Bob McCown
| Bob McCown | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert Alan McCown May 21, 1952 Columbus, Ohio, United States |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Other names | The Bobcat |
| Occupation | Host of Prime Time Sports |
Robert Alan "Bob" McCown (born May 21, 1952 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American radio personality who hosts the Canadian sports talk show of a late afternoon/early evening radio talk show called Prime Time Sports. The program is broadcast from the Toronto-based studio of the Fan 590 (the flagship radio station of the Fan Radio Network) and is syndicated nationally in Canada. Since 2004, this radio talk show has also been simulcast on television on Rogers Sportsnet. Since 2009, the show's live stream has been available online in Canada on the FAN590 website.
During the Toronto Blue Jays' inaugural season in 1977, McCown was the public address announcer for their home games. He was also the original host of Global TV's Sportsline, and also hosted a magazine program on TSN called The Business of Sports.
In 1988, McCown joined CJCL-AM as a sports radio personality, and in 1989, he became the original host of the sports radio talk show Prime Time Sports. In 1993, he was reassigned as the host of the Fan 1430's morning show (The Bob McCown Show), relinquishing his PTS hosting duties to Dan Shulman. In 1995, The Fan fired McCown as their morning show host, but when Shulman left the station to join TSN, McCown was re-hired as the host of Prime Time Sports a month later. In 2007, McCown received a Sports Radio Award for "Air Talent Of The Year" at the 2007 Rick Scott & Associates Sports Radio Conference. In 2007, McCown published his first book, "McCown's Law: The 100 Greatest Hockey Arguments" with co-author David Naylor.
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