Dale Isaac
Dale Isaac is a Canadian sportscaster who worked in Regina, Saskatchewan. He was the sports director at CKCK-TV from 1975 to 1995 and a play-by-play man on CTV's telecasts of CFL games from 1980 to 1986. Isaac was born on September 21, 1949, in Saskatoon. He graduated from Martin Collegiate and worked as a switchman for the Canadian National Railways before following his brother, Mal Isaac, and brother-in-law, John Badham, into the field of broadcasting.[1] Isaac began his career at CJNB in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.[1] He then moved to CJME in Regina, where he became the play-by-play announcer for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1971.[1][2] The station lost the rights to Roughriders games after the 1973 season and Issac moved to the new rightsholder, CKCK, where he also called Regina Pats games.[1][2] In 1975, he became the sports director of CKCK-TV.[1] From 1980 to 1986, he was the play-by-play announcer on CTV's western broadcasts CFL games.[3] He also covered the 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics for the network.[1] Isaac remained at CKCK-TV until 1995, then worked at CJME until his retirement in 2004.[3][4] In 2003, he and his brother Mal were inducted into the Football Reporters of Canada section of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.[3][5] References
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