# Ron Reusch

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{{Short description|Canadian sportscaster}}{{BLP sources|date=June 2010}}
'''Ron Reusch''' is a Canadian sportscaster, active mostly from the 1960s through to 2006.

While living in [Germany](/source/Germany) from 1959 to 1967, he worked for [CBS](/source/CBS) Europe, the Canadian Forces Network, and a variety of German radio and television outlets.<ref name="rides">{{cite news|title=CTV's Reusch rides off into sports sunset|work=The Montreal Gazette|date=2006-08-26|url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=a396d806-982b-49b7-bab7-70fcb82757c7|access-date=2010-06-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604115408/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=a396d806-982b-49b7-bab7-70fcb82757c7|archive-date=2011-06-04}}</ref>

When he returned to Canada, he started working for a radio station called [CKGM](/source/CKGM) in [Montreal](/source/Montreal),<ref name="rides"/> and for years was part of the English broadcast crews of both the [Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens) and [Montreal Expos](/source/Montreal_Expos). He worked for many years on the [CTV Television Network](/source/CTV_Television_Network) and its Montréal affiliate, [CFCF-TV](/source/CFCF-TV),<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Boone|first=Mike|title=Spinning radio dial frustrating exercise|work=The Montreal Gazette|date=1985-12-16|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Bj0yAAAAIBAJ&pg=1671,3420101|access-date=2010-06-18}}</ref> where he covered a variety of sports.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Mike |date=2019-12-25 |title=Legendary broadcaster Reusch still loves covering the Habs and other tales from the Bell Centre |url=https://www.thesuburban.com/columnists/mike_cohen_cohen_chatter/legendary-broadcaster-reusch-still-loves-covering-the-habs-and-other-tales-from-the-bell-centre/article_08d964ac-6e33-595c-86d5-ab7c0204600d.html |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=The Suburban Newspaper |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brownstein |first=Bill |date=January 19, 2021 |title=Brownstein: CTV Montreal soldiers on, 60 years later |url=https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/brownstein-ctv-montreal-soldiers-on-60-years-later |access-date=September 4, 2023 |website=[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)}}</ref>

He was part of thirteen Olympic broadcasts, beginning with [1968](/source/1968_Winter_Olympics) in [Grenoble, France](/source/Grenoble%2C_France) for [CBS](/source/Olympics_on_CBS),<ref name="rides"/> where he broadcast [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey_at_the_1968_Winter_Olympics). For CTV, he covered the [1980 Winter Olympics](/source/1980_Winter_Olympics) in [Lake Placid, New York](/source/Lake_Placid%2C_New_York) ([ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey_at_the_1980_Winter_Olympics)), the [1988 Winter Olympics](/source/1988_Winter_Olympics) in [Calgary, Alberta](/source/Calgary%2C_Alberta) ([ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey_at_the_1988_Winter_Olympics)), the [1992 Summer Olympics](/source/1992_Summer_Olympics) in [Barcelona, Spain](/source/Barcelona%2C_Spain) ([baseball](/source/baseball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics)), and the [1994 Winter Olympics](/source/1994_Winter_Olympics) in [Lillehammer, Norway](/source/Lillehammer%2C_Norway) ([speed skating](/source/speed_skating_at_the_1994_Winter_Olympics)).

Previously, he did play-by-play for CTV's coverage of the first three [Canada Cup](/source/Canada_Cup) hockey tournaments, and he served as the colour commentator to [Dan Kelly](/source/Dan_Kelly_(sportscaster))'s play-by-play for [CTV's NHL coverage](/source/NHL_on_CTV) for the [1984–85](/source/1984%E2%80%9385_NHL_season), [1985–86](/source/1985%E2%80%9386_NHL_season) seasons, and the [1987 Canada Cup](/source/1987_Canada_Cup).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sports Media |first=Canadian |date=2012-09-10 |title=TSN to Re-broadcast 1987 Canada Cup Final Series |url=https://canadiansportsfan.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/tsn-to-re-broadcast-1987-canada-cup-final-series/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=A Rouge Point |language=en}}</ref>

During the firing of Marguerite Corriveau, a weatherperson for the station, Reusch emphasized that CFCF principal owner Jean Pouliot was a pro-unionist and that any statements he made beforehand were misinterpreted.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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{{succession box|before=[Mickey Redmond](/source/Mickey_Redmond), [Dick Irvin Jr.](/source/Dick_Irvin_Jr.), and [Gary Dornhoefer](/source/Gary_Dornhoefer)| title=[Canadian](/source/List_of_Canadian_Stanley_Cup_Final_television_announcers) network television color commentator| years=[1985](/source/1985_Stanley_Cup_Final)–[1986](/source/1986_Stanley_Cup_Final)|after=[John Davidson](/source/John_Davidson_(ice_hockey))}}
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