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Hello and welcome.

It's our number one, hour number one of our radio program recorded overnight for you.

And before I tell you what's coming up this hour, a programming note, the fifth hour with Ben Mallor made available right now.

It should be available right now.

If not, it'll be available shortly.

You can check it out.

And our guest on our Friday Convers conversation podcast is with Mel Proctor.

Now, Mel Proctor was a play-by-play voice of the Baltimore Orioles.

In baseball, he did the NBA's Washington Bullets.

He called Washington National Games.

He's worked for the Padres, the Texas Rangers, the Clippers,

a lifetime of play-by-play.

And we'll hear how he ended up working all over the country as a play-by-play.

It's an interesting conversation with Mel Proctor about his career and broadcasting in general.

But this hour, how concerned should Jacksonville coach Urban Meyer be with Trevor Lawrence's love of football?

We parse the quotes coming out of a recent Sports Illustrated story.

That and more.

It's coming your way right now in our number one.

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