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Andrew Walker has been at the Fan for almost five years but this was his last week at the station. He's been named the co-host of afternoon drive at the new Sportsnet Vancouver outlet, replacing CISL 650's oldies format in September. They did a brief on-air farewell to him on Monday.
The Vancouver Province did an article highlighting the new additions, but of course couldn't help but get a dig in at Toronto.
"[Co-host Scott] Rintoul insisted Walker “isn’t a Toronto guy." Walker grew up in Saskatchewan, did radio in his home province and then Alberta for many years before making the jump to the Centre of the Universe in 2013."
Vancouver radio: Scott Rintoul excited about building something new at Sportsnet 650
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Doesn't look like he'll be welcomed by everyone:
Andrew Walker’s tenure as Vancouver sports talk radio host off to rocky start
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RadioActive wrote:
Doesn't look like he'll be welcomed by everyone:
Andrew Walker’s tenure as Vancouver sports talk radio host off to rocky start
Much ado about nothing.
He'll be fine. The man is paid to have opinions and say stuff that stirs the soup. Dig deep enough and I'm sure you'll find stuff that would even piss off fans of his beloved (and who can blame him) Saskatchewan Roughriders.
I'm disappointed that he's leaving Toronto, but happy to see another dumb kid from the prairies move up in the world.
bt (aka still another dumb kid from the prairies)
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So, has a successor to Walker been annointed yet at 590?
Please let it be Ben Ennis, if so, and if not, I suggest they do so.
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In an interview with a local Vancouver paper, Walker talks about his infamous tweets, the fear of his pro-Toronto bias and what he thinks makes for good sports talk radio.
Andrew Walker on not hating the Canucks, sports talk radio, and analytics
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This old thread, from July 2017, can now unfortunately be updated, after Sportsnet 650 in Vancouver hired the former morning men from the defunct TSN 1040 and let several others go - including former Fan 590 host Andrew Walker. Could he be coming back to Toronto?
Andrew Walker Let Go From Sportsnet 650 In Vancouver