KELLY MOORE
Date of Birth: 1057-0727Date of Induction: 2024
Kelly Moore began his broadcasting career in 1976 at CFVR in Abbotsford, B.C. and by the fall of that year he had his first sports reporting job in Kamloops, B.C.
He'd soon take on the play-by-play of the Western Hockey League Kamloops Blazer games which he handled for 10 years, and included calling the Blazer's first-ever Memorial Cup title in 1992.
In 1994, after 18 years in Kamloops, an opportunity came up to put his name in for a job with the NHL 1.0 Winnipeg Jets. He was selected from a group of more than 80 applicants to step into the chair as the radio voice of the Jets on CJOB, making his NHL radio debut in January, 1995.
After the Jets departure in 1996, Moore would call the first 10 seasons of the IHL/AHL Manitoba Moose. During his 10 years as Moose play-by-play man, Moore was named International Hockey League Broadcaster of the Year on two different occasions, 1997 and 1999.
In 1999, he was thrilled to provide play-by-play for the World Junior tournament in Winnipeg.
In 2006, he was named the radio winner of the James H. Ellery Memorial Award as the top radio broadcaster in the American Hockey League.
In the spring of 2006, after 30 years in sport broadcasting, Kelly accepted the challenge of helping to launch a brand-new radio station in Kamloops.
Five years later, in 2011, the NHL Atlanta Thrashers were moving to Winnipeg. The offer to coordinate CJOB's hockey coverage, was too hard to resist and Kelly and family returned to Winnipeg.
Now in his sixth different decade of working in radio, he heads up the CJOB Sports Department in addition to serving as the Game Night Host on Winnipeg Jets broadcasts. Giving back to the community, Kelly enjoys serving as master of ceremonies at many charitable events.
Kelly Moore's professional approach is much admired throughout the hockey world, as is his objectivity in his play-by-play. According to many in the game of hockey, both AHL and NHL, his preparation for games is unmatched.