In 2008, 15 Impact home games, as well as all playoff games, including playoff matches on the road, will be broadcast on CKAC Sports. Each show will be preceded and followed by pre-game and post-game shows.
CKAC will notably broadcast the historic home opener at Saputo Stadium, on Monday, May 19, against the Vancouver Whitecaps.
“We are very happy with this new partnership with CKAC Sports,” said Executive Vice President of the Impact and the Saputo Stadium Richard Legendre. “The 2008 season will be historic for the Impact and for all soccer fans in Quebec, with the opening of the Saputo Stadium. This agreement will allow fans to follow their team on the radio, as well as to talk about soccer year-round.”
“We are extremely proud of this partnership with an elite team,” said CKAC Sports general manager Yves Bombardier. “With this association, CKAC Sports is now more than ever THE reference in sports in Quebec. We have the best analysts and sports reporters in the province and we are also the official broadcaster of the three pro sports teams in Quebec.”
This year, the voice of the Impact on CKAC will be Jean-Philippe Bertrand, who is also the voice of the Ottawa Senators. He will be assisted by Francis Millien, who has extensive experience in soccer, both as coach and analyst.
CKAC Sports will also broadcast a weekly one-hour soccer show from mid-June to mid-August (or mid-September if the team qualifies for the playoffs). The show, hosted by Jacques Thériault, will be broadcast twice a week, from Monday to Friday. During spring and fall, it will be aired once a week during the weekend.
CORUS QUÉBEC
CKAC Sports is a Corus Québec station. As part of Corus Entertainment inc., Corus Québec is the most important private radio broadcaster of content and news in Quebec. It operates CKOI Montréal, 98.5 FM Montréal, CKAC Sports Montréal, Info690, 940 Montreal, Q92 Montréal, 103,9 FM Saint-Jérôme, 102,1 FM Montmagny-Lévis-Québec, 98,3 FM Saguenay, 104,7 FM Outaouais, 106,9 FM Mauricie, 102,1 FM Estrie, 102,9 FM Québec, CKOY Sherbrooke and Info 800 Québec. The websites represented by Corus Québec reach every month 1.5 million francophones and 3.2 million anglophones in Canada, according to Score Media Metrix.
The 15 Impact games on CKAC Sports in 2008:
1) May 19, 2008 – Vancouver Whitecaps @ Impact – 3:00 pm
2) May 30, 2008 – Portland Timbers @ Impact – 7:30 pm
3) June 4, 2008 – Miami FC @ Impact – 7:30 pm
4) June 13, 2008 – Charleston Battery @ Impact – 7:30 pm
5) June 22, 2008 – Carolina RailHawks @ Impact – 3:30 pm
6) July 6, 2008 – Puerto Rico Islanders @ Impact – 3:30 pm
7) July 13 2008 –Seattle Sounders @ Impact – 3:30 pm
8) July 18, 2008 – Miami FC @ Impact – 7:30 pm
9) July 27, 2008 – Rochester Rhinos @ Impact – 3:30 pm
10) August 20, 2008 – Atlanta Silverbacks @ Impact – 7:30 pm
11) August 24, 2008 – Atlanta Silverbacks @ Impact – 7:30 pm
12) August 27, 2008 – Portland Timbers @ Impact – 7:30 pm
13) Sept. 3, 2008 – Rochester Rhinos @ Impact – 7:30 pm
14) Sept. 5, 2008 – Minnesota Thunder @ Impact – 7:30 pm
15) Sept. 16, 2008 – Puerto Rico Islanders @ Impact – 7:30 pm
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Sources:
Patrick Vallée, Montreal Impact, 514-328-3668 (Ext. 227)
Lucie Brodeur, CKAC Sports, 514-787-7918
