David Pratt (Canadian broadcaster)
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David Pratt is a Canadian sports radio
personality who used to host along with Don Taylor
the weekday afternoon talk show Pratt and Taylor on CKST AM
("The TEAM 1040") in Vancouver
, British Columbia
.
Pratt has a running feud with former Vancouver Canucks
general manager Brian Burke that often found its way on to the show. http://www.vancourier.com/issues04/072104/news/072104nn1.html
A 30-year veteran of sports media, Pratt was formerly a correspondent and host of Last Call at sports cable channel TSN
, and worked at Vancouver radio stations CKLG
, CFUN
, CHRX
, CKWX
and CFOX
, as well as CFJC
in Kamloops and CJAV
in Port Alberni (where he began his broadcasting career as a DJ in 1974).
Sports radio
Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...
personality who used to host along with Don Taylor
Don Taylor (Canadian sportscaster)
Don Taylor is a Canadian television and radio sportscaster.He currently hosts Rogers Sportsnet Pacific's nightly sports news program Sportsnet Connected and also co-hosts the weekday afternoon radio show BMac and Taylor on The Team 1040.Taylor is known for his canned delivery of the nightly sports...
the weekday afternoon talk show Pratt and Taylor on CKST AM
CKST (AM)
CKST is a radio station located in Vancouver, British Columbia, currently owned by Bell Media. It broadcasts at 1040 AM, has an all-sports format and is branded as the TEAM 1040...
("The TEAM 1040") in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
.
Pratt has a running feud with former Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
general manager Brian Burke that often found its way on to the show. http://www.vancourier.com/issues04/072104/news/072104nn1.html
A 30-year veteran of sports media, Pratt was formerly a correspondent and host of Last Call at sports cable channel TSN
The Sports Network
The Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...
, and worked at Vancouver radio stations CKLG
CHMJ (AM)
CHMJ is a Canadian radio station in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia currently owned by Corus Entertainment. It broadcasts on 730 kHz, with an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts from a transmitter in Delta...
, CFUN
CFUN (AM)
CFTE is a Canadian radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. On 1410 AM, it is owned by Bell Media and currently carries a sports format as TEAM 1410, a secondary station to CKST .-History:...
, CHRX
CKBD (AM)
CKPK-FM is a radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It broadcasts at 100.5 MHz on the FM dial. As of 2008, the station is owned by the Jim Pattison Group and airs an adult album alternative format promoted as "100.5 The Peak"...
, CKWX
CKWX (AM)
CKWX is a 24-hour all-news radio station broadcasting to residents of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, British Columbia...
and CFOX
CFOX-FM
CFOX-FM is a Canadian radio station in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia. It broadcasts at 99.3 MHz on the FM band with an effective radiated power of 75,000 watts from a transmitter on Mount Seymour in the District of North Vancouver. Studios are located in Downtown Vancouver,...
, as well as CFJC
CKBZ-FM
CKBZ-FM is a radio station in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Broadcasting at 100.1 FM, the station airs a hot adult contemporary format branded as B100. The station is currently owned by the Jim Pattison Group....
in Kamloops and CJAV
CJAV-FM
CJAV-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting from Port Alberni, British Columbia at 93.3 FM and owned by the Jim Pattison Group's Island Radio division.-History:...
in Port Alberni (where he began his broadcasting career as a DJ in 1974).