Voice of my childhood listening to Canucks on the radio under my covers after bedtime. RIP legend.
Sad to hear this. I’m a life long Canucks fan and spent many hours listening to his broadcasts as a kid before all the games were televised. Wish the Canucks could have won a cup before he passed. RIP.
Hes the first voice i remember when i started watching hockey as a kid. And Bob Cole. RIP kings.
We’ve been spoiled as Canucks fans over the years. My introduction to hockey and the Canucks was listening to Jim Robson. Following him was Jim Hughson and now John Shorthouse.
RIP Mr. Robson…thank you for being the voice of many of my best Canucks memories.
RIP. May his spirits bring us the cup….
…*this* year would be crazy
How to put this one into words.
When I was young you would be lucky to have 20 televised games per year. The radio was the main way to follow the game. I spent plenty of evenings in my bed listening to Jim Robson or in the living room with my dad.
Jim Robson would bring a game alive. He called an active, precise, and engaging narrative. You felt right in the action with his signature smooth voice. There were no fancy gimmicks or catch phrase, just the game. You could feel his passion for it.
In a way I feel like the last bit of my childhood died today as well.
When I was a kid I was lucky enough for my Dad to take me to about half the home games at the old Pacific Coliseum for their first 10 years. Best seats in the house, row 43, right at center ice!! Although my dad totally understood the game he always had a little transistor radio and an earpiece with him to listen to Jim call the game. I asked him why and he told me that he just liked the way Jim called the game.
R.I.P. to Hockey Hall of famer Mr. Jim Robson.
It feels like a small part of my childhood has died.
I just remember as a kid having to go to bed before the end of most games. I was allowed to listen to the games on the radio and he would paint the perfect picture of the game that night. All with his voice.
Rest in peace Jim.
I used to listen in the living room in the dark and Jim made the game sound so exciting. Tommy was hype man but Jim’s calls made me feel like I was a part of the game. There was almost no Nucks games on TV unless they were playing the Leafs back then. Jim was all we had.
I still remember thinking who is this amazing goaltender for St. Louis Jim was calling in 1989. If it wasn’t for him standing on his head we would have of had em, it was CUJO. Funny the stuff you remember and thanks Jim for always making me believe in the team, I need some of that right now. RIP.
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Worked his broadcasts from the old Safeway store studios in New West as a BCIT student before heading off to work in radio. Never met him face to face. Talked to him on the phone once. Every broadcast engineer at every rink I talked to in Canada or the US, raved about him being the best play by play guy…maybe in any sport.
I loved that job, and it stands as one of my favourite life experiences. I was fortunate to get to do some pretty cool things during my career after that, but nothing compares to hearing his shout-out to hospital patients, shut ins, the pensioners and the blind, and those who otherwise can’t get out to hockey games…
…then he’d thank everyone working behind the scenes.
I still get chills from him saying my name.
I guess I’m older than I feel but I remember Jim Robson from the early 60’s calling Vancouver Mounties baseball games.This was our AAA team that played in Capilano Stadium (now Nat Bailey.)
Jim also called the away games but he didn’t travel. I believe he read from a continually updated wire report and added the sounds of a bat hitting a ball when needed and crowd noise.
As a 12 year old kid I thought it was the real thing.
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Voice of my childhood listening to Canucks on the radio under my covers after bedtime. RIP legend.
Sad to hear this. I’m a life long Canucks fan and spent many hours listening to his broadcasts as a kid before all the games were televised. Wish the Canucks could have won a cup before he passed. RIP.
Hes the first voice i remember when i started watching hockey as a kid. And Bob Cole. RIP kings.
We’ve been spoiled as Canucks fans over the years. My introduction to hockey and the Canucks was listening to Jim Robson. Following him was Jim Hughson and now John Shorthouse.
RIP Mr. Robson…thank you for being the voice of many of my best Canucks memories.
RIP. May his spirits bring us the cup….
…*this* year would be crazy
How to put this one into words.
When I was young you would be lucky to have 20 televised games per year. The radio was the main way to follow the game. I spent plenty of evenings in my bed listening to Jim Robson or in the living room with my dad.
Jim Robson would bring a game alive. He called an active, precise, and engaging narrative. You felt right in the action with his signature smooth voice. There were no fancy gimmicks or catch phrase, just the game. You could feel his passion for it.
In a way I feel like the last bit of my childhood died today as well.
When I was a kid I was lucky enough for my Dad to take me to about half the home games at the old Pacific Coliseum for their first 10 years. Best seats in the house, row 43, right at center ice!! Although my dad totally understood the game he always had a little transistor radio and an earpiece with him to listen to Jim call the game. I asked him why and he told me that he just liked the way Jim called the game.
R.I.P. to Hockey Hall of famer Mr. Jim Robson.
It feels like a small part of my childhood has died.
I just remember as a kid having to go to bed before the end of most games. I was allowed to listen to the games on the radio and he would paint the perfect picture of the game that night. All with his voice.
Rest in peace Jim.
I used to listen in the living room in the dark and Jim made the game sound so exciting. Tommy was hype man but Jim’s calls made me feel like I was a part of the game. There was almost no Nucks games on TV unless they were playing the Leafs back then. Jim was all we had.
I still remember thinking who is this amazing goaltender for St. Louis Jim was calling in 1989. If it wasn’t for him standing on his head we would have of had em, it was CUJO. Funny the stuff you remember and thanks Jim for always making me believe in the team, I need some of that right now. RIP.
🐐
Worked his broadcasts from the old Safeway store studios in New West as a BCIT student before heading off to work in radio. Never met him face to face. Talked to him on the phone once. Every broadcast engineer at every rink I talked to in Canada or the US, raved about him being the best play by play guy…maybe in any sport.
I loved that job, and it stands as one of my favourite life experiences. I was fortunate to get to do some pretty cool things during my career after that, but nothing compares to hearing his shout-out to hospital patients, shut ins, the pensioners and the blind, and those who otherwise can’t get out to hockey games…
…then he’d thank everyone working behind the scenes.
I still get chills from him saying my name.
I guess I’m older than I feel but I remember Jim Robson from the early 60’s calling Vancouver Mounties baseball games.This was our AAA team that played in Capilano Stadium (now Nat Bailey.)
Jim also called the away games but he didn’t travel. I believe he read from a continually updated wire report and added the sounds of a bat hitting a ball when needed and crowd noise.
As a 12 year old kid I thought it was the real thing.