Bob irving cjob biography of rory

I had met Ken a year earlier and during our conversation at the golf course, he advised me they had an opening in the CJOB sports department and suggested that I send in an audio tape and a letter of application. As excited as I was to finally get a chance to do what I had always dreamt of doing, little did I know my sportscasting ship had come in.

And less than two years later, with Nicolson unable to handle both the Winnipeg Jets and Winnipeg Blue Bombers play-by-play because of conflicts between the two schedules, I was told I would have to take over the call of Blue Bomber games. I had never done play-by-play, and I was year-old, wet-behind-the-ears cub reporter. And I was scared to death.

But through the encouragement of Ploen, Zalnasky and media legends Jack Wells and Jack Matheson, who were involved in our broadcasts, I launched my Blue Bomber play-by-play career at the old Autostade in Montreal with Dieter Brock quarterbacking the Bombers. After thinking about it, there are a few games that were particularly memorable, he allows.

First was the Aug. The Als came to town with a slew of big names, including ex-L. It was absolutely incredible. That was the evening Bombers quarterback Matt Dunigan threw for yards to set a professional record for most yards completed by a QB in a single game. But it was an incredible thing to see in person. There was a lot of stuff going on. They mop the floor with the Stamps and away they go to Saskatchewan, a game they win by the skin of their teeth.

That Cody Fajardo pass that hit the upright in the dying seconds? Except they burst out of the locker room absolutely on fire and win it going away, The three of them worked so hard on changing the team culture and creating an atmosphere where players wanted to be in Winnipeg. They did everything right and it was great to see them rewarded for their efforts.

Tait, who also wrote about the Big Blue for the Free Press from torecalls the conversation he had with his parents a week or two into his first Bombers training camp in June Tait recalls one Labour Day game in particular. His attention to detail that day blew her away, she says. Seriously, to be that prepared after 30 or 40 years of calling CFL games?

Earlier this summer Irving was fairly outspoken on social media, arguing that the federal government should have been doing everything in its power to ensure the CFL staged some semblance of a season in Not a grant but a loan. Sent weekly from the heart of Turtle Island, an exploration of Indigenous voices, perspectives and experiences. Brown Buono H.

Currie G. Morris C. Ritchie D. Simpson F. Smith L. Afaganis A. Allen P. Allen R. Cox G. Hall V. Hall Hanley Hooper Bo. Isaac M. Isaac Te. Jones Kearney G. Proudfoot T. Smith M. Taylor Tucker Ullrich Viney G. Walker H. Walker Ja. Wells Jo. George McCloy was an announcer. Al Tasker was an engineer. George Davies took over as production manager, replacing Ed Farey who left for the U.

Announcer Vic Cotton left for the U. He replaced Dave Robertson who moved to a daytime airshift. Blick was manager and A. Messner was commercial manager. On May 12 George Davies reported details from various locations during the Winnipeg flood — a major area catastrophe. Boniface was hit hard by the Red River flooding. The station was able to stay on the air through the entire ordeal though.

Also on-air: Gregg Anderson and Jim Gibson.

Bob irving cjob biography of rory

He left that station for the banking business last year. George Davies was program director. Ethel Lowe was an organist. James Henderson, manager of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra was hosting a 50 minute program on Sunday nights. Cliff Gardiner was morning man. Jim Gibson provided music during supper time hours. Chuck Skelding was an on the spot reporter.

Dave Robertson hosted a program for teenagers. Vic Turland hosted a British variety hour. Irv Stein hosted an after dinner program of music, news and variety. CJOB received approval to move from to kHz and to increase power from watts full-time to 5, watts day and 2, watts at night. Fawcett left to buy a radio station in Fort Frances, Ontario.

The mystery man disappeared and surfaced again in St. Bee lapel pins, OB lighters and OB pens were handed out with tubs of honey on advertising agency and client calls. At public appearances OB staff wore green blazers. The station wanted everyone to bee-lieve in OB! CJOB applied to change frequency from kHz to kHz and to increase power from watts to 10, watts.

The station was already authorized to move to kHz with 5, watts day and 2, watts at night, but that move had not yet been implemented. CJOB was an independent station with no network affiliation. Ownership of Blick Broadcasting Ltd. Blick Monk 0. Osler 1. Powell 6. Curry 4. Watson 8. John O. George C. Davies was program and production manager. It had a new frequency — kHz — and increased power of 5, watts.

It is believed the station first proposed to increase power to 2, watts but went with 5, watts in the end. Also, Jack Blick offered the old transmission equipment and frequency to the University of Manitoba so they could start their own station if approved by the CBC. It is not known if an application for such a station was ever made at the time.

CJOB received approval to increase daytime power from 5, to 10, watts. Night-time power would remain 2, watts. The station would continue to utilize a directional antenna pattern at night. To underscore the move he created a contest which was promoted in Broadcaster magazine.