John Shannon (born June 21, 1956) is a

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sportscaster,

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, and former panelist on Rogers Sportsnet's ''

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''. In 2003, he won a Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Special for his work on

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's broadcast of the XIX Olympic Winter Games in

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. On October 7, 2008 Shannon was named Executive In Charge of Programming and Production for NHL Network in addition to being Executive Vice President of Programming and Production for the

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. On September 28, 2009, Shannon left the NHL Network to become an on-air panelist for Rogers Sportsnet as a member of their ''Hockey Central'' studio panel. On November 1, 2009, Shannon also became a co-host of

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show ''

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'' on

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in Toronto alongside host

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which was also simulcast on Rogers Sportsnet. On June 19, 2019, ''Prime Time Sports'' aired for the final time before its cancellation, and on August 28, 2019, it was reported that Shannon would be retained by Rogers Sportsnet for the upcoming NHL season. On July 10, 2020, McCown began a series of sports talk podcasts on his YouTube channel that would later be branded as "The Bob McCown Show" featuring himself & Shannon as his co-host, and a guest or two from the sports industry to discuss sports topics of the day, similar to his former show ''Prime Time Sports''. , his podcasts were also broadcast on radio station Sauga 960 AM in

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weekdays from 6PM - 7PM.

References

External links

Emmy Awards list featuring John Shannon

John Shannon's Sportsnet writers page
1956 births Canadian television sportscasters Canadian television producers Living people People from Oliver, British Columbia {{Canada-sport-bio-stub