Charles Hanagriff
On-Air Personality
Charles Hanagriff has been a fixture in Baton Rouge sports radio since 1993, with a career that began in high school in 1987 at KFMV in Franklin, Louisiana. He hosted at WIBR (1300 AM) from 1993 to 2001, serving as Program Director from 1996 to 2001, before joining Guaranty Broadcasting in 2001 as Sports Director — later becoming Program Director when 104.5 ESPN launched in 2010.
Hanagriff has anchored Eagle 98.1 Gameday since the 2001 SEC Championship Game and was part of the LSU Sports Radio Network broadcast team for baseball from 2002 to 2015. He has called play-by-play for Southern University and numerous high school events across the Baton Rouge area. Today he co-hosts "Live at Lunch" with Jimmy Ott on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., bringing decades of market experience to a show with a strong emphasis on sports gaming.
The Deal Behind Sports Betting, NIL, Revenue Sharing, and the Portal with Charles Hanagriff
In this episode of The Deal Podcast, hosts Joshua Wilson and Scott Shea sit down with Charles Hanagriff — veteran sports broadcaster, co-host of "Live at Lunch" on 104.5 ESPN, and the voice of Eagle 98.1 Gameday for over two decades — recorded on the Baton Rouge Podcast Tour. Charles unpacks how sports betting, NIL, revenue sharing, and the ...