Blair Cartwright is in his third year as the Director of New Media for the combined University of Arkansas Athletic Department after serving in the same role for the Women’s Athletic Department for four years.
Cartwright oversees the production of video and audio content for the “RazorVision” portion of ArkansasRazorbacks.com as well as other video production projects for the Athletic Department. He also serves as the host and producer of the award-winning “The Razorback Report” podcast and the “Courtside with Tom Collen” internet show.
Cartwright served as co-host of the award winning “Lady Razorback TV” show with Lady Razorback Coaches in addition to shooting, editing, and producing all content for the show. Cartwright was also responsible for all the audio and video content on ladybacks.com and produced and hosted the award winning “The Lady Razorback Report,” the first podcast devoted to women’s college athletics ,which he began in the fall of 2005.
Cartwright has served as the play-by-play announcer for Arkansas women’s sporting events airing on Cox Sports Television and was the co-host of “Hog Tails,” a monthly television show devoted to Razorback sports which aired on Cox Sports Television from 2005-2009.
Prior to his joining the Razorbacks, Cartwright provided video production services to the Lady Razorbacks through his production company, Ponderosa Productions. Cartwright produced and co-hosted the award-wining “Gary Blair Show” covering Lady Razorback Basketball for 10 years as well as serving as the department’s official videographer for five years before joining the then Women’s Communications Office in 2000. In addition, Cartwright has served as the radio play-by-play voice for Razorback softball and volleyball.
Cartwright worked eight years at KHOG/KHBS-TV as a weekend sports anchor/ reporter. While at KHOG/KHBS, he won Associated Press first place awards for “sports special” and “sports videography”. A 1990 Graduate of Arkansas State University, he has served on the Springdale Schools Alumni Foundation Board of Directors and has worked with Lincoln Financial Sports, ESPN, and Fox Sports on a freelance basis. An avid sports fan and golfer, Cartwright is a native of Springdale, Arkansas, where he and his wife, Suzanne, have two daughters, Chandler and Carrington, and two sons, Brooks and Baylor.