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93-678: The CRBC was established in 1932 by the government of R.B. Bennett based on the recommendations of the 1929 Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting and as a result of the lobbying efforts of the Canadian Radio League . The network was created on May 26, 1932 and existed until November 2, 1936 when it was reorganized as a Crown corporation becoming the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Daily national broadcasting began in May 1933 with an hour's programming

186-453: A kinescope of a goal, and replayed it for the television audience seconds later. Regular-season games were not broadcast in their entirety until 1968, and only one game was televised each Saturday night until the 1990s. From 1952 to 1964, the HNIC telecast followed the lead of the radio broadcast by beginning at 9 p.m. ET; games were typically joined in progress shortly before (or during)

279-586: A 30-minute pre-game show airing at 6:30 p.m. ET. Olympic women's ice hockey champion Cassie Campbell joined Hockey Night in Canada in 2006 as a rink-side reporter, becoming (on October 14, 2006) the first female colour commentator on an HNIC broadcast. Campbell substituted when Harry Neale was snowed in at his home in Buffalo . ( Helen Hutchinson was the first woman to appear on HNIC telecasts in 1974, when she conducted between-period interviews on

372-779: A Sunday afternoon), the retirement of Steve Yzerman 's jersey in 2007, Sidney Crosby 's comeback game in Pittsburgh against the New York Islanders in 2011, and early editions of the league's major outdoor games (such as the Winter Classic ). However, due to their decline in popularity, outdoor games are no longer shown on the CBC or branded HNIC unless a Canadian team is involved. The CBC provides extensive Stanley Cup playoff coverage every spring (focusing on Canadian teams), and has exclusive English-language rights to

465-422: A couple bucks for a poppy or something like that. These guys paid for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada, these guys paid the biggest price." On June 5, 2020, Sportsnet announced that it had hired TSN commentator and former Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster Chris Cuthbert . Jim Hughson retired before the 2021–22 season . Hockey Night features, until 2019, included the "Coach's Corner" segment during

558-409: A day which was increased over time. At its creation, Prime Minister Bennett spoke of the need for public control of radio saying: The three-man commission had a mandate to regulate, control all broadcasting in Canada as well as to create and transmit its own programming and to lease, purchase or construct stations for its dissemination. Its ability to carry out its mandate was severely restricted by

651-459: A good Hockey Night , for now. — Ron MacLean , closing the last CBC-produced Hockey Night in Canada broadcast (June 13, 2014) Negotiating a new contract with the CBC, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman reportedly recognized the broadcaster's financial difficulties and offered a smaller package which would have consisted of a national doubleheader on Saturday nights (as opposed to regional coverage of multiple games), reduced playoff coverage, and

744-552: A new weapon with which one religious group could bludgeon another... ", and that U.S. stations unfairly dominated the airwaves despite an agreements to reserve some frequencies exclusively for Canadian stations. In December 1928, under the direction of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King , P.J. Arthur (Minister of Marine and Fisheries) formed the Aird Commission to report on federal broadcasting policy. Sir John Aird and his colleagues Charles A. Bowman, Esq. (Editor of

837-568: A total value of at least $ 3.2 billion. BCE (owners of Bell Media and previous cable rights-holder TSN ) bid for sole national rights to the NHL, and attempted to contact the CBC about a partnership; the CBC Sports staff did not respond. Rogers Communications also made a bid of its own. On November 26, 2013, the NHL announced a 12-year deal with Rogers for exclusive Canadian television and digital media rights to all NHL broadcasts beginning with

930-413: A week, but doubleheader games had debuted in 1995 at 7:30 pm and 10:30 pm (ET) start times. Since 1998, the games begin at 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm (ET). The broadcast features various segments during the intermissions and between games, as well as pre- and post-game coverage of the night's games, and player interviews. It also shows the hosts' opinions on news and issues occurring in the league. Ahead of

1023-564: A weekly program originating from Toronto late Saturday nights but aimed at Canadians living in the far north including personal messages to RCMP officers, missionaries, trappers and others from family and friends, began in December 1933. The show was made up of listener letters, important messages from family and friends in other parts of the country, news and recorded music, and would run from November to May on CRBC's stations as well as several Canadian shortwave stations. During its first season,

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1116-527: A western Canadian farm. One of the best known national drama series was Radio Theatre Guild produced in Montreal by Rupert Caplan. Under program director Ernie Bushnell , CRBC increased the number of weekly English language series being broadcast over the network to 17 by the time of the network's demise. Another CRBC program, one which originated on the CNR's network in 1931, was Hockey Night in Canada under

1209-479: A wrap-up of the night's games and a lengthy interview with (and viewer questions to) a player or coach, usually from one of the game's teams. After Hours was revived for 2016–17, and is shown on Sportsnet and the CBC. Only on rare occasions has HNIC broadcast regular-season games involving two U.S.-based teams, and this has usually been due to exceptional circumstances. Special occasions have included Wayne Gretzky 's final game in 1999 (which actually took place on

1302-535: A year, but would close the shortwave station in 1938. With the exception of CKY (now CBW , unrelated to today's CKY-FM ), the remaining affiliates are no longer connected the CBC. Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting The Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting , otherwise known as the Aird Commission , was chaired by John Aird and examined Canada's broadcasting industry. The report released its findings in 1929 when it concluded that Canada

1395-471: Is the right time for him to immediately step down." Cherry said to a Toronto Sun reporter, "I know what I said and I meant it. Everybody in Canada should wear a poppy to honour our fallen soldiers ... I would have liked to continue doing 'Coach's Corner'. The problem is if I have to watch everything I say, it isn't 'Coach's Corner ' ". He later said that if he had to do it again, he would have said "everybody". The following Saturday, MacLean reflected on

1488-769: The Coach's Corner segment and was the on-location host of Sportsnet's Hometown Hockey games. Cherry, called "iconic" by Rogers resident Keith Pelley, remained under contract to the CBC until he was released on November 11, 2019. Several other CBC Hockey Night veterans continued in roles with HNIC and Rogers' NHL coverage, including game announcers Jim Hughson (who retired in 2021) and Bob Cole (who retired in 2019); reporters Elliotte Friedman , Scott Oake , and Cassie Campbell-Pascall ; and analysts Glenn Healy , Kelly Hrudey , Craig Simpson , Garry Galley , and P. J. Stock . New hires included game announcers Dave Randorf and Paul Romanuk . The CBC-Rogers agreement reduced

1581-616: The Hockey Night in Canada (often abbreviated Hockey Night or HNiC ) brand that is primarily associated with its Saturday night NHL broadcasts throughout its history in various platforms. The brand is owned by the CBC and was exclusively used by CBC Sports through the end of the 2013–14 NHL season . Saturday NHL broadcasts began in 1931 on the CNR Radio network, and debuted on television in 1952. Initially games were aired once

1674-590: The 1967 Stanley Cup playoffs . From 1965 through 1975, HNIC also produced and broadcast a Wednesday-night game on CTV (the CBC's privately owned competitor); the midweek games began to be broadcast by local stations during the 1975–76 NHL season . The Vancouver Canucks joined the NHL in 1970–71 , increasing the number of HNIC venues from two to three. During the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons, four more Canadian teams (the Edmonton Oilers , Quebec Nordiques , Winnipeg Jets , and Calgary Flames ) joined

1767-515: The 1982 Stanley Cup Finals , the CBC's only other nationally televised postseason games that year were the April 23 Boston - Quebec game (Game 6), the April 25 Quebec-Boston game (Game 7), and the May 6 Vancouver - Chicago game (Game 5). All the other games were seen regionally. CTV had the national rights for the 1986 Calgary - St. Louis playoff series, except in the Calgary market (in which

1860-613: The 2014–15 season , the Rogers Sports & Media company had secured exclusive national multimedia rights to NHL games. Rogers would sub-license Saturday night and playoff games to the CBC. In addition, the HNiC brand would be licensed to Rogers for Sportsnet -produced Saturday NHL broadcasts airing on CBC Television, as well as the Rogers-owned Citytv and Sportsnet outlets. This sub-license agreement runs through

1953-415: The 2014–15 season ; the deal was valued at $ 5.2 billion, twice as much as what NBC paid for its 2011 long-term contract with the league. The CBC sub-licensed a package of games from Rogers, allowing the network to continue airing Hockey Night in Canada for at least the first four seasons of the agreement (2014–15 through 2017–18). The last CBC-produced Hockey Night broadcast aired on June 13, 2014, when

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2046-660: The CBC Television network and digital broadcasts on CBCSports.ca. It was reached after controversy during the 2006–07 NHL season, when private broadcaster CTVglobemedia tried to acquire exclusive Canadian distribution rights to the NHL for its own networks (including broadcast network CTV and cable channels TSN and RDS ). The CBC also produced Hockey Night in Canada Radio , a daily radio program which premiered on October 1, 2007, on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 122 (also known as Sports Play-by-Play 1). Although

2139-648: The Canadian Corps during World War I . In addition to being a creator of programming and a broadcaster, the CRBC was responsible under the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Act for regulating and controlling all broadcasting in Canada, including privately owned radio stations that did not carry CRBC programming. The CRBC's regulatory responsibilities included determining the number, location and transmitting power of radio stations as well as

2232-566: The Forum ; the Forum's reserve generators could only illuminate the rink enough to keep the game moving, and the CBC abandoned its coverage after the first period. Chris Cuthbert was assigned by the CBC to report and provide updates on Game 1 of the Washington - New Jersey playoff series. When Quebec blacked out, the CBC tasked Cuthbert with working the rest of the game. In Boston, WSBK-TV lost

2325-542: The HNIC broadcasts are broadcast on a part-time television network owned by Rogers' Sportsnet subsidiary and affiliated with the CBC's English-language television stations (although CBC Television branding and continuity is still used on air). A licence for the arrangement was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in April 2015. The loss of NHL rights accompanied other reductions in CBC funding and revenue, leading

2418-759: The Hartford – Montreal playoff series was televised in French and the Edmonton - Philadelphia and Toronto - Minnesota games were shown only on local stations CITV in Edmonton and CHCH in Hamilton , respectively. The Vancouver - Buffalo game was televised by the CBC regionally in British Columbia , since the ACTRA Awards show was tape-delayed into prime time on the west coast . Except for

2511-616: The Los Angeles Kings clinched the Stanley Cup in a four-games-to-one final series over the New York Rangers , ending with a montage set to Queen's "The Show Must Go On" which included season and playoff highlights interspersed with images and sounds from the CBC's six decades of NHL coverage. The new season had a significant change in format for Hockey Night , with games no longer split by region. The CBC

2604-494: The NHL All-Star Game , Stanley Cup playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals , with the latter simulcast on a Rogers network if needed. The NHL Winter Classic aired in 2015 on the CBC, moving to Sportsnet the following year. The CBC did not pay any rights fees to Rogers or the NHL, but Rogers assumed responsibility for production and advertising sales. Promotions for CBC programs are included on CBC simulcasts; Rogers paid

2697-658: The Ottawa Citizen ), Augustin Frigon , D.Sc. (Director of École Polytechnique in Montreal), and Donald Manson, Esq., (Chief Inspector of Radio, Department of Marine and Fisheries) set out to examine how radio broadcasting is done abroad and how it could be improved on home soil. Between April 17 and July 24, the commission heard 164 oral statements, took 124 written submissions, and had the comments of nine provinces and controlled conventions. Travelling across Europe and

2790-501: The "three stars" selection of the first game(s), and before the face-off of Game 2, MacLean and Cherry return to give updates on scores and highlights from around the league. The commentators for Game 2 preview the upcoming contest. Since then, the second-intermission crew return to give updates on scores and highlights from around the league. On the November 9, 2019 "Coach's Corner", Cherry suggested that Canadian immigrants benefit from

2883-467: The CBC and Molson retained exclusive rights). CTV was unable to televise Games 2 and 3 of this series due to prior commitments. The CBC was allowed to televise Games 2 and 3 to Alberta and British Columbia , but not nationally. On April 18, 1988 (during Game 1 of the Montreal – Boston playoff series) at 8:08 p.m. local time, Quebec experienced a power outage. Darkness enveloped Montreal and

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2976-417: The CBC but the network would have suffered a major blow to its prestige if it was excluded from NHL broadcasts. Lacroix said that the deal "is the right outcome for Canadian hockey fans", allowing Hockey Night in Canada to remain on the CBC for a wider audience at a low cost before the 2015 Pan-American Games and 2016 Summer Olympics (whose broadcast rights were owned by the broadcaster). CBC staff called

3069-515: The CBC to CTV to avoid a lengthy NABET strike against the CBC. Bob Cole , Dan Kelly and Jim Robson shared the play-by-play for the CBC's 1980 coverage. In 1986, the CBC televised games one and two of the Stanley Cup Finals in Montreal and Calgary ; it televised games three, four and five nationally. When CTV televised games one and two, both games were blacked out in Montreal and Calgary. The first game four (May 24) of

3162-721: The CBC while the role of licensing stations and allocating wavelengths was assumed by the newly created Department of Transport . In 1958, the Board of Broadcast Governors assumed responsibilities for regulating public and private broadcasters from the CBC and the Department of Transport and in 1968, with the adoption of the Broadcasting Act , regulation became the responsibility of the Canadian Radio-television Commission (CRTC). All but

3255-472: The CBC's advertising revenue, which fell by 37 percent in the last quarter of 2014 from the previous year. Industry analysts reported that, despite the agreement's increased promotion of other CBC programming, the corporation might lose more advertising revenue during the Stanley Cup playoffs. In June 2016, Rogers announced that George Stroumboulopoulos was leaving Sportsnet. Ron MacLean was reinstated as

3348-678: The CNR radio network, became the CRBC's program director. He was terminated, however, for not providing enough programming. Weir was replaced by Ernie Bushnell who became director of CRBC programming in Ontario and Western Canada and Arthur Dupont who was responsible for Quebec and the Maritimes. Network programming included orchestral music, live Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts from NBC and New York Philharmonic Orchestra broadcasts from CBS , dramatized informational programs such as The Youngbloods of Beaver Band which serialized life on

3441-557: The Great Depression. The set top taxes were not enough for the CRBC to survive off of alone, so there were allotted advertising slots for Canadian businesses. This was dually useful as the crippled Canadian economy would benefit from the business generated. After some very controversial and partisan programming, the CRBC became a target from the liberal government who had just come back to power with Mackenzie King's most recent re-election in 1935. With 2 formal investigations in

3534-584: The Maroons folded in 1938, Smith and Ferguson hosted Canadiens games in English. The popularity of the radio show (and Hewitt) across Canada made it an obvious choice for early Canadian network-television programming. Although it was never carried on a U.S. radio station, HNIC became popular with listeners in the northern United States ; if a U.S.-based team (in Boston , Chicago , Detroit , or New York City )

3627-559: The Moncton station later became CBC Radio or Radio Canada stations. The CRBC also leased and operated shortwave radio station CRCX (formerly VE9GW) in Bowmanville, Ontario , broadcasting on 6095 kHz. The station was leased from Gooderham & Worts with Toronto station CRCT (formerly CKGW), which transmitted from the same Bowmanville site. CBC bought CRCX and CRCT from Gooderham & Worts in 1937, after leasing them for

3720-494: The NHL until the 2015–16 season, but the CBC ended production of HNIC Radio for the 2014–15 season due to high production costs and conflicts with Rogers. We close tonight with what I said back in '87, [my] first time around at the helm of this broadcast, "Here's to an endless summer, and here's to an early fall ..." We will leave you congratulating the Los Angeles Kings with the music of Queen, and [we] bid you

3813-428: The NHL. The Oilers and Flames were featured frequently, since the teams were playoff contenders during the 1980s. The Nordiques, owned by Carling O'Keefe (a rival of HNIC sponsor Molson ) with a small Anglophone fan base, were never broadcast from Quebec City during the regular season. The CBC announced before the preliminary round of the 1976 playoffs that they would not televise any preliminary-round games, and

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3906-629: The Ottawa area and Eastern Canada. During the 2015–16 season, the second-most-important game (typically featuring either the Jets, the Senators or the Montreal Canadiens) was allocated to Citytv. Sportsnet also sometimes simulcast the CBC's or Citytv's featured games, and broadcasters (of teams) regionally contracted to Sportsnet as needed. Although second-tier games were shown on Citytv during

3999-646: The Radio Broadcasting industry was not a top agenda issue for the Federal Government in the 1920s. However, a series of controversial and ungoverned attacks over the airwaves, directed namely at the Catholic Church and Canadian Government, led it to be a matter of public and political importance. This led to debates on how broadcasting should be managed. These problems included the feeling that religious radio stations had " ...emerged as

4092-753: The Saturday night doubleheader typically originates in Eastern Canada , beginning at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT). Since 2021–22 , Chris Cuthbert , Craig Simpson , and Kyle Bukauskas serve as the lead broadcast team, primarily calling the CBC Toronto Maple Leafs broadcast. Other Eastern Canada games aired on Citytv are called by the secondary team of John Bartlett , Garry Galley , and Shawn Mackenzie. When three or more early games involve Canadian teams, Sportsnet uses its regional announcers for those broadcasts. From 2008 to 2020, Jim Hughson

4185-685: The Stanley Cup Finals. Its playoff coverage and rights to the Finals continue under the Rogers sublicensing agreement, with coverage shared with Sportsnet and all Canadian-based teams' series being shown on CBC. Due to rights agreements with Rogers, playoff games are not available to livestream on the CBC Gem or CBC Sports online platforms, even if the broadcast airs on CBC Television. In 1972 , Hockey Night in Canada moved playoff coverage from

4278-560: The TV broadcast that became Hockey Night in Canada from 1952 until 1988. The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC) broadcast Montreal Canadiens and Maroons games on its Quebec stations in 1933. Imperial Oil took over sponsorship from General Motors the following year , and the broadcast became known as the Imperial Esso Hockey Broadcast . The broadcasts began at 9 p.m. Eastern Time , around

4371-588: The United States , the commission made several observations regarding the inner workings of radio stations and their ownership. It was noted that some of the best broadcasting was done in Germany and the United Kingdom , where they both made use of a public broadcaster. What they also observed was a dependence on advertising revenue in many radio markets. This dependence led the commission to come to

4464-533: The Wednesday night CTV telecasts.) Trevor Pilling became HNIC executive producer on July 23, 2010, replacing Sherali Najak. In September 2012, Steve Sloan and Joel Darling became the show's executive producers when Pilling became the head of CBC Sports programming. The CBC's deal with the NHL ran through the 2013–14 season , and was replaced in 2014–15 by a sublicensing deal with Rogers Communications . The deal included over-the-air broadcasts of games on

4557-511: The agreement as a "structured exit" from NHL coverage if Rogers did not extend it. Rogers' Hockey Night was initially guided by Scott Moore, appointed Rogers Media president of Sportsnet and NHL properties in January 2014; Moore, with Rogers Media since 2010, was a former CBC Sports president. Rogers reviewed on-air content and production of games and ancillary content, including announcers and other personnel. Hockey Night ' s new look

4650-545: The amount of time spent carrying local and national programming. The CRBC acquired radio stations in Ottawa , Vancouver and Moncton from the CNR Radio network for $ 50,000 as well as CNR Radio studios in various other cities and leased or established additional stations in Montreal , Chicoutimi , Quebec City , Toronto and Windsor . The stations had been created in the 1920s by Canadian National Railways to provide broadcasting for railway passengers but were also heard by

4743-401: The broadcaster called HNIC Radio a return "back to the radio airwaves" for HNIC , HNIC Radio was an NHL-oriented talk show with appearances by HNIC hosts and commentators; it did not cover games. After the merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, the show moved to NHL Network Radio (Sirius channel 207 and XM channel 211). Rogers did not take over national radio rights to

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4836-736: The broadcasts went national in 1931 as the General Motors Hockey Broadcast . The program began broadcasting Saturday-night Toronto Maple Leafs games on November 12, 1931 , over the Canadian National Railway radio network , of which CFCA was an affiliate. The more-powerful CFRB replaced CFCA as the program's Toronto flagship station in 1932. The show was sponsored by General Motors Products of Canada and produced by MacLaren Advertising , which had acquired exclusive radio-broadcasting rights for Maple Leaf Gardens from Conn Smythe in 1931 and produced

4929-592: The clock coverage of the Moose River Mine Disaster in Nova Scotia with announcer J. Frank Willis broadcasting live reports from the mine head every half hour for five days as rescue crews attempted to recover the lost miners. The reports were broadcast throughout Canada as well as to 650 stations in the United States and the BBC . In July 1936, the network broadcast live coverage from France of

5022-470: The conclusion that when it came to matters of public importance, Canadians should have access to uninterrupted public broadcasting, free of solicitation. The latter notion was at times abandoned in hopes to stimulate Canadian businesses during the Great Depression . Without regulation, the commissioners feared that American radio stations would take over Canada. At this time, the United States

5115-509: The corporation for CBC production staff and rent for offices and Studio 41 of the Canadian Broadcasting Centre for Hockey Night and Sportsnet coverage . Hockey Night in Canada was a financial boon for CBC Television , which received half of its total estimated advertising revenue from the broadcasts. To assign responsibility for televised content, compliance with regulatory guidelines and advertising to Rogers,

5208-414: The corporation to cut its budget, staff, and programming. In April 2014, the CBC decided not to compete for NHL or other professional-sports broadcast rights. Among staff members laid off were the advertising sales staff who handled Hockey Night . In an internal staff notification of the Rogers deal, CBC president Hubert T. Lacroix wrote that the arrangement with Rogers "may not be the ideal scenario" for

5301-597: The election. New legislation was introduced creating the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a crown corporation with an arm's length relationship with the government. The management of the CRBC, including Charlesworth, were dismissed and the new CBC was launched on November 2, 1936 with a new management team. At its demise, the CRBC was made up of eight network owned-and-operated stations and 14 privately owned network affiliates . The CRBC's regulatory powers were largely transferred to

5394-477: The end of the Rogers deal with the NHL. Hockey broadcasting originated with play-by-play radio broadcasts from Toronto's Arena Gardens , which began on February 8, 1923, on Toronto station CFCA when Norman Albert announced the third period of play of an intermediate men's Ontario Hockey Association game. Foster Hewitt took over announcing duties within a month, and after several years of sporadic coverage that began to include National Hockey League games,

5487-641: The financial constraints of the Great Depression and it was forced to rely on private stations to carry its programs to much of the country. Bennett named Hector Charlesworth , editor of Saturday Night magazine, as chairman of the CRBC. The other members of the Commission were Thomas Maher, an unsuccessful Quebec Conservative candidate in 1930 federal election and director of a private radio station in Quebec City and Lieutenant Colonel William Arthur Steel (1890–1968) former Chief Radio Officer with

5580-453: The first intermission of the first game. Hockey Night in Canada typically begins at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time (a little more than 30 minutes before the first game's opening faceoff) with Hockey Central Saturday , a pre-game show . Ron MacLean hosts Hockey Central Saturday with analysts Kelly Hrudey , Elliotte Friedman , Kevin Bieksa , and Jennifer Botterill . The first game of

5673-469: The games. From 2012–13 until early in the 2019–20 season , the first intermission of Game 2 contained a short analysis segment with Ron MacLean and Don Cherry followed by "Inside the Game" and "Scoreboard Saturday" with highlights of earlier games. Game 2 was followed on the CBC from 2000–01 to 2014–15 by After Hours , a post-game show hosted by Oake and DeBrusk from the game's arena. The program featured

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5766-422: The general public and functioned, along with up two dozen stations across the country on which CNR Radio leased time, as an early national radio network. The CRBC also hired private stations across the country to carry at least three hours a day of CRBC programming. These affiliates were known as "basic stations". CRBC-owned or leased stations had the prefix "CRC" in their call-letters. E. Austin Weir , formerly of

5859-464: The hands of the new Prime Minister R.B. Bennett . This eventually led to the passing of the Radio Broadcasting Act (1932). This created the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, predecessor to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as well as the Canadian Radio-Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). This early CRBC was meant to serve as a free public broadcaster, under federal control for purposes of education and entertainment. The CRBC also served as

5952-449: The inaugural season, these games were later moved to Sportsnet (with Citytv sometimes airing all-U.S. games or simulcasting the CBC game) to encourage pay-television subscriptions. Until the end of the first period on November 9, 2019, MacLean hosted "Coach's Corner"; the segment featured former NHL Coach of the Year Don Cherry. Cherry analyzed the first period(s) of the game(s) in progress, expressed his opinions about issues affecting

6045-453: The incident during Hockey Night in Canada (his first without Cherry) and announced the end of "Coach's Corner". The second game airs at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT, 8 p.m. MT) on the CBC and Sportsnet, originating from a Mountain or Pacific Time Zone city and usually featuring at least one of Western Canada 's three teams: the Calgary Flames , Edmonton Oilers or Vancouver Canucks . Regular-season games rarely last longer than three hours since

6138-400: The introduction of quicker faceoffs , and every double-header game is seen in its entirety. Since 2021–22, for Western Canada games, Harnarayan Singh , Louie DeBrusk , and Scott Oake are the lead broadcast team, while from 2016-2022, David Amber took over MacLean as host. Like the early games, when at least two Western Canadian teams played, Sportsnet assigned regional announcers to call

6231-459: The loss of digital rights and the All-Star Game. Rights to the remaining properties not covered under the CBC contract would have been offered to other broadcasters. However, CBC Sports ' staff (including executive director Jeffrey Orridge ) continued to insist on exclusivity for every Saturday-night game involving Canadian teams. The CBC was unable to reach a deal; the league reportedly aimed for its next round of Canadian television contracts to have

6324-553: The mid-1930s from special Parliamentary Committees, the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission was disbanded. The broadcasting element of the CRBC was succeeded by what we know today as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1936. The regulatory element of the CRBC and later the CBC eventually evolved into the Board of Broadcast Governors (BBG), and then into the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Hockey Night in Canada CBC Television has aired National Hockey League (NHL) broadcasts under

6417-449: The names Saturday Night Hockey , General Motors Hockey Broadcast and then, starting in 1934, The Imperial Oil Hockey Broadcast . Other programming including fare such as Bible Dramas from CRCM Montreal, Canadian Press News - a 15-minute nightly newscast from CRCT Toronto presented by Charles Jennings (the father of Peter Jennings ), Western Radio Players a weekly dramatic half-hour from CKY. Winnipeg The Northern Messenger ,

6510-422: The network of being biased towards the governing Conservatives. During the election campaign, the CRBC broadcast a series of 15 minutes soap operas called Mr. Sage which were critical of Opposition leader William Lyon Mackenzie King and the Liberal Party. Decried as political propaganda, the incident was one factor in King's decision to replace the CRBC with a new entity when the Liberals took office following

6603-448: The picture but continued audio of the game with Fred Cusick and Derek Sanderson by telephone. Canwest/Global aired the 1988 Calgary-Edmonton playoff series nationally, except for the Edmonton and Calgary markets (where the CBC retained exclusive rights). After Wayne Gretzky was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988 , the network began showing occasional double-headers when Canadian teams visited Los Angeles to showcase

6696-445: The program moved to national television). Toronto's CFRB (originally a CNR Radio affiliate) took over the broadcast from CFCA in 1932, and continued to broadcast Maple Leaf games for many years with CBC Radio's Toronto station CBL. Hockey Night in Canada began airing on Saturday nights on CBC Television in 1952 . According to the CBC, instant replay made its world debut on a 1955 HNIC broadcast; CBC director George Retzlaff made

6789-503: The program relayed 1,745 messages; a figure that increased sixfold within four years. The program would be continued by the CBC into the 1970s. CRBC's national radio coverage of the 1935 federal election was the first time Canadian election results were broadcast nationwide. All programs were live as there were no recording facilities. The network had six stations of its own and relied largely on private affiliates to provide studios, equipment and staff. In April 1936, CRBC provided round

6882-609: The quarterfinal series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders on April 29, 1978, Kelly teamed up with Brian McFarlane . The 1978 Stanley Cup Finals between the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins and the 1979 Stanley Cup Finals between the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers were also simulcast. On April 9, 1980, the CBC carried the ACTRA Awards ceremony. Game 2 of

6975-475: The regulatory governing body for all private radio stations. Bennett’s Radio Broadcasting Act had proposed an eventual takeover of all private radio stations by the federal government, something which to this day has never materialized. At this time, one-third of Canadians owned a home radio receiver. There was a mandatory annual licensing fee for radio owners. Although it wasn’t free, it was considered an affordable means of entertainment for country suffering through

7068-680: The report, a national company, the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission , was set up that would have power to operate and own all radio stations in Canada. Further control was given to the provinces to broadcast the content they want but within the provincial boundaries. After the Liberal government (who initially put together this Commission) had fallen in the Election of 1930, the Aird Report fell into

7161-634: The rights were sold back to the individual Canadian teams. Since Montreal earned a bye into the quarterfinals, this impacted Toronto and Vancouver 's television coverage. While CHCH and CITY televised all three games of the Toronto- Pittsburgh series (with Bill Hewitt and Brian McFarlane ), CHAN picked up the Vancouver- New York Islanders series. Game 1 of the Philadelphia -Toronto playoff series

7254-446: The sacrifices of veterans without wearing remembrance poppies : "You people that come here ... you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or something like that! These guys paid for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada! These guys paid the biggest price." The Royal Canadian Legion , Canada's poppy distributor, denounced Cherry's statement: "Mr. Cherry's personal opinion

7347-423: The second period. Its start time was moved up to 8:30 p.m. ET at the beginning of the 1963–64 season , allowing games to be joined in progress late in the first period. In the fall of 1968, regular-season games were shown in their entirety and the program began at 8 p.m. Although a handful of games were broadcast in colour during the 1966–67 regular season, all HNIC games began colour broadcasting during

7440-440: The sport (or the league), and gave tips on various points of hockey; MacLean was Cherry's foil . "Coach's Corner" was followed by highlights of other evening games. MacLean also hosts "Saturday Headlines", the second-intermission segment, with Hrudey, Friedman, Bieska, and Botterill. The segment usually focuses on the previous week's NHL news, along with highlights and analysis of the games in progress. Until November 9, 2019, after

7533-435: The sport's most popular player. The games were often joined in progress, since the start time for HNIC was still 8 p.m. ET, while Gretzky's Kings home games began at 7:30 p.m. Pacific (10:30 p.m. ET). Weekly double-headers became permanent during the 1994–95 season , with games starting at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. PT, respectively. The start times were moved up to 7 p.m. ET and PT in 1998, with

7626-686: The start of the second period of play. The games began to be broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the CRBC's successor, in 1936. The program acquired what would become its permanent title— Hockey Night in Canada —around that time, which was coined by Foster Hewitt. It featured the Maple Leafs and was hosted by Gordon Calder, with play-by-play announcer Hewitt and colour commentary by Percy Lesueur , in much of Ontario and points west. Montreal Maroons broadcasts were hosted by Doug Smith and Elmer Ferguson in English, and René Lecavalier called Montreal Canadiens games in French. After

7719-511: The studio host of Hockey Night 's early game, in addition to his on-location role on Hometown Hockey . David Amber was the late-game studio host. Bob Cole retired in April 2019, and Don Cherry was fired after a November 9 incident during his "Coach's Corner" segment in which he said that eastern Canada's immigrants were being disrespectful for not wearing poppies on Remembrance Day : "You people that come here;... you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay

7812-563: The unveiling by King Edward VIII of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial , which was relayed across the ocean by shortwave radio . The CRBC turned to radio advertising in order to make up a shortfall between government grants and the amount of money needed to run the network. The network was criticized by the Canadian Radio League for having poor programming while the Liberal Party opposition accused

7905-514: The values we believe in." Cherry later told the Toronto Sun that he would not apologize: "I have had my say." The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) said that its internal systems was overloaded by a high number of complaints. Two days later, on November 11 , Sportsnet president Bart Yabsley announced that Cherry had been fired: "Following further discussions with Don Cherry after Saturday night's broadcast, it has been decided it

7998-426: Was facing issues at their southern border with several “Border Blaster” signals taking listenership away from domestic stations. The Commission sought to protect Canada from such activity. There were some disagreements amongst Commissioners regarding who should control this new proposed public broadcaster. This debate continued until 1932, when the J.C.P.C. ultimately decided that this was a federal matter. Based on

8091-498: Was hurtful, divisive and in no way condoned by the Legion." Sportsnet apologized for his remarks, stating that they were discriminatory and offensive and "do not represent our values and what we stand for as a network." His co-host, Ron MacLean, tweeted regret for giving a thumbs-up and for allowing Cherry to make the comments. The NHL released a statement on Cherry's comments: "The comments made last night were offensive and contrary to

8184-597: Was in need of a publicly funded radio broadcast system and a governing regulator for all broadcasting throughout the country. The Aird Report eventually resulted in the 1932 creation of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission , the forerunner of the CBC as well as the CRTC . From 1922-1932, the radio administration came under the Department of Marine and Fisheries . With only dozens of radio stations broadcasting within Canada, and few Canadian households owning radios,

8277-523: Was joined by Rogers' over-the-air Citytv network, the Sportsnet family of specialty channels and (initially) FX Canada , who aired other games nationally with the CBC and shared the Hockey Night in Canada brand. Decisions on network assignments for the games were made on a week-by-week basis, ensuring that viewers have live on-air access to every Hockey Night game. The CBC continued to cover

8370-567: Was playing in Toronto on a Saturday night, thousands of fans in the American city whose team faced the Leafs would listen to the CBC broadcast via skywave (usually via 50,000-watt flagships CBL or CBM ); a game often attracted more listeners to HNIC than local stations did. CBC Radio aired Saturday-night HNIC broadcasts through 1965, followed by Sunday Night NHL Hockey through 1976 (when

8463-527: Was revealed on March 10, 2014, when CBC personality George Stroumboulopoulos became studio host of Hockey Night and Citytv's Sunday night Hometown Hockey package with Sportsnet's Daren Millard and Jeff Marek . Stroumboulopoulos, an alumnus of Toronto sports radio station CJCL and host of a CBC talk show , was seen as an effort by Rogers to expand Hockey Night 's appeal to a younger demographic. Although Ron MacLean ceded hosting Hockey Night to Stroumboulopoulos, he remained with Don Cherry on

8556-540: Was televised locally to Southern Ontario by CHCH. Game 1 of the 1977 Pittsburgh - Toronto playoff series was seen regionally in southern Ontario on Hamilton's CHCH. During the 1978 playoffs , the NHL Network began simulcasting many games with Hockey Night in Canada . Dan Kelly , the NHL Network's lead play-by-play announcer, covered play-by-play with HNIC 's colour commentators; in Game 7 of

8649-559: Was the lead play-by-play voice of Hockey Night in Canada until his retirement on September 21, 2021; Hughson only called national Vancouver Canucks home games during the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Before the 2014–15 season, additional games involving Canadian teams were split to air regionally on CBC stations; Winnipeg Jets games were often seen in Central Canada , and Ottawa Senators games were seen in

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