Sunday, November 14, 2010

Baptiste signing off after 35 years on Southern radio call

On this beautiful autumn afternoon, three hours before kickoff, Henry Baptiste will ride the elevator to the third floor of the press box at A.W. Mumford Stadium, walk to the Southern University radio broadcasters booth, put down his briefcase and get to work. It’s been this way, every Saturday during the fall, for 36 years now.

He’ll meet with his colleagues: play-by-play man Clarence Buggs, sideline reporter Eric Randall and longtime engineer Arnold Crump. Together, they will sit down and map out the broadcast of today’s game between Southern and Alabama State, the Jaguars’ last home game in a season that’s been brutally disappointing to date.

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