Audacy Sports 94.1 WIP Philadelphia morning host Angelo Cataldi told listeners today that he will retire from the station at the end of 2022.
The 70-year-old Cataldi has been with the station since then 610 WIP flipped to 24/7 Sports Talk in 1989 after previously working as a sportswriter for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In making the announcement this morning, Cataldi stated he originally intended to retire in May 2021, when he took a few weeks off after experiencing burnout. As part of his decision to retire at the end of 2022, Cataldi negotiated a one-year extension of his contract that will allow him to scale back from five days a week to four starting in January taking Wednesdays off, a driver to take him to and from the Borgata casino in Atlantic City and for the station to rehire former Marketing Director Cindy Webster, who had been laid off by Audacy last yea. Webster is now serving as a special consultant to the morning show.
Cataldi stated that he believes that the rest of the morning team of Al Morganti, Rhea Hughes, and Keith Jones will remain once he exits the station.
This story first appeared on radioinsight.com