Awful Announcing

Bell abruptly cuts entire TSN Radio stations in Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Hamilton, with many employees finding out on Twitter

Scott Brown of The Vancouver Sun has more on how this played out on Vancouver’s TSN 1040: Tuesday started off like any other day at TSN 1040, with morning hosts Mike Halford and Jason Brough signing ...

TSN Mornings: Pounder questions the impact of having tough guys in the lineup

TSN’s Cheryl Pounder on the Leafs coming back to beat the Pens, Evan Bouchard’s Team Canada hopes take a hit, dressing tough ...
Awful Announcing

After Bell abruptly killed TSN 1260, Edmonton Elks plan to give station a proper farewell

The shutdown of a long-established station that had been in an all-sports format since 2002 would be a big deal in any case. But this particular cut was exacerbated by its suddenness, with station ...

TSN Mornings: Bell says Tyler Boucher is starting to play to his identity

BSens head coach David Bell on the team’s recent run of good play, Wyatt Bongiovanni and Xavier Bourgault, and an update on ...
Bell Media

True North Sports + Entertainment and TSN Announce New Multi-Year Rights Extension for Regional Winnipeg Jets Games

True North Sports + Entertainment and TSN today confirmed a new multi-year rights extension, securing long term exclusive ...
The New York Times

With former Leafs defenceman Carlo Colaiacovo aboard, TSN 1050 sees radio ratings gains in Toronto

Jeff MacDonald, the program director at TSN 1050 radio, was speaking in broad terms during a spring meeting with Carlo Colaiacovo, the retired former Maple Leafs defenceman. He was thinking of giving ...
The New York Times

TSN radio host, retired NHL forward Jeff O’Neill ‘on leave,’ per spokesperson

Retired NHL forward Jeff O’Neill is “on leave” from his duties at TSN 1050 radio, a Bell Media spokesperson told The Athletic. O’Neill, a co-host of the afternoon drive program “OverDrive,” missed ...
Awful Announcing

TSN 1260 Edmonton suddenly announces shutdown mid-show, part of wider Bell cuts of 1,300 positions

As per Sammy Hudes of The Canadian Press, this comes as part of a wider plan to eliminate 1,300 positions at Bell (with around 70 percent of that being layoffs of current employees and around 30 ...
The New York Times

TSN’s Jeff O’Neill returns to radio after unexplained leave: ‘It’s good to be back’

Retired NHL forward Jeff O’Neill returned to TSN 1050 Radio’s afternoon drive show “OverDrive” on Wednesday afternoon, thanking listeners for their concern during his unexplained absence over the last ...
Sports Illustrated

Raptors Release Broadcast Schedule, New TSN Radio Analysts Joins the Team

Jack Amstrong, Alvin Williams, and Matt Devlin will once again be calling Toronto Raptors games next season. After TSN and Sportsnet unveiled new Raptors broadcasts last year, both TV networks are ...
The New York Times

Why Andi Petrillo is leaving her job as host of ‘Leafs Lunch’ on TSN 1050

“I’m so, so tired,” she said. For a long time, the Toronto-based broadcaster held three jobs on three different platforms, covering an array of different sports. She worked at CBC Sports, at a soccer ...
Business Wire

TSN Now Available on Roku Streaming Players and Roku TV Models

Roku expands sports offering with the introduction of TSN, Canada’s Sports Leader, with the country’s biggest schedule of live sporting events TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Roku, Inc. and Bell Media today ...