Jennings "Jay" Randolph, Jr. (born September 19, 1934) is an American

United States

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 sportscaster

Sportscaster

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 whose career has spanned more than fifty years.

Early life and career

The son of U.S. Senator

United States Senate

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 Jennings Randolph

Jennings Randolph

Jennings Randolph was an American politician from West Virginia. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was the last surviving member of the United States Congress to have served during the first 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.-Early life and career:Randolph was born in...

, he grew up in West Virginia

West Virginia

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, attended George Washington University

George Washington University

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, and as a young man enjoyed considerable success as an amateur golf

Golf

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er. In 1958, Randolph began his broadcasting career as an announcer and sports director for a Clarksburg

Clarksburg, West Virginia

Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. It is the principal city of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area...

 radio station.

Career in St. Louis

Following play-by-play stints with the West Virginia Mountaineers

West Virginia Mountaineers

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 in the late 1950s, and the Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

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 and SMU Mustangs

SMU Mustangs

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 in the early 1960s, Randolph went to St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

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. He served as a staff announcer at KMOX radio in 1966, and as announcer and sports director for KSD (later KSDK

KSDK

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) television from 1967 to 1988. At KSDK (Channel 5), Randolph anchored sports coverage for the station's newscasts and called TV play-by-play for St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...

 baseball. Randolph has been the over-the-air TV voice of the Cardinals for 21 seasons split over two stints. He had a 17-year stint in the Cards' TV booth that ended after the 1987 season when the station lost the local rights, but was brought back in 2007 when KSDK got its small part of the TV pie, which ended in 2010. He does the "Randolph Report" on KFNS (590 AM) radio. Posted October 1, 2010, last referenced October 3, 2010.

NBC Sports

Randolph also worked for NBC Sports

NBC Sports

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 television in the 1970s and '80s, announcing a wide variety of events including the National Football League

NFL on NBC

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, Major League Baseball, college football

College football

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, college basketball

College Basketball on NBC

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, PGA Tour

PGA Tour on NBC

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 and LPGA

LPGA

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 golf, the Professional Bowlers Association

Bowling on NBC

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, and three Olympic Games

Olympics on NBC

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 and the Breeders' Cup

Thoroughbred Racing on NBC

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.
Posted October 1, 2010, last reference October 3, 2010.

Later career

Randolph called play-by-play for baseball's Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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 in 1988

1988 Cincinnati Reds season

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 and Florida Marlins

Florida Marlins

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 from 1993

1993 Florida Marlins season

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-1996

1996 Florida Marlins season

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, and hosted the Marlins' TV pregame from 1997

1997 Florida Marlins season

The 1997 Florida Marlins season started off with the team trying to improve on their record from 1996. Their manager was Jim Leyland. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium...

-2000

2000 Florida Marlins season

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. He continues to broadcast golf events for CNBC

CNBC

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 and The Golf Channel

The Golf Channel

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, and from 2007

2007 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 2007 season was the team's 126th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 116th season in the National League. The season started with the team trying to defend their 2006 World Series championship. During the offseason, the Cardinals were faced with the challenge of handling...

-2010

2010 St. Louis Cardinals season

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 he called St. Louis Cardinals games on KSDK television. On October 2, 2010, the day before his final Cardinal broadcast, he was honored by the Cardinals by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch to longtime friend and broadcast partner Mike Shannon

Mike Shannon

Thomas Michael Shannon is an American-born former Major League Baseball player and current radio sportscaster.Shannon is a radio broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was raised in St. Louis, Missouri and played with the Cardinals during some of the team's most successful years...

.

Randolph was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame

Missouri Sports Hall of Fame

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 in 2008.

Personal life

Randolph's son, Jay Jr., formerly provided commentary for the PGA Tour Network

PGA Tour Network

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 on XM Satellite Radio

XM Satellite Radio

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, and currently hosts a sports-talk show on KFNS radio (590 AM) in St. Louis.