Amazin’ Conversations with Jay Horwitz
Nov 4, 2026 · 25 min · 11 segments
WFAN’s Gregg Giannotti joins Jay Horwitz to talk about the long road from college radio and an internship at WFAN to hosting *Boomer and Gio*. Gregg looks back on his years in Pittsburgh, the pressure…
Gregg GiannottiGuest
Jay HorwitzHost
And I, um, I it's, it's, it's something that I am proud of because I walked in as an intern.
back in 2005, just like anybody else who was hard working, had dreams of being on the air and was willing to sacrifice.
And I think that there's a couple of things like you have to have, you know, a natural talent to do it.
You know, there's some people who just have it and some people who don't, and then you couple that with passion and hard work and you can make it.
And you know, I, I, I sometimes try to, you have to remind yourself that what you're doing every day is what you're doing every day, you know, because sometimes, you know, the traffic or this or that'll get you down.
And I think to myself, wait a second, I'm sitting here doing a job where for four hours, I could talk about whatever I want.
It's stuff that I like with, with a former NFL MVP and then make people laugh.
And, um, And it's really, there's so many people who believed in me and also have, you know, like having partners like Boomer, having a partner like Brian Jones, the people in Pittsburgh, Mark Chernoff, Chris Oliveira, having my back.
And I, um, I it's, it's, it's something that I am proud of because I walked in as an intern.
back in 2005, just like anybody else who was hard working, had dreams of being on the air and was willing to sacrifice.
And I think that there's a couple of things like you have to have, you know, a natural talent to do it.
You know, there's some people who just have it and some people who don't, and then you couple that with passion and hard work and you can make it.
And you know, I, I, I sometimes try to, you have to remind yourself that what you're doing every day is what you're doing every day, you know, because sometimes, you know, the traffic or this or that'll get you down.
And I think to myself, wait a second, I'm sitting here doing a job where for four hours, I could talk about whatever I want.
It's stuff that I like with, with a former NFL MVP and then make people laugh.
And, um, And it's really, there's so many people who believed in me and also have, you know, like having partners like Boomer, having a partner like Brian Jones, the people in Pittsburgh, Mark Chernoff, Chris Oliveira, having my back.
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