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Murray State athletics is mourning the loss of the original “Voice of the Racers” Chuck Shuffett, who died Sunday at the age of 87. Shuffett did radio play-by-play for the Racers from 1958-75 and was an important part of the start of the modern era of Murray State’s advancement to NCAA D-I athletics. During a time when the popularity of college sports was growing, Shuffett was the eyes and ears for Racer fans especially when the team was away from home. His broadcast style was one-of-a-kind. His extensive vocabulary and his love of literature gave him the ability to paint with words the pictures his listeners expected.
Chuck Shuffett was a multi-talented individual who was an on-air talent, writer, publisher and business owner. In the mid-1950’s, he purchased Murray’s original radio station WNBS and also its FM sister station WAAW. Along with his wife Margaret “Mimi”, they published Montage Magazine from 1993 till 2013.
Shuffett was inducted into the Murray State Athletics Hall of Fame to the Hall of Distinction category in 2016.
(Courtesy Murray State Athletics)
