Joe Benigno plus technical difficulties plus a still-recording mic equals podcast gold. Benigno, the former WFAN host, provided some laugh-out-loud and expletive-filled moments while attempting to deal with a technical issue on his “Oh the Pain” podcast and apparently a meandering cat. Technology and Benigno, 70, have never been a harmonious tag team, and his … Read more
If Robert Saleh has any regrets about being too loose-lipped with former WFAN host Joe Benigno, he’s not going to say so out loud. Earlier this week, Benigno, who has remained a regular WFAN contributor after retiring from hosting every day, told Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber on-air that based on his text message communications … Read more
It sounds like something out of a terrible football movie. A die-hard radio caller known as “Joe from Saddle River,” who’s been a Jets fan for more than half-century, becomes a talk show host. At the height of his radio prowess, he would roar classic rants on Sunday overnights after his team’s annual epic dysfunction. … Read more
Joe Benigno opened up a can of worms, and it has left Boomer Esiason steaming. Benigno, the semi-retired WFAN host who still makes sporadic appearances on the radio station, sent tremors through the Jets universe on Monday when he alleged on “Evan & Tiki” that head coach Robert Saleh doesn’t like Zach Wilson based on … Read more
Joe Benigno’s disgust for what he had watched for 59 minutes from the Jets left him watching one of the franchise’s most improbable wins from the MetLife Stadium parking lot. Benigno, the former WFAN host and one of Gang Green’s most famous fans, told the story in his weekly spot on the “Evan and Tiki” … Read more