Alex J. Walling
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Alex J. Walling also known as A.J. Walling is a major sports analyst in Atlantic Canada
. He also contributes weekly to a sports column on www.tsn.ca, A.J. was Atlantic Canada's first TSN
sports reporter for nine years. and he is daily on Halifax Information Radio (97.9 FM radio). Never afraid to "tell it like it is," Alex has been observering Atlantic University
football for over two decades. AJ has covered major professional sporting events, including the 1972 Summit Series
where he was one of the first to talk to Paul Henderson
, moments after the historic goal. He is also active in covering sports from the High School level and began by covering the 1973 High School Provincial Football Championship featuring the Queen Elizabeth Lions Football team.
Wallings distinctive voice is well known by all Nova Scotians, and many Atlantic Canadians as well, and is considered as the top resident sports expert, above local gurus Harv Stewart and Cecil Wright. Walling was the first Halifax-based sports anchor at MITV
(now Global Maritimes) when it went on the air in 1988. In 1994 Alex J. had a television sports talk show on a Halifax community local station the show's name was A.J. Harv & company. a one hour call in sports show. A.J. left the show in May 2000 to enjoy his retirement from television, radio & newsprint.
Walling has been around the Nova Scotia sports scene since arriving in 1972. His first major assignment as the first full time sports director of radio station CHNS was to travel to Edmonton, Alberta and cover Dartmouth Dairy Queen in the National Softball title. In fact Walling arrived in Halifax in the zenith of this sport. From 70-75 crowds of several thousanda witnessed the likes of Keiths, Mooseheads, Brookfield and DDQ in stellar competition.
Walling started the first full time sports talk show on CHNS early in his radio career. The show ran on Sunday nights from 10:30 till midnight or past midnight.
Walling continues to be an innovator and trailblazer in sports journalism, essentially pioneering the "one-sentence paragraph."
Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia – and Newfoundland and Labrador...
. He also contributes weekly to a sports column on www.tsn.ca, A.J. was Atlantic Canada's first TSN
The Sports Network
The Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...
sports reporter for nine years. and he is daily on Halifax Information Radio (97.9 FM radio). Never afraid to "tell it like it is," Alex has been observering Atlantic University
Atlantic University
Atlantic University is an American institution of higher education in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is associated with an Edgar Cayce organization, the Association for Research and Enlightenment . Its offices are in the A.R.E. headquarters....
football for over two decades. AJ has covered major professional sporting events, including the 1972 Summit Series
Summit Series
The Summit Series was the first competition between the Soviet and an NHL-inclusive Canadian national ice hockey teams, an eight-game series held in September 1972...
where he was one of the first to talk to Paul Henderson
Paul Henderson
Paul Henderson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. A left winger, Henderson played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flames...
, moments after the historic goal. He is also active in covering sports from the High School level and began by covering the 1973 High School Provincial Football Championship featuring the Queen Elizabeth Lions Football team.
Wallings distinctive voice is well known by all Nova Scotians, and many Atlantic Canadians as well, and is considered as the top resident sports expert, above local gurus Harv Stewart and Cecil Wright. Walling was the first Halifax-based sports anchor at MITV
CIHF-TV
CIHF-DT, channel 8, is a television station in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Owned by Shaw Media, it serves the Maritime provinces as an owned-and-operated station of the Global Television Network...
(now Global Maritimes) when it went on the air in 1988. In 1994 Alex J. had a television sports talk show on a Halifax community local station the show's name was A.J. Harv & company. a one hour call in sports show. A.J. left the show in May 2000 to enjoy his retirement from television, radio & newsprint.
Walling has been around the Nova Scotia sports scene since arriving in 1972. His first major assignment as the first full time sports director of radio station CHNS was to travel to Edmonton, Alberta and cover Dartmouth Dairy Queen in the National Softball title. In fact Walling arrived in Halifax in the zenith of this sport. From 70-75 crowds of several thousanda witnessed the likes of Keiths, Mooseheads, Brookfield and DDQ in stellar competition.
Walling started the first full time sports talk show on CHNS early in his radio career. The show ran on Sunday nights from 10:30 till midnight or past midnight.
Walling continues to be an innovator and trailblazer in sports journalism, essentially pioneering the "one-sentence paragraph."