorry" to Garland on the air today in mentioning this milestone.
 
I wonder how many years the guy before Ken was on the air? I think the name was Joe MCauley. But he had huge morning ratings for years and it was worried at first that Ken would not be able to match those. But it worked out. Not even Dr. Don Rose could beat Ken.
 
DToTheJ said:
Angelo Cataldi mentioned on his morning show today that not only does this day, January 22, mark the 22nd anniversary of him in morning drive on WIP (going back to the old "Brookie and the Rookie" program with the late Tom Brookshier) but he matches a record of the longest time spent in morning drive on WIP - that honor, of course, was achieved by Ken Garland; he was the morning host on 610 WIP from the 60's until he bolted for WPEN in 1987 - which, incidentally, was the year WIP went all-sports.
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I think Angelo has the record already. Ken Garland came to WIP around '65 (I think he was on WINS in New York until they went all-news that year) but he was on from 1-4 PM until around 1968 when Joe McCauley went into the hospital with what turned out to be a fatal illness.
 
Interesting... Which means Angelo either didn't do enough digging, or got faulty information... which probably wouldn't be the first time... :-X
 
Or perhaps it wasn't something that needed the fact checking of a (legitimate) encyclopedia. His point is well taken, regardless. (Maybe he should also thank the interim morning host between Garland and the debut of the Brookshire/Citaldi show for keeping the seat warm, just to show he has every little nuance nailed. ;) )
 
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