Jeff Marek

Jeff Marek (born July 9, 1969) is a television personality and radio host, for properties originating from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Jeff has hosted "Live Audio Wrestling", "Leafs Lunch" (cohosted with former Toronto Maple Leaf executive Bill Watters) and the "The Jeff Marek Show", as well as making notable television appearances on TSN Off the Record and Leafs TV After the Horn. On October 1st 2007, he started as the host of "Hockey Night in Canada Radio", signing a one-year contract with Sirius Satellite Radio in mid-August, 2007.

History

Jeff started out by hosting "Live Audio Wrestling", the first wrestling/MMA program available on conventional radio. In 2003, after "The LAW" had moved from The Fan 590 to Talk 640 , Jeff began to host the pre-game and post-game shows for Toronto Maple Leaf telecasts, leading to Jeff leaving "The LAW", to work full-time on his other on-air and behind the scenes roles at the recently rebranded Mojo Radio - Talk Radio For Guys. Eventually, Jeff would begin to host a daily talk show on the Toronto Maple Leafs in the afternoon, known as "Leafs Lunch". He also hosted his own radio show which aired after "Leafs Lunch", called "The Jeff Marek Show", until Mojo Radio rebranded its station AM 640 - Toronto Radio. In the summer of 2007, Marek became the sole-host of "Leafs Lunch", as well as co-host of "The Bill Watters Show", the afternoon-drive program on the station hosted by his former "Leafs Lunch" partner, former Maple Leafs Assistant GM Bill Watters.

On September 7, 2007, Jeff Marek announced that he had accepted a position at "Hockey Night in Canada", hosting broadcasts on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 122. Marek signed a one-year contract, which involved him vacating his positions at AM 640 Toronto Radio. His new show began on October 1, 2007, airing from 4-6 pm. Moreover, as part of his new duties, Jeff also works with the CBC in their broadcasts of "Hockey Night in Canada", although his official role as part of the program (on air or off air) has not publicly been announced [http://www.liveaudiowrestling.com/news_detail.php?nid=1763] . Additionally, Marek continues his position as an on-air personality for Leafs TV broadcasts of Maple Leaf hockey.

External links

* [http://www.640toronto.com/station/blog_jeff_marek.cfm?bid=13203 Jeff Marek blogs on 640Toronto.com]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=66396574 MySpace page]
* [http://www.640toronto.com/station/leafs_lunch.cfm Leafs Lunch page]
* [http://www.liveaudiowrestling.com Jeff Marek's former radio program: Live Audio Wrestling]
* [http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070907.wsptradio7/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home Announcement of Marek's transition to HNIC Radio]