Steve Fallwell
Steve Fallwell, with CJOC Lethbridge, has made outstanding contributions to all minor sports in Lethbridge and Southern Alberta. He was "the voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes" for more than 1300 major Junior Hockey League games. He promoted and informed about the world of sports in Southern Alberta for nearly three decades. Steve’s commitment to the community also extended to the committee level for events such as the: 1995 Canada Winter Games, Scott Tournament of Hearts, Sutter Golf Classic, and numerous other golf tournaments, baseball leagues, and curling bonspiels.
Dianne Finstad
Dianne Finstad specialized in rodeo and agriculture coverage for decades. She began her career in 1981at CKRD-TV and Radio in Red Deer. Her award-winning TV programs “This Business of Farming” and “Makin’ 8" were enjoyed by many Western Canadians. Dianne regularly covered the Canadian Finals Rodeo for TV, radio, and print, as well as the Calgary Stampede for CBC Television and reported from the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. She co-hosted Shaw’s broadcast of the Ponoka Stampede for five years. Dianne was a regular contributor to Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine, Canadian Rodeo News, and the Red Deer Advocate.
Don Fleming
Don “Buckets” Fleming began his journalism career in 1938 at the Nelson Daily News, and then the Trail Times. In 1948, he rode the train to Edmonton to work at the Edmonton Journal. His first job was to go back to Trail and cover the Edmonton Flyers game. Don covered the Flyers and Eskimo teams, baseball, curling, and wrestling. He saw Rollie Miles play football for the Regina team and reported his finding to the Eskimos coach. (Rollie helped the Eskimos win three straight Grey Cups). After 1962, Don focused on horse racing and curling, covering many Briers and World Curling Championships
Cecil “Tiger” Goldstick
Tiger Goldstick was dedicated to amateur sport during the past thirty-five years. He was instrumental in CFRN radio having an amateur 'Sportsman of the Week,' which recognized individuals in amateur sport. He always tried to promote and include amateur athletes or sport personalities on his shows. On CFRN – TV, he moderated 'Tiger's Safety Program for Youngsters.’ He was the founding father of the first Pee Wee Hockey League in Edmonton in 1938. He helped form the Bantam Football League in 1950. Tiger coached amateur wrestling in 1940s, and refereed hockey at the Mite and Midget level from 1948 to 1955.
Bryan Hall
Bryan Hall, “Hallsy,” sports broadcaster with 630 CHED, had one of the most recognizable voices in Alberta’s media industry. He spent more than fifty years announcing and promoting sports. Bryan was the play-by-play announcer for the Edmonton Eskimos for over thirty-five years, calling the action for several Grey Cup victories and countless highlight moments. Bryan was also the voice of the Alberta Oilers (World Hockey Association), Edmonton Flyers Hockey Club, and Edmonton Oil Kings Hockey Club. In 1967, Bryan took a bold step forward in sports broadcasting when he pioneered the first open-line sports show in Edmonton.
Terry Jones
Terry Jones, a Lacombe native, joined the Edmonton Journal in 1967 before moving to the Edmonton Sun in 1982. One of Canada's top sports columnists both nationally and internationally, he covered his twelfth Olympics at Salt Lake City in 2002, and in the same year, his thirtieth consecutive Grey Cup game. He covered Pan-American, Universiade, Goodwill, and every Commonwealth Games since 1978. He covered many World Figure Skating Championships, the World Cup of Soccer, the World Championships in Athletics, 19 Super Bowl games, more than 450 Stanley Cup playoff games, and more than 110 World Series Baseball games.
Graham Kelly
Graham Kelly wrote a weekly column about the Canadian Football League for the Medicine Hat News, starting in 1972. His analysis and insight of football spanned almost five decades. He attended and covered 40 Grey Cup games for the newspaper and was a fixture among the press corps at Calgary Stampeders home games for more than 42 years. Graham Kelly became one of the CFL’s foremost experts on Grey Cup history and one of its most prolific historians. He wrote seven books: four on the subject of the Grey Cup, along with books about the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the Edmonton Eskimos, and the Calgary Stampeders.
Marty Knack
Marty Knack worked for the Edmonton Journal. Name any amateur sport, and it is likely he reported it in his features and profile stories. Marty covered the World University Games in 1981 and basketball in 1983 when the Games were held in Edmonton. His ability was proven when he reported the 1981 International Cup Baseball Tournament and the 1982 World Freestyle Wrestling Championships, both held in Edmonton. But it is his coverage of daily sport events that Marty contributed to amateur sport the most, particularly by publicizing sports that received little attention from other sports journalists.
Ron MacLean
Ron MacLean began his career, as a radio and television commentator, with CKRD in Red Deer in 1977. CFAC TV signed him to host the Calgary Flames hockey games. In 1986, he joined Molstar Communications - and quickly rose to fame following his first Stanley Cup broadcast - in 1987. Memorable moments include being a CBC co-host for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. The names Ron MacLean and Don Cherry are synonymous with Hockey Night in Canada. Don says “Ron MacLean is simply the best, his record speaks for itself.”
Peter Maher
Peter Maher was part of the Calgary Flames radio broadcast crew for their inaugural season in 1980/81. He became "The Voice of the Calgary Flames" for the next 33 years and 2,954 Flames games. "Yeah baby!" and "You can put it in the win column" were a part of his trademark calls. He announced the Flames historic 1989 Stanley Cup victory and their 1986 and 2004 Stanley Cup final appearances. His last Flames broadcast was April 13, 2014. The Saddledome's radio broadcast booth was named in his honour. Peter received the Hockey Hall of Fame's Foster Hewitt Memorial Award in 2006.