Terri Leigh
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Terri Leigh is a television anchor and was a member of the 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,...

 on-air talent team since October 2008.

On September 5, 2010, she announced her departure from 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...

 on air.

Radio career

Terri (born December 23, 1981) got her start in media at the age of 15 with the Canadian radio network Golden West Broadcasting
Golden West Broadcasting
Golden West Broadcasting is a Canadian radio broadcasting company based in Altona, Manitoba, Canada. It currently owns and operates a number of radio stations in the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba....

. She credits GWB for helping launch her career and opening many doors for her within the industry. Starting off as a part-time receptionist then as a commercial producer, Terri worked her way up to become a morning drive-time show host.

TV career

In 2004 she began with Global Television, programming channels including 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....

, Xtreme Sports
Xtreme Sports
X-Treme Sports was a Canadian English language category 2 digital cable specialty channel owned by Canwest Media Inc., a division of Canwest Global Communications...

 and MenTV
Mentv
The Cave is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel dedicated to airing lifestyle and entertainment programming aimed at men. It is currently owned by Groupe TVA and Shaw Media.-History:...

. She returned to the airwaves with local Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

 radio station Cool FM
Cool FM
97.4 Cool FM is a commercial radio station, based in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, owned and operated by Bauer Radio and part of the Big City Network. The station began broadcasting in 1990 when its parent station Downtown Radio ceased simulcasting and split its AM and FM frequencies into two...

 before rejoining Global in 2008 to begin her role as a Fox Soccer Report anchor. Away from the camera, Terri holds the position of vice-chair with the Manitoba chapter of Canadian Women in Communications.

Personal information

Raised on a small farm in southern 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...

, Terri’s sport of choice growing up was curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

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