Broadcaster Hour

Ben Ingram just wrapped up his 10th season with the Atlanta Braves Radio Network, calling play-by-play alongside Jim Powell, Joe Simpson and Don Sutton. Ingram has hosted the Braves pregame and postgame shows since 2011, and has done play-by-play for select broadcasts. Prior to joining the Braves Radio Network, Ingram spent six season broadcasting minor league baseball with the Jackson Senators, Eugene Emeralds and Mississippi Braves. Ingram, a native of Madison, MS, graduated from Mississippi College and was named 2014 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year by the Department of Communication. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Jon “Boog” Sciambi is the voice of Sunday Night Baseball for MLB on ESPN Radio. He has been the regular play-by-play voice on Wednesday Night Baseball telecasts for the network since the 2014 season. In 2020, Sciambi serves as a play-by-play commentator for ESPN’s KBO League coverage. Sciambi joined ESPN full time in 2010 as the play-by-play voice for MLB on ESPN Radio, while continuing the same role for college basketball and MLB on ESPN, which he has done since 2005. Prior to joining ESPN full-time, Sciambi was the lead play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves on Fox Sports South and SportSouth (2007-2009). Previously, he served as host for 790 The Ticket in South Florida, and as voice of the Florida Marlins on WQAM (1997-2004). Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

We return this week to our "Best Of" series and take a look at great football play-by-play. This can be one of the toughest sports to master in play-by-play, especially on the radio. We hear tips and philosophies from many of our great Broadcaster Hour guests this week on the art of football play-by-play, and what you need to keep in mind for your next football broadcast. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Mike Morgan began calling college football games for ESPN in 2009 and has since added men’s college basketball and college baseball games, including on SEC Network. Morgan also has called Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves, the NFL with the Carolina Panthers, in addition to his experience with the South Carolina Gamecocks basketball and baseball teams. Morgan has won five NSSA Sportscaster of the Year awards for his call of South Carolina Gamecock games. A native of Boca Raton, Fla., Morgan graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in broadcasting and telecommunications.Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Dave Jageler enters his 16th season with the Nationals teaming with Charlie Slowes since 2006 to form the longest-running radio play-by-play duo in the District. Jageler has been at the mic for the Nationals historic run to the 2019 World Series Championship plus the Nationals’ four National League East championships, three no-hitters and Max Scherzer's MLB record-tying 20-strikeout performance. Jageler joined the Nationals after spending the 2005 campaign as the radio and TV voice of the Pawtucket Red Sox of the Triple-A International League. Prior to joining Pawtucket, he worked in Boston co-hosting an afternoon talk show and serving in various capacities with the Boston Celtics radio network, including fill-in play-by-play. Jageler spent six years in Charlotte as the voice of UNC-Charlotte basketball and co-hosting a morning drive talk show. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.