Mike Wilner
- January 4, 2024
- Sportscaster
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Mike Wilner |
| Occupation | Sportscaster |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 14, 1970(1970-03-14) |
| Age | 54 |
| Country | Canada |
| Birth City | Toronto |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Mike Wilner Biography
| Name | Mike Wilner |
| Birthday | Mar 14 |
| Birth Year | 1970 |
| Home Town | Toronto |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Mike Wilner is one of the most popular and richest Sportscaster who was born on March 14, 1970 in Toronto, Canada. Canadian sportscaster, best known for his role as play-by-play announcer at Toronto Blue Jays baseball games. BlueJaysTalk, a Jays-themed radio show on Fan 590, was also hosted by him.
Both he and He and Buck Martinez have both served as announcers for the Blue Jays. served as announcers at the Blue Jays.
Wilner began his broadcasting career at the University of Toronto in 1988, and was named sports director there a year later. During his tenure at the University of Toronto, Wilner did play-by-play for various sports including hockey, basketball, and football. Wilner began his professional broadcasting career at the age of 19 with the Class-A Welland Pirates. He later did play- by-play for various baseball teams including the Class-A Watertown Indians, and the Double-A Hardware City Rock Cats. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Wilner hosted 2010 Winter Games Today in Vancouver with David Alter from Whistler, British Columbia.
On June 1, 2010, Mike Wilner got into an argument during a media scrum with the Toronto Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston about Gaston’s field level decision making. Wilner detailed the confrontation on his blog. A day later his employer, the Fan 590 announced Wilner would not be covering the team for several days, presumably a suspension though the Fan 590 refused to state the reason. Because Rogers Communications, owners of the Toronto Blue Jays, also owns the Fan 590, the suspension had at least the appearance of a case of media censorship. The Toronto Chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America issued a letter of protest suggesting the suspension was an attempt by the Blue Jays to muzzle media criticism. The controversy received coverage in all three of Toronto’s daily newspapers, largely in sympathy with Wilner.
He is the father of two daughters.
Mike Wilner Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Sportscaster |
| House | Living in own house. |
Mike Wilner is one of the richest Sportscaster from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Wilner 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He began his university career at the University of Toronto in 1988. There he was the sports director.
Due to his criticisms of Cito Gaston, then-Blue Jays manager, he was temporarily suspended from calling Blue Jays games for a short time in 2010.
Michael Samuel Wilner (born March 14, 1970) is a Canadian baseball broadcaster for the Toronto Blue Jays. He calls play-by-play for all the Blue Jays’ radio broadcasts along with Ben Wagner, and authors a blog on Sportsnet.ca/590. He formerly hosted a postgame radio call-in show called BlueJaysTalk on the Fan
- He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1994.
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Facts & Trivia
Mike Ranked on the list of most popular Sportscaster. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Mike Wilner celebrates birthday on March 14 of every year.