Don Gillis (born 1922 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia), is a retired American sportscaster, born in Canada, who was sports director of Boston's Channel 5 (WHDH-TV through March 1972; thereafter WCVB-TV) from 1962 through 1983. Gillis pioneered the 11 p.m. sports report in Boston during his tenure at WHDH-TV, becoming the dean of the city's sports anchors, and also would host highly popular candlepin bowling programs on the station during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Antigonish is town located in the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... American Sportscasters A sportscaster, sports announcer, or sports commentator is a type of journalist on radio or television who specializes in reporting or commenting on sports events. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Government  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area  - City  89. ... WCVB-TV is the ABC affiliate in Boston, Massachusetts. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Candlepin Bowling pins are specified as 15 3/4 inches (400 mm) in height, have identical ends, and are almost 3 inches (76 mm) in diameter at the center. ...

Gillis's family moved from Nova Scotia to New Bedford, Massachusetts, when he was a boy. After attending Holy Name High School in that city, Gillis served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and served in the Pacific Theater of operations. At war's end, he attended Boston's Leland Powers School of Broadcasting on the GI Bill and began a career in radio broadcasting at New Bedford's WBSM-AM in 1949, becoming that station's first sports director. He then joined the air staff of Boston's WHDH-AM 850, where he hosted music programs before focusing exclusively on sports. Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit(Latin) One defends and the other conquers BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL YT NT NU Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Regional Municipality Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis - Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Federal representation in Canadian... New Bedford is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, located about 56 miles (90 kilometers) south of Boston, 31 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and about 8 miles (13 kilometers) east of Fall River. ... The United States Navy, also known as the USN or the U.S. Navy, is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) is the term used in the United States for all military activity in the Pacific Ocean and the countries bordering it, in World War II. Pacific War is a more common name, around the world, for the broader conflict between the Allies and Japan... The G. I. Bill of Rights or Servicemens Readjustment Act of 1944 provided for college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans as well as one-year of unemployment compensation. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... WEEI is a sports radio station in Boston, Massachusetts that broadcasts on 850 kHz from a transmitter in Needham, Massachusetts. ...

WHDH at the time was the flagship station of the Boston Red Sox, and carried Boston Celtics basketball, Boston Bruins hockey, and Harvard University football during the autumn and winter months. Gillis hosted pregame coverage of Red Sox games — his "Warmup Time" five-minute segment often revisited great moments in baseball history – and was a color commentator on Bruins and Celtics games. During the 1957 season, Gillis joined the Red Sox' broadcast team when the #1 announcer, Curt Gowdy, was sidelined by a back injury. In addition, Gillis created a weekly sports roundtable radio show, called "The Voice of Sports," that featured sportswriters from the Boston Herald-Traveler (which owned WHDH), and other personalities, such as longtime Pittsburgh Pirates scout Chick Whalen and NBC sports producer Joe Costanza. Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901-1911) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 2004... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... A color commentator (or colour commentator in Canada), sometimes known as a color analyst (or colour analyst), is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1957 throughout the world. ... Curtis Edward Gowdy (July 31, 1919 – February 20, 2006) was an American sportscaster, well-known as the longtime voice of the Boston Red Sox and for his coverage of many nationally-televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports in the 1960s and 1970s. ... The Boston Herald is a tabloid newspaper (not to be confused with tabloid press periodicals), the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston, Massachusetts, with a daily circulation of 230,543 in September 2005. ... Major league affiliations National League (1887–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 20, 21, 33, 40, 42 Name Pittsburgh Pirates (1891–present) Pittsburgh Innocents (1890) Pittsburg Alleghenies (1882–1889) (Also referred to as Infants in 1890) Ballpark PNC Park (2001–present) Three Rivers... Professional sports scouts are trained talent evaluators who travel extensively for the purposes of watching athletes play their chosen sports and determining whether their set of skills and talents represent what is needed by the scouts organization. ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

But Gillis became best known as a television sports anchor. He began his sports report in October 1962 on the night Johnny Carson debuted as host of The Tonight Show. WHDH-TV expanded its late news from 15 minutes to a full half-hour to accommodate extended weather and sports segments. During the period when WHDH-TV held the license to Boston's Channel 5, the station was the television flagship for Red Sox coverage. After the team's improbable 1967 American League pennant, its TV ratings soared and Gillis was able to use video highlights of the team's games during his sportscasts. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... For other people named John Carson, see John Carson (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1967 throughout the world. ... American League The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ...

In March 1972, however, the Herald-Traveler and WHDH lost the license for the television property. Gillis, along with much of the legacy on-air staff, transitioned to the new WCVB-TV as sports director. Even though the Red Sox did not follow, ratings for the station's newscasts (branded NewsCenter 5) at 6 and 11 p.m. remained high. When WCVB-TV was acquired by Metromedia in 1982 for the highest price then ever paid for a local television station, Gillis was one of many stockholders who profited handsomely from the transaction. 1970s logo for WTCN-TV (now KARE) in Minneapolis, which included the corporate logo for Metromedia; this logo was also used by KTTV in Los Angeles Metromedia Producers Corporation logo Metromedia (also often MetroMedia) was a media company that owned radio and television stations in the United States from 1956... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He retired a year after the sale, although his son, Gary Gillis, continued as a popular sportscaster and sports anchor in the market for the city's Channel 7, which would assume the WHDH-TV call-letters in 1990. WHDH-TV 7 NBC is the NBC affiliate in Boston, Massachusetts. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...