Hockey Night in Canada

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CBC Television has aired one of the longest-running programs broadcasting the sport of ice hockey play-by-play coverage, at first National Hockey League games on radio and later television in Canada from 1931 until 2026 and then coverage of Professional Women's Hockey League games on television from December 2026 onwards under the Hockey Night in Canada (often abbreviated Hockey Night or HNiC) banner. Its roots are pioneering hockey coverage that was carried on local private radio stations as early as 1923. The national radio broadcast began in 1931 as the General Motors Hockey Broadcast, featuring the Toronto Maple Leafs, and by 1933 was also broadcasting Montreal games in Quebec. The broadcast gained its long-standing name shortly after becoming one of the founding programs of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) when it was formed in 1936. With the launch of CBC Television in 1952, the program became a Canadian Saturday night cultural fixture and was an exclusive mainstay of...

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