[hugh]

Bell Media’s Team 1040 (CKST) radio station and the Vancouver Canucks announced this week a new brpadcast deal which gives the station radio rights to all Canucks games through to the 2016-17 season. The all sports radio station has been the home of the Canucks Radio Network since 2006.

Team 1040’s Canucks coverage is led by play-by-play broadcaster John Shorthouse and Rick Ball, along with analyst and former NHLer Dave Tomlinson.

 

[alebowgm]

Now that this deal is signed, it clears the way for Bell to rebrand the station as TSN Radio 1040. I think they had been holding off pending a new deal being signed.

 

[JohnnyCanuck]

A little surprised. Expected Rogers to make a big move on these rights. They have the TV rights and the arena naming rights already, would have been a good fit.

Also, not sure they are in such a rush to rename the station. The minute they do, Don Taylor's done and do they want to risk losing him so soon after parting ways with Pratt?

 

[runnin']

I miss Shorthouse, the current play-by-play guys are good but Shorty had something special.