Jim Robson, a Canadian sportscaster and broadcaster best known for his long run as the Vancouver Canucks’ play-by-play announcer, died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 91.
Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on January 17, 1935, he began his career at 17 covering senior men’s basketball for CJAV radio in Port Alberni. He went on to work in Nanaimo and Vancouver, covering lacrosse, football, baseball and hockey, and served as the Canucks’ announcer from 1970 to 1999.
Robson retired in 1999 and was later inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame, the CAB Broadcast Hall of Fame and the Order of British Columbia.
James Alexander Robson OBC (January 17, 1935 – February 9, 2026) was a Canadian radio and television broadcaster who was the play-by-play announcer of the Vancouver Canucks’ games from 1970 to 1999. Robson was considered a “legendary” Canadian broadcaster whose “voice was synonymous with the Vancouver Canucks for more than three decades”. He retired April 14, 1999. Robson is a member of the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame, the CAB Broadcast Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Order of British Columbia in 2011.