About Gregg

Gregg graduated from Baltimore Friends School and grew up loving all Baltimore sports.

He attended the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University where he spent four years honing his sports broadcasting skills.

In 1979, Gregg joined WHTM abc27 TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and became the station’s first-ever weekend sportscaster. He took over as the main anchor and Sports Director in 1980.

Gregg’s long list of accomplishments and career highlights served as a road map for local sports coverage in Central Pennsylvania. In 1996, he introduced Friday Night Football to the Midstate, becoming the first station in the market to dedicate an entire show to high school football.

He also helped bring live broadcasts of local and professional sporting events to television in the area. He covered multiple Super Bowls, Penn State’s two national championships, the Harrisburg Senators and Hershey Bears’ successful championship runs, and major professional sports teams’ World Championships. Additionally, he was the lead broadcaster for many high school, college, and professional live broadcasts on a local, national, and international level.

Among his favorite highlights was covering local high school sports teams PIAA State Championships, every Hershey Bears Calder Cup title since 1980, the Harrisburg Senators’ four straight Eastern League titles in the 1990s, and other major local sporting events like the Red Land Little League’s run to the Little League World Series, local athletes drafted into major professional sports leagues, along with countless other sporting events in Central PA.

Additionally, he free-lanced as a fill-in weekend anchor for WJLA-TV in Washington DC, did play-by-play for ESPN’s coverage of indoor soccer in the 1990s, and brought live local sports to viewers in Central Pennsylvania that would also be broadcasted around the world.

Gregg was devoted to many things, but besides his family and friends, near the top of the list was his devotion to mentoring. Over 150 up-and-coming sports journalists during the 40-plus years of his career were impacted by his involvement. He was passionate about assisting students in college and just getting started in the industry. His guidance would help them to improve their skills and reach their next job in sports broadcasting.

He had a knack for counseling his interns and cheering for their success. Gregg stayed in touch with them as their careers were getting started, and continued to proudly follow throughout their professional journey. He took great joy in seeing them achieve their goals and celebrated their accomplishments. His kindness and sincerity made him a trusted coach and friend.