The Fifth Hour: Philly Sports Radio Legend, Angelo Cataldi!
The Ben Maller Show
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Angelo Cataldi joins us on the “Fifth Hour with Ben Maller, and Danny G Radio.” Angelo has been the sports radio soundtrack to Philadelphia. For 33+ years he’s been the morning man on the legendary WIP. We talk about his storied career as a firebrand talk show host holding the Eagles, 76ers, Phillies, and Flyers accountable. The changing of the business over the years, from calling out athletes to hosts now carrying the water for them. His legendary role in the “Wing Bowl,” promotion, and the infamous Donavan McNabb NFL Draft shenanigans, which still has legs all these years later. Cataldi shares some memories of working alongside Hall of Famer Tony Bruno who would go on to launch ESPN Radio and Fox Sports Radio. Follow Angelo’s final radio shows on 94 WIP in Philly Mon-Fri: 5:30-10 AM ET. Follow Danny G Radio on Twitter @DannyGradio, Follow Big Ben on Twitter @BenMaller, and listen to the original "Ben Maller Show," Monday-Friday on 500+ terrestrial Fox Sports Radio affiliates, iHeart stream, and SiriusXM Radio channel 83, 2a-6a ET, 11p-3a PT!
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| 0:00.0 | If you thought four hours a day, 1,200 minutes a week was enough, think again. |
| 0:07.7 | He's the last remnants of the old republic. |
| 0:10.4 | A sole bastion of fairness. |
| 0:12.4 | He treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the rich pill poppers in the penthouse. |
| 0:18.0 | Wow. |
| 0:18.6 | The clearinghouse of hot takes break free for something special. |
| 0:22.6 | The fifth hour with Ben Mallor starts right now. |
| 0:28.4 | In the air everywhere. |
| 0:32.8 | Back at it on a new weekend of the fifth hour with Ben Mallor and Danny G. Radio because four hours |
| 0:42.8 | a night on the overnight are not enough eight days a week. Tell a friend, tell a friend, |
| 0:48.7 | tell a friend from the Mallor podcast studio, the podcast dojo. |
| 0:55.6 | Deep in the Northwoods, we thank you for finding the podcast and subscribing now. |
| 1:00.7 | It's still football season. |
| 1:02.5 | There's no game this weekend. |
| 1:04.0 | They've got that Fugazi Pro Bowl. |
| 1:06.9 | What? |
| 1:08.0 | But for our purposes, we don't have Benny versus the Penny we're not going to do |
| 1:13.0 | Benny versus the Penny the Pro Bowl edition that's not happening so Benny versus |
| 1:17.5 | the penny will return for the final time this football season on the podcast next |
| 1:23.6 | weekend we've got some big things planned. Fingers crossed. |
| 1:27.8 | I don't know what's actually going to happen. |
| 1:29.6 | What's not going to happen as far as the Super Bowl programming. |
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