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 the most popular sports radio show in Vancouver, "Sekeres and Price Show" on
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.
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
Downtown Vancouver is the central business district and the city centre neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada, on the northwestern shore of the Burrard Peninsula in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. It occupies most of the north shor ...
.
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
''Sports Page'' was a Canadian sports highlights television program that aired on CKVU-TV Vancouver from September 5, 1977 until August 31, 2001, and later on CHEK-TV Victoria, British Columbia, from September 2, 2001 until September 2, 2005. ...
'' in Vancouver, and then as a sports anchor in Saskatchewan on Sportline.
He then spent nearly 3 years at the now defunct
MOJO Sports Radio, before joining
TSN Radio 1040.
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
Darren Dutchyshen (born December 19, 1966) is a Canadian sportscaster, who cohosts the evening edition of '' SportsCentre'' on TSN.
Broadcasting career
Dutchyshen started his broadcasting career as a sportscaster at what was then STV (now Glo ...
.
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
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference, and play their home games at Rogers Arena. Bruce ...
game day coverage.
Personal life
Price was born in
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749 ...
,
Manitoba
Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...
.
He graduated from the
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top thr ...
and from
British Columbia Institute of Technology.
The British Columbia Association of Broadcasters named Price "Performer of Tomorrow" in 2000.
References
External links
TSN Radio 1040 Sports Radio biography
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1974 births
Living people
British Columbia Institute of Technology alumni
Canadian radio journalists
Canadian television journalists
Journalists from Manitoba
People from Winnipeg
University of British Columbia alumni
Vancouver Canucks announcers