Inductees
Mal Isaac & Dale Isaac - (2026)
Builder: Multi-sport
- Mal Isaac, a prominent sports broadcaster in Saskatchewan for nearly 30 years, was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame’s media wing alongside his brother Dale in 2003.
- Mal was a sports writer with the Regina Leader-Post from 1968 to 1974 before spending 21 years with CBC Radio and Television in Saskatchewan. With the L-P, he covered the Regina Pats’ 1974 Memorial Cup victory. At CBC, he reported on sports at all levels locally, nationally and internationally.
- An avid volunteer, Isaac offered his time and expertise to events such as the Memorial Cup, Grey Cup, Commonwealth Games and world junior hockey championship, in addition to providing tireless and cheerful assistance at various prominent curling events.
- Born in Aquia, Isaac spent four years at the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and worked in radio in Weyburn (CFSL), Yorkton (CJGX), Regina (CKCK) and in Sudbury, Ont., before moving to the L-P and, eventually, CBC Saskatoon.
- Dale Isaac, a prominent sports broadcaster in Saskatchewan for 33 years, was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame’s media wing alongside his brother Mal in 2003.
- As the sports director at CKCK Television (CTV Regina) from 1975 to 1995, Dale covered two Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid in 1980 and Sarajevo in 1984 and was a member of the CTV network’s CFL broadcast team (1980 to 1986). He also hosted the Sports Journal program. Isaac began his broadcasting career at CNR Radio in North Battleford before moving to Regina and CJME Radio (1971 to 1973). He did Roughriders play-by-play for CJME for the latter two years. After moving to CKCK Radio, he was with the Roughriders’ broadcast team for three more seasons. While at CKCK, he also broadcast the Regina Pats’ 1974 Memorial Cup win.
- Isaac concluded his broadcasting career with one more term at CJME (1998 to 2004), increasing his career total of Grey Cups covered to 30.
