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2018 LSU Baseball Network Affiliates (Projected)
Network Affiliates are subject to change. Visit www.LSUsports.net/radioaffiliates
HISTORY
Former LSU pitcher Doug Thompson (left) and “Voice of the Tigers” Chris Blair will broadcast the Tigers’ home games in 2018. Blair will be joined on road game broadcasts by baseball communications director Bill Franques.
2018
RECORDS
Chris Blair - “The Voice of the Tigers”
Chris Blair, LSU’s Director of Radio Broadcasting, enters his third season as the “Voice of the Tigers.” Blair officially joined the LSU Athletic Department on December 7, 2015, and he broadcast his first LSU athletic event on February 19, 2016, when the baseball team took on Cincinnati in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. Blair worked as the play-by-play voice for Georgia Southern athletics for 10 seasons prior to his appointment at LSU. His resume covers virtually all aspects of broadcasting, with broadcast management and marketing positions in Greenville and Columbia, S.C. Blair basically grew up inside a radio station, working at age 14 for his father, also a long-time broadcaster. His college broadcast experience includes working for the Clemson Tiger Sports Network and at Lander University. Blair spent 10 years as play-by-play announcer for prep powerhouse Greenwood High School in South Carolina and handled the play-by-play for four state championship football games at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C. Along with his play-by-play duties for Georgia Southern, Blair handled all the behind-the scenes aspects with affiliate relations, network marketing plans and overall sound presentation of GSU Athletics on the air and on the Internet. He also hosted the weekly coaches radio shows and was the host for the weekly television show for GSU basketball. Blair, 43, is married to the former Amber Anders and they have two children, Crafton Christopher and Rivers Elisabeth.
TIGERS
REVIEW
Selected LSU Sports Radio Network stations will air “The Paul Mainieri Show, presented by Capital One Bank” each Monday from 7-8 p.m., beginning on March 26 and continuing through May 14. The show airs live from T.J. Ribs Restaurant on Acadian Thruway in Baton Rouge. The show is designed to give Tiger fans a chance to visit both live and by phone with LSU coach Paul Mainieri. Fans have the opportunity to watch the show live at T.J. Ribs and ask Coach Mainieri questions in person. There is also a call-in segment that features questions from listeners on the LSU Sports Radio Network and in the Geaux Zone at LSUsports.net.
The LSU Sports Radio Network is scheduled to broadcast all regularseason contests in 2018 along with the Tigers’ games in the SEC and NCAA Tournaments. LSU Baseball will be distributed by satellite to 14 radio stations from the broadcast studios on the fifth floor of the athletic administration building. WDGL-FM (98.1) in Baton Rouge serves as the flagship station for the LSU Sports Network. All programming can also be heard at www.LSUsports. net, and selected games will be available on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio. The LSU Sports Radio Network is one of the most diverse and progressive college radio networks in the country, utilizing an in-house radio studio to originate over 140 live events in football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and softball. In addition to live events, network programming also includes a weekly live coach’s show for football, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball.
PREVIEW
INTRO
LSU Sports Radio Network
Paul Mainieri joins Bill Franques for a postgame show after each home game in the Champion’s Club of Alex Box Stadium.
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