Broadcasters recognized
The longtime local broadcast duo of Bob Gregg and Mark Uriah were honored as the 2023 recipients of the Dow Carnahan Media Award. The presentation took place in accordance with the annual Presidents’ Athletic Conference Football Media Day, which was hosted by Saint Vincent College.
Carnahan, a longtime supporter and friend of the PAC, passed away unexpectedly on April 29, 2016. The award is presented annually to a distinguished member of the media or on-campus representative for his or her commendable service while covering and promoting the conference’s student-athletes, coaches and programs.
The 2023 season will mark the 40th season that Gregg and Uriah will team up to call Washington & Jefferson College football games on WJPA radio.
From the start of the 1984 season, the duo has called the action to local listeners. During this time, W&J has racked up more than 300 wins, 25 PAC titles and made two Stagg Bowl appearances. The 1984 season also started W&J’s string of 39 consecutive winning seasons.
Both are Western Pennsylvania natives, as Gregg is a graduate of Washington High School and attended the University of Miami (Fla.) and Geneva College, while Uriah graduated from Chartiers Valley High School and Ohio State University.
In addition to their work covering W&J, Gregg and Uriah have been fixtures on the local sports scene. The duo has covered WPIAL and PIAA athletics over the last four decades, including football, basketball, wrestling, baseball and softball. They also covered California (Pa.) University playoff games, the Pony League World Series in Washington, Washington Wild Things baseball and the Frontier League playoffs.
Because of their efforts, WJPA Sports is a four-time winner of the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association Award for Best Sports Play-by-Play. They were both inducted into the Washington-Greene Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.