Jeremy St. Louis
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Jeremy St. Louis is a former anchor for Fox Soccer Report
on Fox Soccer Channel
and Fox Sports World Canada
. He was graduated from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
's broadcast journalism program in Calgary in the spring of 1997. He took his first journalism job at CKLQ
in Brandon
, Manitoba
in the fall of 1997 and was a radio news reporter there for one year. He then moved to Yorkton, Saskatchewan
for his first television job as an anchor/reporter at CICC-TV
- a CTV
affiliate at the time. After six months in Yorkton, St.Louis moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta
in the spring of 1998 for a full-time anchor post at CHAT-TV
. He was the supper-hour sports anchor until March 2000 when he was fired after a disagreement with management. He then moved into public relations for six months at Medicine Hat College.
St. Louis returned to television just after Christmas of 2000 as the weather anchor for Global Television in Winnipeg.CKND-TV
After two years in weather, he moved into his current position as anchor on Fox Sports World Canada
. He joined the inaugural Global Sportslink as a reporter and fill-in anchor.He joined the show full-time as a weekend anchor when Sportslink went to seven days a week and was re-branded as the Fox Sports World Report in 2002. He also was a weekend anchor on Global Sports for three months.
The Fox Sports World Report re-launched as the new Fox Soccer Report
with St. Louis, Carlos Machado
, Derek Taylor
and Mitch Peacock
. In August 2007 he was one of two Canadian media members granted a 1-on-1 interview with former England captain David Beckham
in Toronto (The other was CBC's Scott Russell
).
In terms of professional accreditations, Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Lakehead University and a Journalism Diploma from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. St Louis has a secret passion for Manchester United which he revealed in an interview on the Radio Sounders Show on 15 October 2009. He also declared a cynicism about those running Canadian soccer which caused some controversy in the nation. His appearance on the show led to him becoming an iconic figure in Seattle and he was invited to appear on a Cup Final panel in the city along with Sounders FC General Manager Adrian Hanauer, on the eve of the MLS Cup final of 2009.
In 2010, St.Louis travelled to Madrid, Spain to take part in Fox Soccer Channel
coverage of the UEFA Champions League
Final. Alongside Fox Sports NFL host Curt Menefee
and former US International Eric Wynalda
, Los Angeles Galaxy
coach Bruce Arena
, former English player Warren Barton
and Fox Soccer Report
analyst Bobby McMahon
, St.Louis worked the sideline for the pre-game show, half-time and post-game show. His post-match interview with Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder
confirmed the news that manager Jose Mourinho
was leaving the club as most other UK broadcasters were trying to break the story. His follow-up interviews with Sulley Muntari
and Inter Milan President Massimo Moratti
provided confirmation - a coup of sorts for Fox Soccer Channel
.
While in Spain he also conducted an in-depth interview with France footballing great and UEFA
President Michel Platini
. The interview was aired during the UEFA Champions League
Final and was also picked up by Sky Italia
and aired in Italy. The interview generated a number of newspaper articles in the UK adding to St.Louis reputation as one of the top football broadcasters in North America.
On January 31, 2011, he announced his resignation from Fox Soccer Report. His final show was on February 25, 2011.
He is now a News Director for Golden West Broadcasting, overseeing news production at their two radio stations in Steinbach, Manitoba.
Fox Soccer Report
Fox Soccer Report is Fox Soccer Channel's flagship studio program. The show is produced by Fox Sports World Canada, a Canadian international sports network owned by Shaw Media , from CKND-TV's studios in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The show, formerly called Fox Sports World Report and Global SportsLink,...
on Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Soccer is an American television specialty channel, owned by News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group, that specializes in soccer. It formerly broadcast rugby and Australian rules football, but is now dedicated strictly to soccer...
and Fox Sports World Canada
Fox Sports World Canada
Fox Sports World Canada is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Shaw Media. FSWC's programming primarily features association football with select programming on other world sports such as rugby....
. He was graduated from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
-Academics:SAIT Polytechnic offers two full baccalaureate degrees , four applied degrees, 66 diploma and certificate programs, 32 apprenticeship trades and 1,600 continuing education and corporate training courses....
's broadcast journalism program in Calgary in the spring of 1997. He took his first journalism job at CKLQ
CKLQ (AM)
CKLQ is an AM radio station serving Brandon, Manitoba, Canada and the surrounding area. It currently broadcasts at 880 kHz at a power of 10,000 watts, airing a country music format, along with radio coverage of Brandon Wheat Kings junior ice hockey...
in Brandon
Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...
, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
in the fall of 1997 and was a radio news reporter there for one year. He then moved to Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
for his first television job as an anchor/reporter at CICC-TV
CICC-TV
CICC-TV, channel 10 is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. It is an affiliate of CTV Television Network....
- a CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
affiliate at the time. After six months in Yorkton, St.Louis moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
in the spring of 1998 for a full-time anchor post at CHAT-TV
CHAT-TV
CHAT-TV is a television station in Medicine Hat, Alberta. It is owned by Jim Pattison Group, and operates on VHF channel 6 and cable channel 3. It is a privately owned affiliate of Rogers television system Citytv....
. He was the supper-hour sports anchor until March 2000 when he was fired after a disagreement with management. He then moved into public relations for six months at Medicine Hat College.
St. Louis returned to television just after Christmas of 2000 as the weather anchor for Global Television in Winnipeg.CKND-TV
CKND-TV
CKND-DT is a television station that broadcasts from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the Manitoba outlet for the Global Television Network.-History:...
After two years in weather, he moved into his current position as anchor on Fox Sports World Canada
Fox Sports World Canada
Fox Sports World Canada is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Shaw Media. FSWC's programming primarily features association football with select programming on other world sports such as rugby....
. He joined the inaugural Global Sportslink as a reporter and fill-in anchor.He joined the show full-time as a weekend anchor when Sportslink went to seven days a week and was re-branded as the Fox Sports World Report in 2002. He also was a weekend anchor on Global Sports for three months.
The Fox Sports World Report re-launched as the new Fox Soccer Report
Fox Soccer Report
Fox Soccer Report is Fox Soccer Channel's flagship studio program. The show is produced by Fox Sports World Canada, a Canadian international sports network owned by Shaw Media , from CKND-TV's studios in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The show, formerly called Fox Sports World Report and Global SportsLink,...
with St. Louis, Carlos Machado
Carlos Machado
Carlos Machado is a former world master's champion in Brazilian jiu-jitsu born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the eldest of the five Machado Brothers, known for BJJ, that also includes Roger, Rigan, Jean Jaques and John. He currently runs BJJ schools across the United States.-Early life :Carlos...
, Derek Taylor
Derek Taylor (sportscaster)
Derek Taylor is an anchor for the Fox Soccer Report on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports World Canada. He joined the show in January 2007.Taylor was a news reporter for A-Channel Manitoba from December 2001 to May 2003. He then became the weekend sports anchor and eventually sports anchor for...
and Mitch Peacock
Mitch Peacock
Mitch Peacock is a sports anchor with CBC Winnipeg. He was the anchor on the Fox Soccer Report on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports World Canada...
. In August 2007 he was one of two Canadian media members granted a 1-on-1 interview with former England captain David Beckham
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...
in Toronto (The other was CBC's Scott Russell
Scott Russell (commentator)
Scott Alexander Russell MA is a Canadian sports writer and broadcaster. He has worked on various CBC Sports broadcasts including Hockey Night in Canada from 1989 until 2003, and again from 2005 until now...
).
In terms of professional accreditations, Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Lakehead University and a Journalism Diploma from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. St Louis has a secret passion for Manchester United which he revealed in an interview on the Radio Sounders Show on 15 October 2009. He also declared a cynicism about those running Canadian soccer which caused some controversy in the nation. His appearance on the show led to him becoming an iconic figure in Seattle and he was invited to appear on a Cup Final panel in the city along with Sounders FC General Manager Adrian Hanauer, on the eve of the MLS Cup final of 2009.
In 2010, St.Louis travelled to Madrid, Spain to take part in Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Soccer is an American television specialty channel, owned by News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group, that specializes in soccer. It formerly broadcast rugby and Australian rules football, but is now dedicated strictly to soccer...
coverage of the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
Final. Alongside Fox Sports NFL host Curt Menefee
Curt Menefee
Curt Menefee , is an American sportscaster who is the host of the Fox network's NFL show Fox NFL Sunday. His co-hosts are Jimmy Johnson, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Michael Strahan....
and former US International Eric Wynalda
Eric Wynalda
Eric Boswell Wynalda is a retired American soccer player, and former sports broadcaster. He was the co-host of Fox Football Fone-In on Fox Soccer Channel and is currently employeed as the president of international operations at Mexican third division club Murcielagos.Wynalda scored the first goal...
, Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
coach Bruce Arena
Bruce Arena
Bruce Arena is a former coach of the United States men's national soccer team as well as a former professional soccer and lacrosse player...
, former English player Warren Barton
Warren Barton
Warren Dean Barton is a former English football player and a TV Pundit for Fox Soccer Channel.-Club career:...
and Fox Soccer Report
Fox Soccer Report
Fox Soccer Report is Fox Soccer Channel's flagship studio program. The show is produced by Fox Sports World Canada, a Canadian international sports network owned by Shaw Media , from CKND-TV's studios in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The show, formerly called Fox Sports World Report and Global SportsLink,...
analyst Bobby McMahon
Bobby McMahon
Robert "Bobby" McMahon is a Scottish football analyst for Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports World Canada. He appears exclusively on Fox Soccer Report. He also maintains a blog called Soccer Report Extra....
, St.Louis worked the sideline for the pre-game show, half-time and post-game show. His post-match interview with Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder
Wesley Sneijder
Wesley Sneijder is a Dutch footballer playing as an attacking midfielder for Internazionale. He was named UEFA midfielder of the season as well as one of the three best midfielders in the world for 2010 by FIFA....
confirmed the news that manager Jose Mourinho
José Mourinho
José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Real Madrid. He is commonly known as "The Special One".Mourinho is regarded by some players, coaches and critics as the best ever coach in football....
was leaving the club as most other UK broadcasters were trying to break the story. His follow-up interviews with Sulley Muntari
Sulley Muntari
Sulleyman Ali "Sulley" Muntari is a Ghanaian international footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan in Italy. He has 66 caps for The Black Stars of Ghana.-Early career:...
and Inter Milan President Massimo Moratti
Massimo Moratti
Massimo Moratti is an Italian oil tycoon. He is the owner and President of Italian football team Football Club Internazionale Milano, and Chief Executive Officer of Saras S.p.A.-Life and career:...
provided confirmation - a coup of sorts for Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Soccer is an American television specialty channel, owned by News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group, that specializes in soccer. It formerly broadcast rugby and Australian rules football, but is now dedicated strictly to soccer...
.
While in Spain he also conducted an in-depth interview with France footballing great and UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
President Michel Platini
Michel Platini
Michel François Platini is a former French football player, manager and current president of UEFA. Platini was a member of the French national team that won the 1984 European Championship, a tournament in which he was the top goalscorer and voted the best player. He participated in the 1978, 1982...
. The interview was aired during the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
Final and was also picked up by Sky Italia
Sky Italia
Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation launched on 1 August 2003, when the former platforms TELE+ and Stream TV merged together...
and aired in Italy. The interview generated a number of newspaper articles in the UK adding to St.Louis reputation as one of the top football broadcasters in North America.
On January 31, 2011, he announced his resignation from Fox Soccer Report. His final show was on February 25, 2011.
He is now a News Director for Golden West Broadcasting, overseeing news production at their two radio stations in Steinbach, Manitoba.