Mike Ross (announcer)
Canadian radio host, sports broadcaster
Mike Ross (born September 8, 1973) is a Canadian announcer, broadcaster and actor. He has been the PA announcer for the Toronto Maple Leafs since 2016 and is also a presenter on AMI-audio.
Education and starting in radio
Ross graduated from the École secondaire publique De La Salle in Ottawa and went on to study at Carleton University and volunteered at CKCU, Carleton's campus radio station, where he first did sports on the radio.
Soon after, he began working in the promotions department at Rawlco's Energy 1200 and Majic 100 in Ottawa.
Sports radio career
In 1998, 1200 AM went all sports and Ross became the morning show producer and co-host on OSR 1200.
In 1999, when CHUM Limited bought Rawlco's Ottawa stations, he was moved to the afternoon drive show with Duke and the Dandyman.
In 2001, CHUM launched a national sports radio network, The Team and hired him to produce the afternoon drive show from Toronto as well as serve as a general sports reporter covering the NHL, CFL, NBA and Major League Baseball.
In 2002, when CHUM pulled out of the national sports radio project, Ross moved over to television as an associate producer for Rogers Sportsnet.
Ross joined XM Canada's "Home Ice" hockey channel when it launched in 2005 (renamed Sirius XM NHL Network Radio in 2013), as the producer of the midday show with Jim Tatti and Gary Green. Soon thereafter, Ross became the show's back-up host and co-host who filled in for Tatti or Green.
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