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Blake Price
Canadian sports broadcaster (born 1974) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Blake Price (born December 15, 1974) is a Canadian sportscaster. He is most recently an anchor on TSN's SportsCentre and a co-host of one of the most popular sports radio show’s in Vancouver, "Sekeres and Price Show" on The nation network podcast channel. While a host at TSN Radio 1040 alongside colleague, Matt Sekeres. On February 9, 2021, he was laid off as part of that stations switch away from a sports radio format.[1]
In April 2021, Price and co-host Matt Sekeres announced they would be bringing back their popular show in an all new format as a podcast and a daily live stream show online from 3pm to 6pm PST in a studio located in the Sheraton Wall Center in Downtown Vancouver.[2]
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Career
Price began his broadcasting career in the mid-1990s, where he worked in news and traffic for CKWX Radio, as a writer, producer, and weekend sports anchor on CKVU-TV's Sports Page in Vancouver, and then as a sports anchor in Saskatchewan on Sportline.[3] He then spent nearly 3 years at the now defunct MOJO Sports Radio, before joining TSN Radio 1040.[4]
In 2001, Price joined TSN as the co-host of the 2 a.m. ET edition of SportsCentre, after which he moved into the 10 p.m. ET slot the following year alongside Darren Dutchyshen.[1] In addition to hosting SportsCentre, Price co-hosts TSN Radio 1040's PM Drive weekdays from 2 to 6 p.m., alongside Matt Sekeres, and provides Vancouver Canucks game day coverage.[5]
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Personal life
Price was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[4] He graduated from the University of British Columbia and from British Columbia Institute of Technology.[3]
The British Columbia Association of Broadcasters named Price "Performer of Tomorrow" in 2000.[3]
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