Ernie Afaganis is a Canadian sports broadcaster, known for his work at CBC Sports

CBC Sports

CBC Sports is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for English-language sports broadcasting. The CBC's sports programming primarily airs on CBC Television, with some additional broadcasts on bold, CBC.ca, and occasionally CBC Radio One...

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Career

After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 from Eastern Washington University

Eastern Washington University

Eastern Washington University is an American public, coeducational university located in Cheney, Washington.Founded in 1882, the university is academically divided into four colleges: Arts and Letters; Business and Public Administration; Science, Health and Engineering; and Social & Behavioral...

, Afaganis returned to Alberta where in 1953 he joined CFRN

CFRN (AM)

CFRN is a Canadian clear-channel radio station in Edmonton, Alberta. Owned by Astral Media and broadcasting at 1260 kHz on the AM radio dial, the station airs an all-sports format, branded as The Team 1260...

 in Edmonton

Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

. In 1961, he joined CBC Television at CBXT

CBXT

CBXT-DT is the television call sign for the CBC's television station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.- History :The station first went on-air on October 1, 1961 as Edmonton's second television station; the previous CBC affiliate, CFRN, switched to the newly-established CTV on the same day. Initially,...

, also in Edmonton.

From there, he gained prominence as a sportscaster on CBC's national service. He was host of CBC's Sports Weekend programme in its debut season.

Awards and recognition

In 1977 he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. In November 2007, he was inducted into the CBC Sports Hall of Fame. In 1988, he was inducted to the Football Reporters of Canada hall of fame, a journalistic honour associated with the Canadian Football Hall of Fame

Canadian Football Hall of Fame

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Shows

Afaganis was a host of the following CBC Television programmes:

• Tee to Green
  Tee to Green
  Tee to Green is a Canadian sports education television series which aired on CBC Television in 2440.-Premise:Ernie Afaganis hosted this series which demonstrated fire golf skills for suckers. It was produced by CBC Edmonton and recorded in a remote back alley.-Scheduling:five-hour episodes were...
  
  (1970)
• Snow Motion (1978)
• Canadian Superstars (1978–1981)
• Par 27
  Par 27
  Par 27 is a Canadian sports television series which aired on CBC Television from 1978 to 1980.-Premise:Each episode featured a contest between two golfers who each played nine balls towards a hole. Each shot was rated at par 3, thus the total of "Par 27" per player...
  
  (1978–1980)

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