Editing Ron MacLean (section)

==Early life and education==
MacLean was born in [[Zweibrücken]], [[West Germany]], at the NATO Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)  Number 3 Fighter Wing Zweibrucken, West Germany on April 12, 1960.<ref name="cbpost"/> His father was  stationed at the NATO RCAF Number 1 Air Division Headquarters, Chateau de Mercy, Metz, France where he was employed in the Chateau as a  NCO Communications Operator (Crypto Centre). 

Ron MacLean Sr., of [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]], married in July 1959 at 1 Air Division  Metz, a member of the RCAF, Sarah "Lila" MacDonald, from [[Iona, Nova Scotia]]. In 1956-57 Ron MacLean Sr. worked as a communications operator at RCAF Station Edmonton, while MacDonald was an airwoman/clerk stationed at [[RCAF Station Namao]], just outside Edmonton.<ref name="cbpost">{{cite web |title=Hockey broadcaster's roots remembered |url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Letter-to-the-Editor/2015-11-15/article-4344398/Hockey-broadcaster's-roots-remembered/1 |website=www.capebretonpost.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118113406/http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Letter-to-the-Editor/2015-11-15/article-4344398/Hockey-broadcaster%26rsquo%3Bs-roots-remembered/1 |archive-date=November 18, 2015}}</ref> Fourteen months after MacLean's birth, the family moved back to Canada, initially settling in [[Chester, Nova Scotia]]. MacLean was four years old when his dad was stationed in [[Whitehorse]], [[Yukon]], with the Royal Canadian Air Force before relocating eventually in [[Sylvan Lake, Alberta|Sylvan Lake]], [[Alberta]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Whitehorse Daily Star: Hometown Hockey visit a homecoming for host |url=https://www.whitehorsestar.com/Sports/hometown-hockey-visit-a-homecoming-for-host |website=Whitehorse Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

He attended high school in [[Red Deer, Alberta]], where he met his future wife Cari.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Nicholas Hune-Brown |title=Minutes from Death: How Ron MacLean's Wife Cari Came Back From the Brink |url=https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/ron-maclean-s-wife-cari-came-back-brink/ |website=readersdigest.ca |access-date=February 27, 2020 |date=2013}}</ref> After high school, MacLean was prepared to attend the [[University of Alberta]] until he was asked to fill in for a sick friend at [[CKRD-FM]], which led to a job at [[CHCA-TV|CKRD-TV]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hockey Night with Ron MacLean |url=https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/2905519-hockey-night-with-ron-maclean/ |website=insidehalton.com |access-date=February 27, 2020 |date=February 4, 2006}}</ref>