ACTRA Foster Hewitt Award

For the award presented by the Hockey Hall of Fame to honour excellence in ice hockey broadcasting, see Foster Hewitt Memorial Award.

The Foster Hewitt Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting was presented annually by ACTRA, the Canadian association of actors and broadcasters, to honour outstanding work by Canadian television and radio sportscasters. The award was named after legendary Canadian sportscaster Foster Hewitt.

Prior to the introduction of the Foster Hewitt Award, ACTRA presented an award for Best Sportscaster at the 3rd ACTRA Awards in 1974. At the 4th ACTRA Awards in 1975, the Foster Hewitt Award was introduced as a lifetime achievement award for sports broadcasting, and was presented to a different person than the Best Sportscaster award for work within the broadcast year, but this differentiation was not maintained thereafter, and the Foster Hewitt Award became the award for sportscasting work within the eligibility period rather than a lifetime award.

First presented in 1975, ACTRA discontinued the Foster Hewitt Award along with other individual awards program in 1986 when the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television took over presenting the awards.

Winners

Best Sportscaster

• 3rd ACTRA Awards (1974) - Danny Gallivan^[1]
• 4th ACTRA Awards (1975) - Don Chevrier^[2]

Foster Hewitt Award

• 4th ACTRA Awards (1975) - Bill Good Sr.^[2]
• 5th ACTRA Awards (1976) - Fred Sgambati^[3]
• 6th ACTRA Awards (1977) - Ernie Afaganis^[4]
• 7th ACTRA Awards (1978) - Don Wittman^[5]
• 8th ACTRA Awards (1979) - Brian Williams^[6]
• 9th ACTRA Awards (1980) - Dave Hodge^[7]
• 10th ACTRA Awards (1981) - Jim Robson^[8]
• 11th ACTRA Awards (1982) - Brian Williams^[9]
• 12th ACTRA Awards (1983) - Steve Armitage^[10]
• 13th ACTRA Awards (1984) - George Young, Don Cherry^[11]
• 14th ACTRA Awards (1985) - Sue Prestedge^[12]
• 15th ACTRA Awards (1986) - Ernie Nairn^[13]

References

1. James Nelson, "The women walk off with ACTRA awards". Vancouver Sun, March 4, 1974.
2. "William Hutt wins ACTRA best acting award". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, April 24, 1975.
3. "1975 ACTRA Award winners". Edmonton Journal, April 7, 1977.
4. "CBC's own artists take bows in ACTRA awards". Edmonton Journal, April 15, 1977.
5. "CBC shows and personalities sweep awards". Vancouver Sun, March 23, 1978.
6. "The winners". Ottawa Citizen, April 5, 1979.
7. Rick Groen, "Drying Up the Streets cleans up on ACTRAs". The Globe and Mail, April 10, 1980.
8. Rick Groen, "Waxman, Establishment take Actras". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 1981.
9. Rick Groen, "Cadeau, Missing Kid take top ACTRAs". The Globe and Mail, May 13, 1982.
10. Rick Groen, "Air Farce, Billy Bishop big ACTRA winners". The Globe and Mail, April 18, 1983.
11. Rick Groen, "Popular mini-series dominates ACTRA awards: Empire earns big dividend". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 1984.
12. "ACTRA winners". Ottawa Citizen, April 4, 1985.
13. Adele Freedman, "Charlie Grant's War is ACTRA's top show of the year: Nellie makes last stand brisk but chummy". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 1986.