TORONTO – Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium announced today its exclusive English-language radio coverage of Vancouver 2010, with more than 1,800 hours of coverage across 77 stations on THE FAN Radio Network, the official radio partner of the Olympic Winter Games.
It also announced an exclusive French language radio deal with 10 Corus stations in Quebec.
In English, live coverage of key events, such as the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, Team Canada men’s hockey, and the highly anticipated men’s and women’s gold medal hockey finals, will air across the airwaves countrywide. Daily radio coverage also includes Olympic Games sports updates, event recaps, scene setters, athlete of the day features, and the popular nationally syndicated show Prime Time Sports: Olympic Games Edition.
“The Fan Radio Network is poised to deliver to Canadians an Olympic Games experience on radio unlike any previous offering in this country,” said Nelson Millman, executive producer of radio broadcast at Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. “We are going bigger and better than ever before, offering fans throughout the entire country access to live event coverage, news and information, athlete interviews and opinionated analysis and commentary never before available at this level to Canadians.”
Nationally syndicated radio host Bob McCown will be in Vancouver during the Games to host Prime Time Sports: Olympic Games Edition, airing weekdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. PT / 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET from Molson Canadian Hockey House. McCown will be joined daily by hosts Stephen Brunt, columnist for The Globe and Mail and CTVOlympics.ca, and John Shannon, Hockeycentral analyst on Rogers Sportsnet. Prime Time Sports: Olympic Games Edition will feature interviews with the biggest names and newsmakers from Vancouver 2010 and will be carried by participating stations across THE FAN Radio Network (check local station web sites for scheduling details).
Participating stations from THE FAN Radio Network will offer the following daily features:
• Scene Setters – a preview of the upcoming day’s competition, events and potential medal winners
• Olympic Games Sports Updates – airs twice-hourly during the Games, providing listeners with the latest news and up-to-the-minute results
• Athlete of the Day – one athlete will be selected each day as the ‘Athlete of the Day’, based on their outstanding performance from the previous day’s competition
• Daily Recap Report – a five-minute quick-hits summary of the day’s biggest stories, key results, headliners and newsmakers
• 2010 Winter Games Today – one-hour daily recap at 8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. ET, outlining ‘the day that was’, with an overview of the biggest news and results from that day’s competition
The official consortium English-language radio stations include The Fan 590 Toronto, THE FAN 960 Calgary, Mountain FM Whistler, News 1130 Vancouver, 680 News Toronto, 660 News Calgary, News 95.7 Halifax, News 88.9 St. John, News 91.9 Moncton and 570 News Waterloo.
The list of participating stations are:
British Columbia
100 Mile House – CKBX-AM 840
Abbotsford – CKQC-FM 107.1
Castlegar – CKQR-FM 99.3
Chilliwack – CKSR-FM 98.3
Christina Lakes – CKGF-FM 93.3
Crawford Bay – CHNV-FM 91.9
Dawson Creek – CJDC-AM 890
Duncan – CJSU-FM 89.7
Fort Nelson – CKRX-FM 102.3
Fort St. John – CKNL-FM 101.5
Fort St. John – CHRX-FM 98.5
Golden CKGR-AM 1400
Hope – CFSR-FM 100.5
Kelowna – CILK-FM 101.5
Kelowna – CHSU-FM 99.9
Kelowna – CKFR-AM 1150
Nelson – CKKC-FM 106.9
Nelson – CHNV-FM 103.5
Osoyoos – CJOR-AM 1240
Prince George – CKDV-FM 99.3
Prince Rupert – CHTK-AM 560
Quesnel – CFFM2-FM 94.9
Quesnel – CKCQ-100.3
Revelstoke/Invermere – CKCR-AM 1340
Rock Creek – CKGF-FM 103.7
Salmon Arm – CKXR-FM 91.5
Smithers – CFBV-AM 870
Squamish/Whistler – CISQ-FM 107.1
Summerland – CHOR-AM 1450
Terrace – CFTK-AM 590
Terrace – CJFW-FM 103.1
Terrace – CFNR-FM 92.1
Trail – CJAT-FM 95.7
Vancouver – CKWX-AM 1130
Vancouver – CFUN-FM 104.9
Vancouver – CKLG-FM 96.9
Victoria – CHTT-FM 103.1
Victoria – CIOC-FM 98.5
Vernon – CICF-FM 105.7
Williams Lake – CKWL-AM 570
Williams Lake – CFFM-FM 97.5
Alberta
Calgary – CFAC-AM 960
Calgary – CFFR-AM 660
Canmore / Banff – CHMN-FM 106.5
Edmonton – CHDI-FM 102.9
Edmonton – CKER-FM 101.7
Fort McMurray – CJOK-FM 93.3
Fort McMurray – CKYX-FM 97.9
Grand Prairie – CFGP-FM 97.7
Lethbridge – CJRX-FM 106.7
Lethbridge – CFRV-FM 107.7
Medicine Hat – CKMH-FM 105.3
Saskatchewan
Regina – CJME-AM 980
Saskatoon – CKOM-AM 650
Yorkton – CJJC-FM 100.5
Manitoba
Swan River – CJSB-FM 104.5
Winnipeg – CITI-FM 92.1
Ontario
Belleville – CJBQ-AM 800
Hamilton – CHAM-AM 820
Kitchener – CKGL-AM 570
London – CJBK-AM 1290
North Bay – CKAT-AM 600
Ottawa – CHEZ-FM 106.1
Ottawa – CIWW-AM 1310
Ottawa – CISS-FM 105.3
Sarnia – CHOK-FM 103.1
Smith Falls – CJET-FM 92.3
Smith Falls – CKBY-FM 101.1
Stratford – CJCS-AM 1240
Toronto – CFTR-AM 680
Toronto – CJCL-AM 590
Wingham – CKNX-AM 920
Windsor – CKLW-AM 800
Quebec
Montreal – CKGM-AM 990
Nova Scotia
Halifax – CJNI-FM 95.7
New Brunswick
Moncton – CKNI-FM 91.9
Saint John – CHNI-FM 88.9
On the French side, led by flagship station CKAC Sports in Montreal, Corus Québec is the French-language radio partner of the 2010 Winter Games. It will have access to simulcast on radio all Games-related content from V, RDS and RIS Info Sports, including gold medal events and interviews with athletes.
“Historically, Québec athletes have performed extremely well at the Olympic Games and the success of these athletes has instilled a tremendous amount of pride throughout the country. Corus Québec’s radio coverage will feature news, stories and interviews that are of particular interest to French listeners – and of course, we’ll have lots of live hockey coverage!” said Yves Bombardier, general manager of CKAC Sports and 98.5 FM.
Corus Québec’s coverage of the Opening Ceremony on February 12 at 9 p.m. ET will be hosted by amateur sports expert and well-known personality Jean Chartrand, live from Vancouver, with commentary from Paul Houde and Charles-André Marchand.
Corus Québec radio stations providing coverage of Vancouver 2010 are CKAC Sports, 96.9 CKOI, 98.5 FM and Info690 Montreal, 102.9 Souvenirs garantis Québec, 102.1 CKOI Québec, 104.7 Souvenirs garantis Outaouais, 98.3 Souvenirs garantis Saguenay, 104.5 CKOI Estrie and 106.9 Souvenirs garantis Mauricie.
