NBC telecast Big Four football games and the Grey Cup on Saturday afternoons in 1954. But did CHCH-TV telecast any Hamilton Tiger-Cat games in addition to the CBC network telecasts of occasional Big Four games which began in 1954?
And how about radio broadcasts? In what year did local broadcasts of Hamilton Tigers, Wildcats or Tiger-Cats games begin? I believe that national radio broadcasts sponsored by the British-American Oil Company began in 1961.
CHML began broad casting HTC in 1950. Though no doubt there was radio coverage of Tigers and Wildcats in some form prior.
CHCH never broadcast CFL.
CHCH has always had a weird relationship with Tiger Cats, never really embraced them, probably because there was no money in it if CBC and CTV had the whole pie.
CHML started broadcasting the newly-named Hamilton Tiger-Cats games in 1951. Norm Marshall did the play by play. At one point many years later CHAM carried Tiger-Cats games. Perc Allen took over doing the play by play of Tiger-Cat games games on CHML in the 1980’s.
I think CHAM was originally called CJJD. If I recall Vince Scott had an after game phone-in show brilliantly called “The Point After”. That was around 1980 or 1981.
CJJD only broadcast one season of Ticat football before the name change to CHAM in the late 70’s. Former Argo announcer John Badham was the play-by-play announcer for that one season on CJJD.
Perc Allens broadcasts in the 80s were a struggle. Would call Keith Baker Art Baker who hadnt been in the league for 20 years.
Looking back it was probably the onset of dementia/ Alzheimers.
I, also, thought CKOC might have held the rights for a season, or two, but can’t find anything to confirm that. A couple of interesting memories, though, came back through a quick online search – In 1957, Perc Allen was the Sports Director at CKOC and TiCat halfback Hal Waggoner was the disc jockey, on air 4-6 p.m., in the football off-season.
I believe in the late '80s, CHCH did broadcast CFL games as part of the Canadian Football Network.
The CFN was a group of independent stations that air CFL produced games when CTV stopped showing games. Dave Hodge was one of the on screen people as I recall.
I remember his voice as a kid. Enjoyed the way he called games. (Side note, Brattina called a season or two for the Argos in the early 80’s).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60zT8Y3uGho