Ted Tevan
| Ted Tevan | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Theodore "Oral" Tevan |
| Born |
1 March 1933 Kingston, Ontario |
| Died |
12 August 2011 (aged 78) Montreal, Canada |
| Show | Sports Rap |
| Station(s) | CFOX |
| Show | Various series |
| Station(s) | CKO, CFMB, CIQC, CKGM |
| Country |
 Canada |
Theodore "Ted" Tevan (1 March 1933 – 12 August 2011)[1] was a Canadian sports radio broadcaster.
Born in Kingston, Ontario,[2] Tevan moved to Montreal in 1965 initially working in radio advertising. His career remained based in that city except for a short-lived sports talk show on the Toronto-based CKO in early 1989, and from then until 1991 at CKWW in Windsor, Ontario.[3]
His first radio program was Sports Rap on Montreal's 1470 CFOX radio station, considered a key pioneering effort towards the development of sports radio in Canada. Tevan established a reputation as a radio maverick, often verbally jousting with his listeners and, in some cases, kicking them off the air with a jubilant "You're gone!" He reserved the machine gun sound effect for those particularly deserving of his wrath, yet despite the combative exterior, he was beloved by listeners for his near-encyclopedic knowledge of sports, and his absolute passion for debating the finer points until all hours of the night.
Outside his broadcasting career, Tevan served as a defence witness in 2001 during the incest trial of boxing champion Dave Hilton, Jr..[4]
In January 2000, Tevan began a late night Tuesdays and Thursdays on CFMB 1280 shortly after his previous show on AM 940 (then CIQC) was cancelled due to a format change.[5] He previously hosted shows on the 600 frequency when it was known as CFCF (CFMB).[6]
Tevan most recently hosted a late night sports programme on The Team 990.
On 11 August 2011, Tevan fell at his residence in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, fracturing his hip. The following day, he died from heart failure after an operation to repair the hip.[1][2] A tribute on Team 990 was planned for the following Tuesday.[7]
References
- 1 2 "Colourful sports radio icon Ted Tevan dies at 78". ctvmontreal.ca. 13 August 2011.
- 1 2 Zukerman, Earl (14 August 2011). "Ted Tevan dies at 78". The Gazette. Montreal. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ↑ "SHOW BITS: CKWW and Tevan split". Windsor Star. 7 June 1991. p. C2.
- ↑ MacAfee, Michelle (7 February 2001). "Allegations irked Hilton's mother". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ↑ "Tevan back on radio". The Gazette (Montreal). 6 January 2000. p. D11.
- ↑ Stubbs, Dave (18 November 1999). "The voice that won't die: Tevan planning to resurrect his career with a live show on Internet". The Gazette (Montreal). p. E3.
- ↑ "-"You're Gone!!!" Radio Legend Ted Tevan passes away at 78". Cornwall Free News. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.