Randall James Karraker (born August 19, 1962) is an American sportscaster in

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. He is the former host of ''The Fast Lane'', the top-rated sports radio show in St. Louis, on 101 ESPN, with former

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player

Brad Thompson Bradley Joseph Thompson (born January 31, 1982) is an American former professional pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals from 2005–2010. Career Thompson was drafted by the St. Louis C ...

and Chris Rongey. He was also the host of the

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pregame shows on 101 ESPN up until the team's move to Los Angeles in January 2016. He hosted this show with former NFL coach

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, before Hanifan was replaced by

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in 2009, and then with Anthony Stalter up until the team's departure. In 2009 and 2010, he was also the television voice of Southern Illinois Edwardsville Cougars basketball on CCIN. He used to be the host of the popular CCIN television program ''Chalk Talk'', with Malcolm Briggs, McGraw Millhaven, and Tony Twist. Karraker left "The Fast Lane" on May 1, 2020, to host his own show on 101, "Karraker and Smallmon." Before arriving at 101 ESPN, Karraker had an 18-year stint at

KMOX KMOX (1120 AM) is a commercial radio station in St. Louis, Missouri. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it is a 50,000 watt Class A clear-channel station with a non-directional signal. The KMOX studios and offices are on Olive Street at Tucker Boulev ...

, working his way up from an intern to the host of the station's marquee sports program, ''Sports Open Line'', after which he had two shorter stints at KTRS and Team 1380, where he hosted an afternoon drive program, ''The Roll Home'', with

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columnist Bernie Miklasz. He attended

Lindenwood University Lindenwood University is a private university in St. Charles, Missouri. Founded in 1827 by George Champlin Sibley and Mary Easton Sibley as The Lindenwood School for Girls, it is the second-oldest higher-education institution west of the Missis ...

, then known as Lindenwood College, in St. Charles, Missouri, which also produced sportscasters

Greg Amsinger Greg Amsinger is an American sportscaster and currently a studio host for MLB Network. Personal life Amsinger was born on May 24, 1979, in St. Louis, Missouri. He has five brothers and one sister. Amsinger and his wife have two children and th ...

and

Dan McLaughlin Daniel McLaughlin (born March 18, 1974) is a professional sportscaster who formerly worked on the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues telecasts on the cable television channel Bally Sports Midwest. He used to be a play-by-play announcer for ...

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''The Fastlane'' homepage Riverfront Times article detailing the 2005 mass firings at KTRSOfficial TwitterPress Release announcing the addition of Karraker to the Rams broadcast team Karraker announces he wants to buy the Rams
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