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Robert Alan "Bob" McCown (born May 21, 1952 in Columbus, Ohio) is a Canadian sports talk show personality and the host of a late afternoon/early evening radio talk show called ''Prime Time Sports''. The program is broadcast from the Toronto-based studio of the Fan 590 (the flagship radio station of the Fan Radio Network) and is syndicated nationally in Canada. Since 2004, this radio talk show has also been simulcast on television on Rogers Sportsnet. Since 2009, the show's live stream has been available online in Canada on the FAN590 website. ==Career== During the Toronto Blue Jays' inaugural season in 1977, McCown was the public address announcer for their home games. He was also the original host of Global TV's ''Sportsline'', and also hosted a magazine program on TSN called ''The Business of Sports''. In 1988, McCown joined CJCL-AM as a sports radio personality, and in 1989, he became the original host of the sports radio talk show ''Prime Time Sports''. In 1993, he was reassigned as the host of the Fan 1430's morning show (''The Bob McCown Show''), relinquishing his PTS hosting duties to Dan Shulman. In 1995, The Fan fired McCown as their morning show host, but when Shulman left the station to join TSN, McCown was re-hired as the host of Prime Time Sports a month later. In 2007, McCown received a Sports Radio Award for "Air Talent Of The Year" at the 2007 Rick Scott & Associates Sports Radio Conference.〔From Primetime Sports Episode on April 1, 2008〕 In 2007, McCown published his first book, "McCown's Law: The 100 Greatest Hockey Arguments" with co-author David Naylor. McCown has also been known for his 30 year standing bet with former Toronto Blue Jays president and CEO Paul Godfrey regarding an NFL team in Toronto. It was on a beach in the year of 1977 that the two men debated long hours about the subject. Godfrey to this day asserts that there will one day be an NFL team in Toronto, while McCown guarantees that there will not. Once a year or every so often, the debate is brought up again. In February 2012, McCown launched (Fadoo Productions Inc. ) and the company has produced several shows and series for television including "On The Edge," "Making History" and "Touch 'em all Joe." In June 2013, McCown purchased Stoney Ridge Estate Winery, one of the most decorated wineries in the Niagara region, as well as a minority interest in Mike Weir Wines. In March 2009, he launched a new website fadoo.com with the goal to "provide a platform for dialogue and comment among people of power and influence in the sports world. And then, let everyone in on the conversation." The website lasted just over a year before being removed in early June 2010. “It just didn’t make business sense, anymore,” a source close the operation wrote in an e-mail message. It appeared McCown lost interest in the fadoo.ca site months ago with no posts, updates, or otherwise. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob McCown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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