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PATRIOT BROADCASTING NETWORK
THE PATRIOT BROADCASTING NETWORK
enters its 10th season of covering DBU Basketball.
The broadcast team of Reagan Ratcliff and Brendan Smith bring all the live play-by-play action to Patriots’ Basketball fans with a live video broadcast of all Patriot home games.
Fans can catch all the action of the 2021-2022 season online on the Lone Star Conference Digital Network. Coverage of DBU Basketball begins 10 minutes prior to each game with Patriots’ Countdown to Tip-Off.
As DBU Basketball enters the 2021-2021 =2season, Ratcliff and Smith begin their 10th season together on the air. The duo helped to spearhead the efforts of the Patriot Broadcasting Network in 2012 and since then, have brought all the live play-by-play action of DBU Basketball to Patriot fans around the globe.
Ratcliff began his sports broadcasting career in college at Baylor University, where he served as the Sports Director for KWBU in 1997. Following graduation, Ratcliff was named the Director of Broadcasting for the Oakland Athletics Short-Season A Team in Medford, Oregon. In
2000, Ratcliff returned to Waco, Texas, where he called Baylor Baseball for the next two seasons. Ratcliff would eventually transition from broadcasting to coaching at the high school ranks for eight years, before returning to the broadcast booth with DBU in 2012.
Smith graduated from Dallas Baptist University in 2009 and began his career in sports broadcasting at 103.3 FM ESPN Dallas in August of 2009. During his time at ESPN, Smith hosted several shows and covered the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks, and Dallas Stars. Smith also produced radio broadcasts for the Rangers and Mavericks before becoming the producer for the popular Ben & Skin Show with Ben Rogers and Jeff “Skin” Wade. In May of 2013, Smith made the transition to 105.3 the Fan to continue producing the Ben & Skin Show.
This year, the Patriot Broadcasting Network will continue their work with the Horner Communications Department and their video production of DBU Basketball. Along
with the efforts of Chris Fore, DBU’s Program Director
of Broadcast/Digital Media, Dallas Baptist University provides fans with one of the finest video productions of college basketball in the nation.
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