PROGRAM INFORMATION
MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL RADIO NETWORK Mississippi State University is home to one of the nation’s largest and oldest collegiate baseball radio networks, affording fans throughout the Magnolia State and beyond an opportunity to regularly follow the Diamond Dawgs throughout the season. Network programming for the MSU baseball broadcasts is distributed and coordinated through the facilities of Learfield/IMG College. The 2019 Mississippi State University Baseball Radio Network, a team of more than a dozen radio outlets, carries the broadcasts of a 50game network schedule plus all postseason competition. In addition to the 50-game network schedule, the broadcasts of the six non-network games are carried in the Golden Triangle area by WKBB-FM (100.9) in West Point, Mississippi. Mississippi State baseball network radio broadcasts (some limited exceptions) are also available via the internet through HailState.com/plus. The broadcasts feature pregame and postgame interviews, hosted by the “voice” of the Diamond Dawgs, Jim Ellis. For a select number of broadcasts in 2018, former Diamond Dawgs Ross Mitchell and Jay Powell will join Ellis in the booth. Radio broadcasts of Bulldog Baseball originated in the 1960s on Starkville radio station WSSO thanks to the work of the late Joe Phillips, a pioneer in radio broadcasting in the state of Mississippi. But credit for turning the single-station broadcast into an impressive collection of radio outlets blanketing the Magnolia State goes to Ellis, who in 2019 enters his 41st season of describing the exploits of the Diamond Dawgs. A native of West Point, Mississippi, and a 1969 MSU grad, Ellis coordinates the operation of State’s baseball radio network. Ellis has also handled the play-by-play duties for MSU football and basketball during his career, teaming with MSU radio legend Jack Cristil on those broadcasts for more than three decades.
DAWG TALK The MSU baseball broadcast lineup also includes the popular weekly call-in radio show “DawgTalk”. The eight-week run from March 25-May 13 and airs each Monday from 6-7 p.m. live from The Veranda Restaurant in Starkville. Fans can attend in person for free at 208 Lincoln Green or listen on affiliated radio stations in Mississippi. SEC NETWORK+ Bulldog fans around the world can watch 51 of State’s 56 regularseason games in 2019 live on the SEC Network + as a part of the ESPN app, including all 36 of MSU’s home games. Bart Gregory, a native of Nanih Waiya, Mississippi, and a 1999 MSU graduate, is the SECN+ play-by-play commentator for the majority of MSU’s broadcasts. Gregory joined Ellis in the radio booth in 2012 before switching over to television broadcasts in 2015. He began his career in sports broadcasting at the University of West Alabama in 2000 and returned to Starkville the following year. While at MSU, he initially served as on-air talent for women’s basketball games and select baseball games, while hosting MSU football pregame and postgame shows. Gregory’s affiliation with the MSU athletics family began in 2000 with his appointment as an account representative for the Bulldogs Sports Network. Since 2008, he has served in the Bulldog Club as assistant athletics director for annual giving.
ON THE BEAT PRINT Associated Press David Brandt (601) 497-1805 Email: dbrandt@ap.org Office: (601) 948-5897 Columbus Dispatch TBA -Email: -Office: -Jackson Clarion-Ledger Tyler Horka (214) 493-6539 Email: wsammon@jackson.gannett.com Office: (601) 214-8020 Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Logan Lowery (662) 251-2467 Email: logan.lowery@journalinc.com Office: (662) 842-2611 Starkville Daily News Danny P. Smith (662) 418-5011 Joel Coleman (662) 285-8706 Email: sports@starkvilledailynews.com Office: (662) 323-1642 The Reflector (Student Newspaper) Hunter Cloud (479) 5463 Email: reflectorsports@gmail.com
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