Legendary former voice of Vancouver Canucks Jim Robson dies at 91

Legendary Broadcaster Jim Robson has passed away at the age of 91. Sarah Jones has more on the impacts he had not just in Vancouver but in the province.

Former Vancouver Canucks broadcaster Jim Robson has died, colleagues have confirmed.

Robson joined CKWX, now 1130 NewsRadio, in 1956, covering the BC Lions, the WHL Vancouver Canucks, and the Vancouver Mounties baseball team.

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He was most famously the voice of the NHL Vancouver Canucks on CKNW from 1970 to 1999.

In a post to social media Tuesday, the team’s current play-by-play broadcaster on Sportsnet 650, Brendan Batchelor, said “the word legend isn’t enough” to describe Robson.

“He is the standard to which all BC based play-by-play broadcasters have aspired to, and will never reach,” said Batchelor.

Robson was 91.

Jim Robson pictured as a young man
Jim Robson pictured in a CKWX jacket in an undated photo. (Courtesy Echo Storytelling Agency)
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