An iconic sports radio host in Canada, Bob McCown ended his almost year long media hiatus and recently returned with a short-form podcast available on YouTube.
OK, You’ve Got 5 Minutes debuted Monday, featuring McCown and a daily guest who gets the chance to interview the Bobcat for five minutes. During an appearance on Canadian radio personality Dean Blundell’s podcast, McCown shared his own apathy for taking the time to catch a three-hour show, but noted of his new venture, “whatever you’re doing, you can take five minutes and listen to this thing.”
McCown has been a fixture in Canada’s sports media for over four decades and a sports radio pioneer, helping build the format in the country. For 30 years, McCown served as the primary host of Prime Time Sports, until parting ways with SportsNet 590 last June. Since then, the often-top-rated sports host has mostly laid low.
McCown told Blundell he spoke with “two U.S. entities and two Canadian entities,” adding that he had a bunch of offers, to get back into the media, “but they were all crummy.” McCown said he’s not opposed to making a radio return, but he’s not about to get desperate, it has to include an economic offer that makes sense for both sides.
For now, fans of the 68-year old sports radio personality will have five minutes every day to get their fix of the Bobcat through his new podcast.
Brandon Contes is a former reporter for BSM, now working for Awful Announcing. You can find him on Twitter @BrandonContes or reach him by email at Brandon.Contes@gmail.com.
