On The Air by Laura Nachman December 20, 2002 Here are the results of our readers' poll.  Thanks to everyone who voted.   Percentages were rounded off to the highest number. Favorite Weekday Sportscaster Gary Papa - WPVI - 46% Vai Sikahema - WCAU - 21% Lou Tilley - CN8 - 12% Don Tollefson -  WTXF - 8% Beasley Reece - KYW - 4% Scott Palmer - WPVI - 3% Geraud Moncure - WPHL - 0% Shame on me for not including former WPHL sports anchor Mike Missanelli, who probably would have garnered many votes. Favorite Weekend Sportscaster Steve Bucci - KYW - 26% John Clark - WCAU - 21% Howard Eskin -  WCAU - 18% Phil Andrews - WPVI - 15% Blaine Applegate (fill-in) - WPHL - 11% Bill Vargus - WTXF - 10% Young and enthusiastic John Clark has made an impression on Philadelphia in the little time he's been on the air.   Looks like Pennsbury High's Blaine Applegate has some Bucks county fans. Favorite Sports Reporter Jack Brayboy - WPVI - 36% Garry Cobb - KYW - 31% Bruce Casella - CN8 - 22% Gregg Murphy - CN8 - 11% Favorite Weekday WIP Personality Angelo Cataldi - 19% Anthony Gargano - 15% Steve Fredericks - 13% Mike Missanelli - 13% Rhea Hughes - 13% Al Morganti - 10% Howard Eskin - 8% Glen Macnow - 6% Joe Conklin - 2% Members of the morning show accounted for almost have of the votes.  Vinnie the Crumb of WMMR also received a write-in vote. Favorite Part-time WIP Host "Big Daddy" Graham - 33% Ray Didinger - 25% Steve Martorano - 14% Dick Jerardi - 10% Paul Jolovitz - 8% Rob Charry - 4% Sonny Hill - 2% Luci Jones - 2% "Big Daddy" enjoyed extra exposure this year when he took over the overnight shift while Steve Fredericks was on sick leave.  BCCT football writer Reuben Frank also received a write-in vote. Favorite Play-by-Play Announcer Harry Kalas - 47% Tom McGinnis - 18% Scott Graham - 12% Merrill Reese - 12% Marc Zumoff - 3% Tim Saunders - 1% Jim Jackson - 0% It's a little surprising that Kalas didn't win by a larger margin.  Next to Kalas' "It's outta here," McGinnis has the best catch phrase with "Are you kidding me?" Favorite Analyst Steve Coates - 22% Larry Anderson - 18% Steve Mix - 14% Gary Dornhoefer - 11% Mike Quick - 11% Chris Wheeler - 9% Tom McGinnis - 7% Brian Propp - 2% Note that while neither of the Flyers' play-by-play men scored well, "Coatesy" won his category.  Favorite Comcast SportsNet Personality Michael Barkann - 36% Leslie Gudel - 25% Derrick Gunn - 11% Neil Hartman - 11% Ron Burke - 5% Dei Lynam - 5% Lance Crawford - 4% Mike Rodgers - 2% Matt Yallof - 2% It's no shock that Barkann was victorious, since he can show more personality on his "Post Game Live" shows than the others can on "SportsNite."  Favorite Comcast SportsNet "Post Game Live" Analyst Vaughn Hebron - 28% Ray Didinger - 22% Joe Kerrigan - 18% Keith Jones - 10% Ed Rendell - 8% John Nash - 6% John Marzano - 4% Dave Brown - 2% Steve Coates - 2% Gerald Henderson - 2% The most popular team, the Eagles, has the two most popular analysts.  Just think how many votes Didinger would have received if he wore a leather jacket and knit cap on the air. Favorite Sunday Night Sports Show Sports Final - WCAU - 75% Sports Sunday - WTXF - 18% Sports Extra - WPHL - 7% Sports Rap - KYW - 0% New KYW general manager Peter Dunn should re-evaluate the anemic "Sports Rap." Favorite Weekday Sports Show Daily News Live - Comcast SportsNet - 50% Lou Tilley's Sports Connection - CN8 - 30% SportsNite - Comcast SportsNet - 20% Spotlight - Comcast SportsNet - 0% Maybe the attraction of "Daily News Live" is to see how the fashion-challenged sportswriters will dress each day. Favorite Eagles Show Eagles Total Access with Gary Papa - WPVI - 44% Eagles Post Game Live - Comcast SportsNet - 32% Angelo Cataldi Show - Comcast SportsNet - 9% Game Day Live - WTXF - 5% The Andy Reid Show - WPHL - 5% Eyewitness Game Day - KYW - 3% Pro Football Report with Merrill Reese and Harry Gamble - CN8 - 2% The Donovan McNabb Show - KYW - 0% How can the most popular athlete in town's (excluding Allen Iverson) show come in dead last?  Best Radio Broadcast - Professional Teams Eagles - WYSP - 42% Sixers - WIP - 25% Phillies - WPEN - 21% Flyers - WIP - 12% Sponsor-crazy, Led Zeppelin-loving WYSP takes the top spot.  Let's hope that WPEN doesn't get any ideas and starts playing Bobby Vinton bumper music. High school basketball sensation LeBron James brings his act to Philadelphia as his team St. Vincent-St. Mary of Ohio plays Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion in "The Scholastic Play-by-Play Classic" on CN8 Sunday at 7 p.m.  Jon Gurevitch and Matt Guokas will call the sold-out game at the Palestra. The promoter of this tourament, Philadelphia's Jeremy Treatman, is also putting together three other games around the country featuring James, who will probably be the first pick in the NBA draft this June.   After almost a year, WPHL has hired a weekend sports anchor to replace Jenna Wolfe, who departed in April.  The new guy is Matt Biondi -  not the Olympic swimmer, but a former colleague of sports director Geraud Moncure who started at WPHL on Halloween.  Biondi and Moncure worked together a few years ago in Fresno, California.  Like Moncure, Biondi was "between jobs" before getting picked up at WPHL.  His first appearance is scheduled for January 6th.  The favorite Eagles shows of our poll, "Eagles Total Access" and "Eagles Post Game Live" will almost compete head to head Saturday night after the Eagles/Dallas game on WPVI.  CSN's "Eagles Post Game Live" will get a half-hour head start, as it will start immediately after the game and "Eagles Total Access" will air following "Action News."   WPVI will also do a pre-game show at 8 p.m. Also Saturday, KYW will air "The Donovan McNabb Show" at 7 p.m. and "Eyewitness Game Day"  at 7:30 p.m.