LSU Sports Radio Network

from 2021 LSU Baseball Record Book

Media Information

The Paul Mainieri Show

PRESENTED BY HANCOCK WHITNEY

Selected LSU Sports Radio Network stations will air “The Paul Mainieri Show, presented by Hancock Whitney” each Monday from 7-8 p.m., beginning on March 29 and continuing through May 17. The show airs live from TJ 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 TJ Ribs and ask Coach Mainieri questions. There is also a call-in segment that features questions from listeners on the LSU Sports Radio Network and at LSUsports.net/askcoach.

Former LSU pitcher Doug Thompson (left) and “Voice of the Tigers” Chris Blair will broadcast the Tigers’ home games in 2021. Blair will be joined on road game broadcasts by baseball communications director Bill Franques.

Chris Blair - “The Voice of the Tigers”

Chris Blair, LSU’s Director of Radio Broadcasting, enters his sixth 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, 46, is married to the former Amber Anders and they have two children, Crafton Christopher and Rivers Elisabeth.

The LSU Sports Radio Network is scheduled to broadcast all regular-season contests in 2021 along with the Tigers’ games in the SEC and NCAA Tournaments. LSU Baseball will be distributed by satellite to 15 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 LSUsports.net, and selected games will be available on Radio.com and 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.

2021 LSU Baseball Network Affiliates (Projected)

CALL LETTERS FREQUENCY CITY WDGL-FM 98.1 Baton Rouge (Flagship Station) WTGE-FM 100.7 Baton Rouge KSYL-AM 970 Alexandria WBOX-FM 92.9 Bogalusa KJNA-FM 102.7 Jena KLWB-FM 103.7 Lafayette/Opelousas KJAE-FM 93.5 Leesville KFRA-AM 1390 Morgan City KZKR-FM 105.1 Natchez, Miss. WWL-AM 870 New Orleans WWL-FM 105.3 New Orleans KRUS-FM/AM 96.3/1490 Ruston KWKH-AM 1130 Shreveport WFCG-FM 107.3 Tylertown, Miss. KVPI-AM 1050 Ville Platte

Network Affiliates are subject to change. Visit www.LSUsports.net/radioaffiliates

Paul Mainieri joins Bill Franques for a postgame show after each home game in Alex Box Stadium.

MAJOR LEAGUE TIGERS 77

LSU has produced 77 Major League Baseball players in its history, including 62 since 1987. LSU has had at least one former player make his MLB debut in 27 of the past 30 seasons.

ON 2020 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ROSTERS (11)

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