They already have chemistry, having worked together previously on Carmel High School radio broadcasts.

Boylan, a sophomore, will do the play-by-play and Binder, a junior, will provide the color commentary on WCRD-FM (91.3).

Ball State opens at home against Southeast Missouri State at 7 p.m. today.

In the 2007-08 school year, they did Carmel home football and basketball games for WHJE-FM (91.3), the high school radio station.

Boylan and Binder placed first in the 2008 High School Competition, sponsored by the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters, for the football broadcast. They placed second in the basketball competition.

By the time Binder started his senior year, the two had an almost perfect chemistry.

"We knew when we needed to talk, when we passed it off and when each other needed their time to talk," Binder said. "We knew when to fill the space. It made the broadcasts flow that much better and sounded more professional."

They auditioned separately for the Ball State football radio positions.

Boylan is eager to reunite their broadcasting partnership in game coverage.

"Having Kyle with me will be a huge advantage," Boylan said. "We can kind of pick up right where we left off instead of having to make an new start. I think it's going to allow our beginning broadcasts to be even more successful."

During the past school year, they also did a sports talk show together on WCRD.

They also are working on video segments for Ball State sports link (www.bsusportslink.com). The immersive learning production enables the young broadcasters to do player and team features and live coverage.

The stories are shown on Ball State's TV station and could be picked up by ESPNU.

"It's a great learning experience for the TV side," Binder said.

Binder and are good friends and roommates in the same house.

"We have the same type of personality and get along really well, and it kind of shows when we do broadcasts as well," Binder said. "We have upbeat personalities, and we can feed off each other really well."

Carmel's strong broadcasting program gives them a boost over many other Ball State students, Binder said.

"I had leaps and bounds more experience than other people who were just trying out and trying to get their feet wet," Binder said.

Boylan concurred, noting many students arrive at Ball State without experience at a high school radio station.

"The opportunity that Carmel gave is, I don't know if I would say it was second to none but second to very few," Boylan said. "The opportunity we had WHJE at Carmel is a huge reason why we are able to do what we're doing at WCRD at Ball State."