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Tommy Sanders
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Sanders debuted on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network when Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Outdoors was launched in January 1990. He introduces each program and the short features which are aired between the shows. These features often have an environmental and/or educational theme.
He serves in a similar role on ESPN2’s Sunday morning outdoors programming block.
Sanders also hosts the Stihl Timbersports Series (since 1990), the FLW Tournament series (since 1996) and the Bassmaster Classic fishing tournament series, all airing on the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network family of television networks. In addition, he co-hosts Saltwater television, a weekly webcast at ESPNOutdoors.com.
Other programs featuring Sanders include The Bassmasters (co-hosted with Mark Zona, airing weekly on ESPN2) and Hooked Up (a webcast seen at bassmasterscom) A native of Magnolia, Arkansas, Sanders graduated in 1976 from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, earning a bachelor of arts degree in English and theater. While at Hendrix he helped launch the campus radio station, KHDX, in 1973.
He attended graduate school at New York University from 1980 to 1981, studying film and television
Sanders began his career in television as a writer and producer for Arkansas Educational Television from 1979–1980, and worked for seven years (1980–1987) as a freelance writer and on-air host of industrial and educational films. From 1987-1992, Sanders was a partner in The Works, a recording studio in Little Rock, Arkansas. Sanders" future status with Entertainment and Sports Programming Network remains unclear following the network"s 3 August 2010 announcement that it plans to sell Bachelor of Arts.S.S. Limited Liability Company, which runs the Bassmasters Fishing series, to a group of investors led by Don Logan, Jerry McKinnis and Jim Copeland.
Sanders was inducted into the Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame on 11 September 2009.
