Ernie Afaganis

After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Washington University, Afaganis returned to Alberta where in 1953 he joined CFRN in Edmonton. In 1961, he joined CBC Television at CBXT, also in Edmonton.^[2]

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. He was also a sideline reporter for the CFL on CBC.^[3]

In 1977, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame.^[4] In November 2007, he was inducted into the CBC Sports Hall of Fame.^[5] 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.^[6]

Afaganis was a host of the following CBC Television programmes:

• Tee to Green (1970)^[7]
• Snow Motion (1978)^[8]
• Canadian Superstars (1978–1981)^[9]
• Par 27 (1978–1980)^[10]

• "Interview at Long Beach". Sports Weekend. CBC Television. 21 April 1979. Retrieved 7 May 2010.