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★ Honors

Awards and recognition

★ Every title

Titles and credits

From More Than a Game and charliemacbook.com.

1. Sportscaster of the Year, nine timesNamed in Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, and South Carolina by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Tennessee in 1990 and 1991, and Kentucky after his first year there.
2. Four SEC schools in four statesThe only play-by-play announcer in conference history to call the games for four SEC schools in four different states.
3. President, NSSATwo years as president of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, a seat held by the likes of Keith Jackson and Furman Bisher, after ten years on the national board of directors.
4. Lindsey Nelson Award, 2006From the All-American Football Association, for his contribution to football.
5. Voice of Ole Miss, 1974 to 1977Play-by-play for radio and the televised football coaches show. The first of his four SEC schools.
6. Voice of the Vanderbilt CommodoresFourteen years of football and basketball on radio and TV, the longest he sat anywhere.
7. University of KentuckyWildcat football and basketball on radio and TV through Host Communications, starting in 1992.
8. Voice of the South Carolina GamecocksFootball and basketball on radio and TV, with select radio and CSS baseball, including NCAA Regionals and Finals. Hang a Garnet six.
9. Gamecock coaches showsHosted the shows for Lou Holtz, Dave Odom, Susan Walvius, and Ray Tanner.
10. Middle Tennessee Blue RaidersPlay-by-play for football and basketball, and host of the TV coaches shows.
11. University of GeorgiaA Georgia football telecast with Vince Dooley for Host Communications, then five years in the university's communications and athletics department, with Georgia radio shows and a season of women's basketball.
12. Host, NCAA Today on ESPNFor ESPN and Host Communications.
13. Host, College Sports TodaySyndicated national radio.
14. SEC Tournament title game, twicePlay-by-play voice of the men's basketball final, once in Atlanta and once in Memphis.
15. NCAA Tournament gamesNational radio for CBS and Host, plus a national college football show.
16. CBS RadioPlay-by-play, along with syndicated SEC football and ACC basketball radio.
17. Jefferson-Pilot Sports and Fox SportsSelected games.
18. Sports director and anchorWABG-TV in Greenwood, WLBT-TV in Jackson, WREG-TV in Memphis, and WSMV-TV in Nashville.
19. Sports director, WLAC RadioSix years at the fifty-thousand-watt station in Nashville, including sports talk.
20. Ranked by Broadcasting MagazineRated nationally in sports while at WSMV, right below anchor Dan Miller.
21. Instructor, Sports BroadcastingThe Maymester course at the University of South Carolina.
22. Cystic Fibrosis FoundationState chairman in Mississippi while in Jackson, then two years on the board in Memphis.
23. Charlie Mac Celebrity Golf and Sports AuctionHost, in Nashville, for the American Cancer Society and the Ronald McDonald House.
24. Country Music AssociationMember. Recorded two singles in Nashville, and Chain of Memories charted locally.
25. Bandleader, five decadesFrom the Ole Miss Wanted to the CMac Blues Band, which is still together.
26. Delta MagazineFeatured profile.
27. Delta State UniversityGraduate, and a baseball player for Coach Dave “Boo” Ferriss.
28. Author, More Than a GameHis first book, from Heartland Publishing.

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