CBC Charlottetown’s Bruce Rainnie will broadcast curling at the Sochi Olympics

CBC unveiled the network’s coverage plans and broadcast team for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, at a public event today at the Canadian Broadcast Centre in Toronto.

The event, held to celebrate the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremony on Feb. 7, 2014, was hosted by Ron MacLean and Scott Russell, who introduced several members of a broadcast team that features CBC television and radio and news personalities from across Canada, and well-known Canadian athletes who will serve as analysts for their individual sports.

Bruce Rainnie, the host of CBC Charlottetown’s supper hour program “Compass”, will be part of that team, and will have all the curling action from the Games. Along with being a regular host on Hockey Night in Canada, Rainnie has broadcast five Olympic Games (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008), and had the honour of calling the Gold Medal performance of Canadian Showjumper Eric Lamaze in Hong Kong.

In January of 2008, with the passing of the legendary Don Wittman, Bruce was named the voice of Curling on CBC.

CBC Photo: Bruce Rainnie