Throwback Thursday: Motoring TV in the beginning! (01:33)

Before Motoring TV there was as a TV pilot, designed to hopefully convince a network to air the program, in this case on the new Canadian Sports Network, known as The Sports Network, TSN.

This was 1997, and I did not know Bill or Jim .

Graeme was on board as host of Test Drive.

How I met Graeme is a good story.

I phoned the CAA looking for someone with automotive experience, Graeme answered the phone, it was that simple, or maybe I just got lucky!

However, I still needed a mechanic and host.

We auditioned a good friend of mine Phil Godin to for the host position.

In the end, Phil, a radio announcer, became the ‘Voice” of Motoring TV and we are still best friends, I got the job by default.

We eventually found Bill and thankfully TSN said “let’s do it”

The rest, as they say, is history.

As for you our viewers, thanks for hanging with us for almost 29 years!

Brad

(This segment originally appeared on Motoring 1988)