One week after Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio were abruptly terminated and their radio show “The OG” was canceled by Capitol Broadcasting Company’s radio division, the two have launched their own podcasting company.
The OG Live Podcast Co., run by Ovies and Giglio, debuted an abbreviated version of their new show Wednesday morning. The new show, called “Ovies & Giglio” will record three times a week — on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings — and release a podcast along with content on a YouTube channel.
“We’re going to try to do what we’ve been doing, only on our own,” Giglio told The News & Observer.
‘Outpouring’ of support
Giglio said the show will cover all the local topics that earned them a loyal fanbase over the years, including ACC football and basketball, Carolina Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes.
“The outpouring from both listeners and from our sources — coaches, administrators, commissioners, (Canes owner) Tom Dundon — that part has been overwhelming and obviously super encouraging at a time when we obviously needed it.
“So that’s kinda why we thought we could do this,” Giglio said. “We hope we can make the most of the chance that we have.”
Giglio said he will also do an NC State podcast and Ovies will do a beer podcast, both similar versions of popular podcasts they did with Capitol Broadcasting.
‘I’m looking forward to trying to make it on our own after 27 years in the business,” Giglio said. “It could be fun.”
Immediately after last week’s cancellation of the 99.9 The Fan show, Brian Grube, general manager of CBC’s radio division, said the company would replace “The OG” with a show featuring a single host. A job posting for a single sports radio host was posted on the CBC website the very next day.
Giglio is a former News & Observer sports writer who left the paper in March 2020 to co-host the radio show with Ovies. Ovies has worked in radio for 22 years, the last 13-and-a-half of those at 99.9 The Fan.
Ovies told The News & Observer this week that he and Giglio will try to do everything they’ve been doing, just this time without the radio.
“It’s like a video game,” Ovies said. “You play Fortnite, you play Minecraft. Over time, you build, you build, you build. Then you get zapped and you start the game over with an ax. And that’s where Joe and I are right now. We both have an ax, so let’s see what we can do.”
This story was originally published May 03, 2023 9:37 AM.
