Brian Munz: Growing Up Humboldt

The Humboldt bus accident that claimed the lives' of 16 people on
April 6, 2018 led to a worldwide outpouring of grief and support.
In the hours after the crash, the lives of players, coaches, team
support staff like a statistician and therapist were also lost;
as well as Tyler Bieber who was the play-by-play host and worked
at 107.5 Bolt-FM in Humboldt. Brian Munz grew up in Humboldt. I
spent some time with him to talk about what calling Junior hockey
is like and to find out more about the close relationships that
are created on and off the ice between players and broadcasters.


I also spoke with Don Scott from the Western Academy Broadcast
College in Saskatoon. The broadcast school has created the Tyler
Bieber Memorial Scholarship for students requiring financial aid
in hopes of becoming apart of their great alumni; the likes of
which from just the hockey side include Darren Dutchyshen (TSN),
Peter Loubardias (FAN 960 Calgary), Brian Munz (TSN 1290
Winnipeg), Darren Dreger (TSN), and Daren Millard (Sportsnet).
Western Academy is funding the ongoing yearly scholarship
to provide a legacy to the memory of sports announcer Tyler
Bieber and the 15 other Humboldt Bronco hockey team members and
staff.


Applications for the Scholarship are available on the
WABC website at http://www.wabc.ca


Two songs appear in the show: Tom Cochrane's BIG LEAGUE FOR
HUMBOLDT 2018 Sky Is Falling Inc., (Universal Music) and Jason
Smith's HUMBOLDT STRONG (LEAVE A STICK BY THE DOOR).


All ad revenue from this episode will be donated to the Tyler
Bieber Memorial Scholarship at the Western Academy Broadcast
College, so share it far and wide.


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