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2009 Outstanding Broadcasting Jim Hughson By Fred Walker “I feel like a 20-year-old because I’ve finally got the best job in hockey.” After nearly 30-years covering and calling countless sporting events, that’s how B.C. (Fort St. John) native Jim Hughson describes his ascension to the elite ranks of hockey broadcasting in this country. It not [...]
Ron MacLean by Fred Walker The Summer Olympic Games in Beijing were televised “live” by CBC and Ron MacLean was the network’s prime time host. In broadcast language “prime time” is defined as that time of the day between the hours of 7:00 and 11:00 p.m. It may have been prime time in the Eastern [...]
DAN SHULMAN by Fred Walker He says he never saw it. He was there. Most likely in one of the best seats in the house. Yet, somehow he missed it. How could that be? After all, it was his job to talk about it but how could he discuss it if he wasn’t witness to [...]
RON MACLEAN by Fred Walker If it hadn’t been for TSN, Ron MacLean might still be doing the TV weather in Red Deer. Wait a minute! MacLean works for CBC, doesn’t he? What’s TSN got to do with all this? Well, that, as Paul Harvey would say, is the rest of the story. “I was [...]
ROD BLACK by Don Goodwin Rod Black, isn’t about to challenge Mike Weir — unless he gets a few strokes — but his golf game is in pretty good shape, as chronicled in a feature story on the 40-year-old lead sports commentator for TSN in a cover story in Ontario Golf News Magazine a couple [...]
CHRIS CUTHBERT by Fred Walker It’s often been said that careers can be shaped by a single event. Dan Rather was a CBS reporter in Texas when JFK was assassinated and was recognized for his superb reporting skills during that tense time in Dallas. Aaron Brown was a CNN reporter whose career took off following [...]
JERRY HOWARTH with TOM CHEEK Complimenting Tom Cheek’s work in the broadcast booth is his partner of 22-years, Jerry Howarth. His association with the Blue Jays came innocently enough. In 1980 Jerry was sports director and talk show host at KWMS in Salt Lake City when he got a call asking him if he’d like [...]
TOM CHEEK with JERRY HOWARTH Quickly now, name one person who has seen nearly 4500 Blue Jays games — someone who has seen every Blue Jays game since the team’s very first season in 1977. Twenty-seven seasons of 162 games and the total comes to 4,374. And that doesn’t include spring training or playoffs. Tom [...]
