Vic Rauter

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Vic Rauter
Occupation Canadian sportscaster
Known for TSN, Season of Champions on TSN

Victor "Vic" Rauter (born 1955) is a Canadian sportscaster for TSN, having joined the network in 1985. Rauter has anchored TSN's curling coverage for more than 25 years, providing play-by-play curling commentary for the Season of Champions on TSN, including events such as the Tim Hortons Brier, Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and the World Curling Championships. [1] He lives in Orillia, Ontario. [2]

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Broadcasting career

Before joining TSN, Rauter was a sportscaster at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto covering the Olympic Games. He also worked for CFTR radio in Toronto as a news and sports reader before joining the Global Television Network in Toronto for four years.

Known as “the voice of curling” in Canada, Rauter currently provides play-by-play curling commentary for the Season of Champions on TSN, including events such as the Tim Hortons Brier, Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and the World Curling Championships. [1] When he started covering curling in 1986, his experience with the sport was limited to playing once or twice a year for fun. He reviewed old curling tapes to prepare for the job, and when doing commentary he would ask the analyst (at the time, Ray Turnbull) "simple, basic questions" to help viewers with less knowledge of the sport. He began enjoying the sport himself, and started curling twice a week the very next season. [3]

In addition to his curling coverage for TSN, Rauter has covered auto racing and soccer [4] since 1986 as well as hockey, bowling, squash, volleyball, cycling, rugby, equestrian, and skiing. He was the first host for the CFL on TSN from 1987 to 1991. In 2001, he was the play-by-play announcer for TSN's coverage of the Montreal Expos. [5]

Rauter handled curling play-by-play duties for Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. [1]

Rauter's best-known catch phrases are "Make the final..." with the final score at the end of a game, and "Count 'em up—1, 2, 3, 4..." [or more] after the last stone of an end scoring three or more.

Awards

In 1999, Rauter was nominated for a Gemini Award as Canada's top sportscaster. In 2018, he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award as Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer. [6]

In 2006, Rauter was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Vic Rauter". TSN.ca.
  2. ↑ "TSN's Vic Rauter pining for the return of curling to the airwaves". Regina Leader-Post. December 18, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  3. ↑ "TSN's Vic Rauter has matured tremendously as the game's 'voice'". Calgary Herald. April 18, 1987. p. 78. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Canada ready for historic 2016 MLS Cup in Toronto". Canada Soccer. December 8, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ Hickey, Pat (May 26, 2001). "Hockey Day in Canada?: Afternoon game has disastrous effect on ratings". The Montreal Gazette.
  6. ↑ "Vic Rauter". academy.ca. 12 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Vic Rauter". Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.
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