Mark Lewis is the former

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announcer for the

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. Lewis' background was in radio and television broadcasting having started his 40 year media career in 1969. Stops in Quebec City, Montreal, Newfoundland & Ontario brought him to BC and eventually Alberta. A career that saw him work as a DJ took a new twist and radio and TV sales became his calling card. Sales began at CBC Television Edmonton and Corus Radio Edmonton. In 1981, Lewis became the PA announcer for the

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, held in Edmonton at

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. Mark became the announcer for the Edmonton Oilers in 1981. Lewis' pregame routine involved picking up game notes, scouting player line-ups in the Edmonton media lounge, and checking pronunciations of players' names, which presented difficulties given the multi-national nature of the sport and the state of technology at the time. A review of the PA game script was part of the pre game routine. Mark announces the starting lineups, all goals, penalties and other in-arena announcements. On January 4, 2016, Lewis announced his retirement from announcing after 35 years at the microphone, effective after the 2015-16 NHL season. Upon Lewis' retirement, Scott Bourgeois was named as his replacement.Bourgeois Is New Oilers P. A. Announcer
/ref> Lewis briefly came out of retirement to call some games of the

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as Edmonton served as a hub city.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Mark Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Edmonton Oilers personnel National Hockey League public address announcers