There’s still plenty of live Canucks talk out there, even without Sportsnet 650.
Vancouver has lost another all-sports radio home, but the content hasn’t vanished. It’s just been spread across radio, TV and YouTube, with a full day’s worth of local hockey chatter available if you know where to look.
That’s been the pattern before, too. When TSN 1040 went off the air five years ago, a lot of its programming found new life on different platforms. The same thing is happening now after Sportsnet 650’s shutdown, only this time the live Canucks conversation is even more fragmented - and, in some ways, easier to track down.
For fans who want to listen or watch during the day, the lineup starts early and runs deep.
Mike Halford and Jason Brough, along with producer Andy Cole, are back on the air through Daily Faceoff Vancouver. Beginning Sept.
28, Halford and Brough can be streamed live on the DFO Vancouver YouTube channel. Their weekday show runs from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
The next stop is Donnie and Dhali, which airs weekday mornings on CHEK from 10 a.m. to noon. Don Taylor and Rick Dhaliwal host the show, with Ryan Henderson filling in for Taylor on Fridays. Fans can watch it on television or through CHEK+.
From noon to 2 p.m., Matt Sekeres and Blake Price keep the conversation going on the Sekeres and Price YouTube channel. Their move from TSN 1040 to digital in 2021 worked, and the show remains a fixture in the Vancouver sports-talk scene.
Afternoons belong to West Coast Conversation, the show formerly known as “Canucks Conversation.” David Quadrelli and Harman Dayal host the program, which now runs weekdays from 2 to 4 p.m. on the DFO Vancouver YouTube page.
There’s also Locked On Canucks, with Trevor Beggs and Kyle Bhawan hosting weekdays live on the Locked On Canucks YouTube page.
For a different angle, Blackfish offers a weekly prospect focus. Tyson Cole and Dave Hall host the show every Monday from 11 a.m. to noon on the Daily Faceoff Vancouver YouTube channel.
When the puck drops, the Canucks now have a new radio home. Kiss West Coast carries the games on 104.9 FM in Metro Vancouver, 92.5 in Abbotsford and 107.5 in Chilliwack. Brendan Batchelor handles play-by-play, Randip Janda is on colour, and Dominic Sramaty and Arash Memarzadeh take care of intermissions.
One thing that isn’t part of that broadcast: a long pre-game or post-game segment.
For that, the postgame stop is Rink Wide Vancouver, which is the only live option for post-game analysis. Jeff Paterson and new co-host Jamie Dodd go live after every Canucks game via the .
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