Harold Mann, voice of Lamar Athletics

[AggiesAreWe]

Harold Mann is no longer with IHeart Radio, KLVI 560.

Not sure what this means with radio broadcasts of Lamar football, basketball and baseball. Mann was the broadcaster for all these sports.

It's possible that KLVI will no longer broadcast Lamar athletics. Not sure what they will do now without Mann.

Wish Harold all the best. He was great at his job and as professional as they come.

[navydawg31]

6 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Harold Mann is no longer with IHeart Radio, KLVI 560.

Not sure what this means with radio broadcasts of Lamar football, basketball and baseball. Mann was the broadcaster for all these sports.

It's possible that KLVI will no longer broadcast Lamar athletics. Not sure what they will do now without Mann.

Wish Harold all the best. He was great at his job and as professional as they come.

I am guessing he won’t do Nederland games anymore either then… this is a HUGE loss. Great at his job but even better “Mann” 

[AggiesAreWe]

3 minutes ago, navydawg31 said:

I am guessing he won’t do Nederland games anymore either then… this is a HUGE loss. Great at his job but even better “Mann” 

I spoke with Harold earlier today. He believes that KLVI will continue to do Nederland football and Lamar athletic broadcasts and he will contract out for them. He is just no longer a full time employee with IHeart/KLVI.

He isn't 100% certain of this but believes it will happen.

[navydawg31]

5 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I spoke with Harold earlier today. He believes that KLVI will continue to do Nederland football and Lamar athletic broadcasts and he will contract out for them. He is just no longer a full time employee with IHeart/KLVI.

He isn't 100% certain of this but believes it will happen.

That’s great news.. thanks for the info! 

[thetragichippy]

I'm a little behind - is Al Caldwell still on KLVI?

[AggiesAreWe]

6 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

I'm a little behind - is Al Caldwell still on KLVI?

Yes.

[SmashMouth]

On 4/15/2026 at 4:26 PM, AggiesAreWe said:

I spoke with Harold earlier today. He believes that KLVI will continue to do Nederland football and Lamar athletic broadcasts and he will contract out for them. He is just no longer a full time employee with IHeart/KLVI.

He isn't 100% certain of this but believes it will happen.

Do you know why his position was terminated?

[AggiesAreWe]

3 hours ago, SmashMouth said:

Do you know why his position was terminated?

Corporate cutbacks. 

[SmashMouth]

On 4/27/2026 at 8:45 AM, AggiesAreWe said:

Corporate cutbacks. 

I assumed that to be the case. Al, Jim & Greg are definitely 3 of the biggest broadcast names in our area, but one of KLVI’s greatest draws to audiences is their sports coverage. Although he might be my favorite of the 4, I would have contemplated using Greg as a drop in a few times in the morning with a recorded weather forecast throughout the day instead of a full-time fixture and kept Harold on for the sports. Just my opinion though. 

[SmashMouth]

On 4/17/2026 at 11:23 AM, thetragichippy said:

I'm a little behind - is Al Caldwell still on KLVI?

He was hospitalized for a time and is now on a shortened work week. Dude is 90. Lol. Can’t blame him. 

[AggiesAreWe]

31 minutes ago, SmashMouth said:

I assumed that to be the case. Al, Jim & Greg are definitely 3 of the biggest broadcast names in our area, but one of KLVI’s greatest draws to audiences is their sports coverage. Although he might be my favorite of the 4, I would have contemplated using Greg as a drop in a few times in the morning with a recorded weather forecast throughout the day instead of a full-time fixture and kept Harold on for the sports. Just my opinion though. 

Harold believes and so do I (based on some other info I received) KLVI will continue to do sports with Harold contracting out. At least the Lamar athletics. Not sure about Nederland.

[SmashMouth]

14 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Harold believes and so do I (based on some other info I received) KLVI will continue to do sports with Harold contracting out. At least the Lamar athletics. Not sure about Nederland.

Sure hope so.