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He was named Pennsylvania Sportswriter of the Year five times by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. In 2023, it was announced that Didinger would return to 94.1 WIP as an Eagles contributor in a part-time capacity for the station's new morning show.ĭidinger covered the National Football League for The Philadelphia Bulletin and The Philadelphia Daily News for more than 25 years. Didinger said he wanted to spend more time with his wife and family. Saying he was in good health and was not being pushed out the door, he would work until the end of his contract and then retire from radio and television. On May 8, 2022, during his radio show, Didinger announced his retirement effective May 29, 2022. Didinger and Macnow co-wrote a book entitled The Ultimate Book of Sports Movies, featuring what they both considered the all-time best in cinema sports dramas, published and released in 2009. It was also common to hear the two talk about movies, since both are avid movie fans. The show featured Didinger and Macnow discussing aspects of Philadelphia sports. on 94.1 WIP in Philadelphia with co-host Glen Macnow. He wrote his memoir, Finished Business: My Fifty Years of Headlines, Heroes, and Heartaches Hardcover in 2021.ĭidinger co-hosted a popular radio show every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.

Didinger also co-wrote The Ultimate Book of Sports Movies with fellow-Philadelphia radio personality Glen Macnow in 2009. He co-authored Football America: Celebrating Our National Passion along with Don Shula in 1996 and co-wrote The Eagles Encyclopedia with Robert S. In 1990, Didinger wrote The Super Bowl: Celebrating a Quarter-Century of America's Greatest Game.

Didinger spent four years doing sports radio for WRTI, a public radio station owned by Temple, and served as the station's Sports Director. His nickname was Nauga, after the animated character used in commercials for Naugahyde. in Communications from Temple University in 1968. Early life īorn to Raymond and Marie Didinger, and raised in Folsom, Pennsylvania, Didinger graduated from St. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of the Writer's Honor Roll. Ray Didinger (born Septemin Philadelphia) is an American sportswriter, radio personality, sports commentator author and screenwriter.