LSU Close To Naming New Play-By-Play Radio Broadcaster

According to Ross Dellenger with The Advocate, LSU is getting closer to naming a new play-by-play radio broadcaster that will replace long time announcer Jim Hawthorne who is retiring after the 2015-16 basketball season.

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Charles Hanagriff, Patrick Wright, Lyn Rollins, Sean Kelly and Patrick Netherton made the cut of semifinalists for the job to replace Jim Hawthorne. A source with knowledge of the search process revealed the five local candidates, but declined to reveal others.

There are as many as four national candidates in the mix who, along with aforementioned five, will be interviewed next week by a small selection committee, the source said. The school is still on track to make a decision by the end of the summer.

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You can read Dellenger's full article here.