Chris Blair bio
10/1/2007 4:10:00 AM | General
Director of Broadcasting / Play-by-Play Announcer
Chris Blair begins his sixth year as the play-by-play voice of the Eagle Athletics. With a resume that covers virtually all aspects of broadcasting, with broadcast management and marketing positions in Greenville and Columbia, S.C. Blair grew up inside a radio station and began working at age 14 for his father, also a long-time broadcaster. His college broadcast experience includes work for the Clemson Tiger SportsNetwork and Lander University. He joined the Georgia Southern Athletics department as Director of Broadcasting this past summer.
Blair spent 10 years as the play-by-play announcer for prep-powerhouse Greenwood High School in South Carolina and broadcasting four state championships during the "Weekend of Champions" at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C.
Along with duties in the booth for football and men's basketball, Blair handles 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 web. For the 2011-2012 sports seasons, Blair will host the weekly radio shows for Coach Jeff Monken and Coach Charlton Young and serves as the host for the weekly television show "Inside Georgia Southern Basketball" with Coach Charlton Young.
Chris is married to the former Amber Anders, who serves the assistant to the Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Georgia Southern. They have one son, Crafton Christopher.
