Bryan Hall (sportscaster)
Bryan Hall | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 19, 1934 |
| Spouse | Lilian Edith Hall (c.1979–2011; her death) |
| Career | |
| Show | The Bryan Hall Show |
| Station | CHED AM |
| Time slot | Monday – Friday 3:00pm – 4:30pm MST |
| Style | Sports talk |
| Country | Canada |
Bryan Hall (born August 19, 1934) nicknamed "Hallsy", is a Canadian radio presenter and retired radio play-by-play broadcaster for the Edmonton Eskimos on 630 CHED in Edmonton, Alberta.
Hall was born on August 19, 1934[1][2] in Toronto, Ontario.[3] His father was a lawyer, who died when Hall was 9, and his mother a nurse.[4] Hall got his first broadcasting job at the age of 19, after moving to Edmonton, at CKUA where he did news, a jazz show, and sports.[4] At the suggestion of a columnist for the Edmonton Journal, Hall also took up a vacant sportscaster job at CHED, which he held from 1955 to 1962. In 1962, Hall moved to Toronto to take up a job covering sports with CHUM, but quickly moved back to Edmonton 3 years later, this time, back to CJCA, where he did play-by-play for the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos with the network from 1965 to 1993. During his time with CJCA, he also pioneered one of the first open-line sports talk radio show in Edmonton.[5] When CJCA ceased broadcasting operations in 1993, Hall moved back to CHED to take up the position of sports director - continuing to do play-by-play of Edmonton Eskimos games until 2009.[4][6]
After over 40 years of covering play-by-play for Edmonton Eskimos games, Hall retired in 2009.[7] During his play-by-play career, he also did play-by-play for the Edmonton Oilers, Edmonton Oil Kings, and Edmonton Flyers.[8] The media centre in Commonwealth Stadium was named after Hall when he retired in 2009, being succeeded by Morley Scott.[9] Though retired from doing play-by-play, Hall continues to host his afternoon sports daily talk show and the morning show on CHED.[10][11] Hall is also known for doing radio advertisements on CHED for local Tony Roma's, Crosstown Motors, and Sorrentinos.[4] He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1989, and the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.[5]
Hall was married to Lil for over 30 years. He enjoys watching Coronation Street and National Geographic TV shows and is a big fan of various genres of music - blues, classical, rock, and jazz.[4] His wife, Lil died on May 28, 2011, aged 74.[12]
Broadcasting positions
References
- ^ Gerry Moddejonge (November 8, 2009). "Esks broadcaster turns 75". Sun Media.
- ^ Aug 19 - Esks broadcaster turns 75
- ^ "Bryan Hall—A Year To Remember". Edmonton Oilers Heritage. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Curtis Stock (November 8, 2009). "Discovering a second HALLway". Edmonton Journal. Cite error: The named reference "edmontonjournal" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b "Member Details - Hall, Bryan". Alberta Sports Hall of Fame Museum. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
- ^ "Rock Radio Scrapbook: The CHUM Archives (Part 1)". Rockradioscrapbook.ca. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ "CTV Edmonton - Voice of Eskimos says goodbye to fans - CTV News". Edmonton.ctv.ca. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ Annicchiarico, Mario (2009-10-27). "Edmonton Eskimos honour 'Hallsy' for 50-year career". Edmontonjournal.com. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ "Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. 2009-10-29. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ "CANOE - SLAM! Sports - CFL - Edmonton: Hall returns to Esks' broadcast booth". Slam.canoe.ca. 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ Annicchiarico, Mario (2010-07-29). "That was then, this is ... OW!". Edmontonjournal.com. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
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