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The Dru Nettles Show

Dru Nettles used to hit people hard on the football field back in the day. On July 1, 2010, The Dru Nettles Show hit the airwaves!  Broadcasting live from Big Mike’s Sports Bar and Grill, Aspen Square in Denham Springs, The Dru Nettles Show airs Thursday nights, 7pm-8pm (central) on The Score, 1210AM, Baton Rouge.  Our program can also be heard on the Internet at SportsGumbo.net.

Hosted by Denham Springs HS Athletic Director/Head Football Coach Dru Nettles and Jon Fine, The Dru Nettles Show aspires to provide listeners with an analytical, insightful, yet light-hearted weekly journey into Denham Springs High School athletics.  Interviews with Jackets coaches and players take place on each program.  We have a weekly academic segment with either DS principal Kelly Jones, his staff or a student. Live Oak High School has a guest on the show each week.  We talk to a Sponsor of The Week.  And, there’s a call-in segment at the end of the program.

The Dru Nettles Show is a Jon Fine Sports Production.  Jon also produces and does play-by-play for Denham Springs HS sports broadcasts.  Jon has produced these broadcasts since 1994 and has called play-by-play for the Jackets since 2003, and had a prior 3 year stint behind the Denham microphone.   Jon Fine Sports also produces football broadcasts for Central HS and Episcopal HS.  Weekly programs besides The Dru Nettles Show that are produced by Jon Fine Sports Productions are Plaquemine Sports Weekly and The Sid Edwards Show.  All of these programs/broadcasts can be heard on a variety of radio stations.  They can also be heard live, right here, at SportsGumbo.net.  For more info on Jon Fine Sports Productions, please see “Jon Fine Sports Prod.” or “History” on the Main Menu of this web site.

The Dru Nettles Show follows 2 radio shows produced by Jon Fine Sports Productions that largely involved Denham Springs HS athletics.  Livingston Sports Weekly originated in September 2006, airing on The Score, 1210AM and SportsGumbo.net.  This program covered the athletic programs of Denham Springs HS, Live Oak HS and Walker HS. Josh Ward originally hosted the show and handled the Denham Springs HS segment. Josh was followed by Jon Fine. Robbie Harrison was our Live Oak HS correspondent, with Chris Ledoux following Walker HS. In January 2008, the program joined forces with Central HS and became THE High School Sports Show, broadcasting live from Fox’s Pizza Den in Central. Steve Johnson (Central HS) became part of the program.

On Thursday, July 1, 2010, THE High School Sports Show branched off into The Dru Nettles Show and The Sid Edwards Show (Thursdays, 5pm-6pm, broadcasting live from Fox’s Pizza Den in Central, on WPFC, 1550AM, Baton Rouge or the Internet at  SportsGumbo.net, co-hosted by Sid Edwards and Steve Johnson.)

The Dru Nettles Show and Denham Springs HS football and basketball broadcasts all air on The Score, 1210AM, Fox Sports Radio, a Clear Channel Station, in Baton Rouge. Denham Springs HS broadcasts have aired on 1210AM—which has been The Score, 1210AM since 1998—for at least the last 4 decades. The Score, 1210AM’s predecessor was Christian Country, Bayou 1210AM—a station which was located on Hatchell Lane in Denham Springs and was owned by Jeff and Nancy David.

Big Mike’s Sports Bar and Grill is located on Aspen Square in Denham Springs (the former Cocodries).  Owned by “Big Mike” O’Neal Jr. and his wife Jocelyn O’Neal, Big Mike’s opened up in March 2010.  Big Mike is a Denham Springs HS graduate who played on the Jackets football team with Dru Nettles. O’Neal Jr’s grandfather, Shelly O’Neal, was the mayor of Denham Springs in the late 50’s/early 60’s. The Dru Nettles Show is piped in throughout the restaurant on Thursday nights.  Everyone is invited to attend to see and hear the program at Big Mike’s.

A couple of terrific organizations that include Jon Fine Sports Productions in its membership are the Denham Springs Athletics Association and The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce. To join the Athletics Association, you can contact Robbie Spangler at Robster1950@Hotmail.com. The Livingston Parish Chamber can be reached at (225) 665-8155. See chamber link at right.

Denham Springs statistician Robert Graves serves the Yellow Jackets athletic department in a number of capacities.  One of which is to sell advertisements for the Jackets programs and signs at Yellow Jackets Stadium.  We’re in that number.—Check out The Dru Nettles Show sign and ad in the program during Friday night home games.  Robert also assists us tremendously at The Dru Nettles Show. And, he has a great Denham Springs Football web site—see link on right hand side of page.

The Dru Nettles Show hopes to receive tremendous sponsor support.  We hope that you, in turn, will have the opportunity to patronize our fine sponsors.  They make this program possible.  Our fine The Dru Nettles Show sponsors include:

BAKER PRINTING
BIG MIKE’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL
CHARTER HOME HEALTH
CUROPRO
DEMCO
DR. MICHAEL SCEROLER
EDWARD JONES OF DENHAM SPRINGS—
              JARED LABUE or SCOTT LANDRY
HARRIS AVIATION
INNOVATIVE AUDIO
RICHARDS HONDA
SCREEN TECH PROMOTIONS
SEARS - HOME APPLIANCE SHOWROOM
SPORTSCLIPS
THE BOND-WROTEN EYE CLINIC

If your business might be interested in sponsoring The Dru Nettles Show, please contact Jon Fine at Jon@SportsGumbo.net.

We have plenty of The Dru Nettles Show cards and flyers.  If you’d like to help promote our program by displaying a flyer or 2 in a prominent place you have access to or pass out some cards to some sports-minded Denham Springs HS fans, please e-mail Jon@SportsGumbo.net.

Finally, the hosts would love to hear from you.  If you have a question you’d like answered or a comment you’d like to make, please feel free to contact Coach Dru Nettles at Dru@SportsGumbo.net or Jon Fine at Jon@SportsGumbo.net. 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE DRU NETTLES SHOW, A JON FINE SPORTS PRODUCTION, BROADCASTING LIVE FROM BIG MIKE’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL, ON THE SCORE, 1210AM, BATON ROUGE AND ON THE NET AT SPORTSGUMBO.NET.