Editing Foster Hewitt (section)

==''Hockey Night in Canada''==
For forty years, Hewitt was Canada's premier [[Ice hockey|hockey]] play-by-play broadcaster for the General Motors (Canada), then later Imperial Oil Limited, Hockey Broadcast on Saturday nights. As the show was aired on Canadian national radio, Hewitt became notable for the phrase "He shoots, he scores!" as well as his sign-on at the beginning of each broadcast, "Hello, Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland."{{notetag|The [[Dominion of Newfoundland]] did not join [[Canadian Confederation]] until March 31, 1949. Newfoundland was a separate [[Dominion]] of the [[British Empire]] from 1907 to 1949.}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Now You Know Big Book of Sports|url=https://archive.org/details/nowyouknowbigboo0000lenn_j6r9|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/nowyouknowbigboo0000lenn_j6r9/page/18 18]|last=Lennox|first=Doug|year=2009|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-1-7707-0587-6}}</ref>
[[File:Foster-hewitt 0002.wmv.ogg|thumb|Foster's famous NHL voice saying "He Shoots! He Scores!!"]]

''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' broadcasts from Toronto (aired on local station [[CFRB]] as well as successively [[CNR Radio]], the [[Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission]], and ultimately [[CBC Radio]]) were simulcast on [[CBC Television]] from 1952 until 1963, with Hewitt handling the play-by-play until October 11, 1958, when he handed the duties over to his son, [[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]]. In the process, he provided colour commentary of the Saturday night games after that, while continuing radio play-by-play of weeknight games. After 1963, Foster was solely on radio while Bill worked on television.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hockey Night in Canada – The Television Years – The History of Canadian Broadcasting |url=https://broadcasting-history.ca/in-depth/sports-on-radio-tv/hockey-night-in-canada-the-television-years/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |language=en-CA}}</ref>

In 1951, he started his own radio station in Toronto, [[CKFH]], initially at 1400 [[Hertz|kHz]], until moving to 1430 in 1959. The station carried Maple Leafs games until losing the rights in 1978. In 1981, the station was sold to [[Telemedia]] and was renamed [[CJCL]]. He made a bid at purchasing [[CHIN (AM)|CHIN]] in 1970.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Blair|title=TELEVISION: Fisher, Hewitt in CHIN sweepstakes|work=The Globe and Mail|date=26 Aug 1970|page=12}}</ref>