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=== Broadcasting === {{See also|List of Toronto Maple Leafs broadcasters}} [[File:Foster Hewitt.JPG|thumb|left|alt=Foster Hewitt sitting at his office desk.|[[Foster Hewitt]] was the Maple Leafs' first radio play-by-play announcer from 1927 to 1968.]] As a result of both [[Bell Canada]] and [[Rogers Communications]] having an ownership stake in MLSE, Maple Leafs broadcasts are split between the two media companies; with regional TV broadcasts split between Rogers' [[Sportsnet Ontario]] and Bell's [[TSN4]].<ref name=brospl>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/109296/crtc-approves-sale-of-maple-leaf-sports-and-entert |title=CRTC Approves Sale Of Maple Leaf Sports And Entertainment To Bell And Rogers | |publisher=Allaccess.com |date=August 17, 2012 |access-date=January 8, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108072820/http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/109296/crtc-approves-sale-of-maple-leaf-sports-and-entert |archive-date=January 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=728571 | title=Leafs Announce 2014β15 TV & Radio Broadcast Schedule | publisher=Toronto Maple Leafs | access-date=October 11, 2014 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018132551/http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=728571 | archive-date=October 18, 2014 | df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Colour commentary]] for Bell's television broadcasts is performed by [[Mike Johnson (ice hockey)|Mike Johnson]], while play-by-play is provided by [[Gord Miller (sportscaster)|Gord Miller]].<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Gord Miller|user=GMillerTSN|number=1578868724895211520|title=In Toronto with β¦@mike_p_johnson for Red Wings/Maple Leafs in TSN4 at 7pm in the Leafs region. Final pre-season game for both, Toronto will have a full lineup (minus injured players). These teams have closed out the pre-season with a home and home series for 40+ years.}}</ref> Colour commentary for Rogers' television broadcasts is performed by [[Craig Simpson]], while play-by-play is provided by [[Chris Cuthbert]]; both also serve as the lead broadcast team of Hockey Night in Canada and Sportsnet's national TV broadcasts.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportsbroadcastjournal.com/nhl-kenny-albert-and-john-forslund-will-share-nbcs-regular-season-load-full-list-of-all-teams-tv-radio-voices/ | title=NHL: Kenny Albert and John Forslund will share NBC's regular season load; Full list of all teams' TV/Radio voices | publisher=Sports Broadcast Journal | date=January 20, 2021 | access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref> From 2001 to 2022, MLSE also operated a specialty channel, the [[Leafs Nation Network]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2022/08/16/leafs-tv-will-shut-down-after-21-years-on-the-air.html|title=Leafs TV will shut down after 21 years on the air|publisher=Torstar Corporation|date=August 16, 2022|access-date=September 2, 2022|website=www.thestar.com|last=Ngabo|first=Gilbert}}</ref> Like the Maple Leafs television broadcasts, radio broadcasts are split evenly between Rogers' [[CJCL]] (Sportsnet 590, The Fan) and Bell's [[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]] (TSN Radio 1050).<ref name="brospl" /> Both Bell and Rogers' radio broadcasts have their colour commentary provided by [[Jim Ralph]], with play-by-play provided by [[Joe Bowen]]. Radio broadcasts of games played by the club were started in 1923.<ref name=HFiC>{{cite book|title=Hockey Fight in Canada: The Big Media Faceoff over the NHL|last=Shoalts|first=David|year=2018|publisher=Douglas & McIntyre|isbn=978-1-77162-205-9}}</ref> The first Leafs hockey game that was televised occurred on November 10, 1952; the broadcast also being the first English-language television broadcast of an NHL game in Canada.<ref name="HFiC" /> Foster Hewitt was the Leafs' first play-by-play broadcaster, providing radio play-by-play from 1927 to 1978. In addition, he provided play-by-play for television from 1952 to 1958, and colour commentary from 1958 to 1961.{{sfn|Leonetti|2014|p=160β161}} Originally aired over [[CFCA (AM)|CFCA]], Hewitt's broadcast was picked up by the [[Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission]] (the CRBC) in 1933, moving to [[CBC Radio]] (the CRBC's successor) three years later.<ref name=FosHew>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononeb196501.shtml|title=One on One with Foster Hewitt|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum|date=November 9, 2007|access-date=July 7, 2017|editor=Kevin Shea|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630113156/http://hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononeb196501.shtml|archive-date=June 30, 2016}}</ref>
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