Legendary Raider CKBI Broadcaster - Morley Jaeger Passes Away

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Prince Albert, SK – It is with sadness the Prince Albert Raiders announce that Morley Richard Jaeger, long time broadcaster of the team, passed away this afternoon at age 72. (Photo: Taken from his obituary) .. Morley Jaeger did the play by play broadcast of 16 seasons of Prince Albert Raider hockey totaling 1,272 games on 900 CKBI.

He began during the first season of the Raiders in 1972 and continued through 1988. Jaeger broadcast all four Centennial Cup Championship games when the team was in Junior A and did the play by play of the Raiders Memorial Cup Championship in 1985 when they defeated the Shawinigan Cataracts 6-1. In voting by fans, Jaeger was selected Top Broadcaster of the Raiders during the 30th Anniversary season of 2001-02.

On November 15, 2008, the Raiders honoured Jaeger during their annual Wall of Honour Night when the broadcast booth on the north side of the Art Hauser Centre was renamed the “Morley Jaeger Broadcast Booth”.

"I actually think he was ahead of his time in regards to calling play-by-play back then. He was that awesome," says Rod Pedersen, currently the radio voice of both the Regina Pats and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. "I don't know why he never moved on to the NHL, because he had that ability. He was easily as good as anybody in the NHL today; no two ways about it."Pedersen was in Prince Albert with the Pats last season when the Raiders honoured the ailing ex-broadcaster.

They played clips of Jaeger's calls from Centennial and Memorial Cups, a moment Pedersen calls "spine-tingling."Pedersen recalled sitting in the broadcast booth with Jaeger as a visiting youngster who was interested in the profession.

"It was like being next to God, for a 12-year-old kid," said Pedersen.

The following is a portion taken from his obituary: MORLEY JAEGER Morley Richard Jaeger passed away suddenly surrounded by family on Sunday, Father's Day, June 21, 2009 after a lengthy illness. Morley worked in various stations across Canada and with his family finally settled at CKBI Radio and Television becoming the Voice of the Raiders. He was a broadcaster for 30 years and coming up the phrase You Know the Score He turned down many offers from various stations across Canada and the NHL. Morley was inducted into the Prince Albert Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. The Prince Albert Raiders also honored him last November by having the broadcast booth he spent so much time in, named the Morley Jaeger Broadcast Booth.