Guy Ferron

{{Short description|Canadian broadcaster}}

Guy Ferron was a Canadian broadcaster who was the play-by-play announcer for Montreal Expos games on Radio-Canada from 1969 to 1981.

A native of Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain, Ferron began his broadcasting career at CHLN in Trois-Rivières. He studied acting in Paris for three years and spent eight years as a theatre, television, and radio actor. He joined Société Radio-Canada as a fill-in host when its regular personalities were busy covering the 1964 Summer Olympics. He hosted Atom et galaxies, Elles, and Tous pour un on television, C'était heir and Invitation on FM radio, and Paysage et musique and Entretiens-chansons on AM radio.{{cite news |last1=Dumesnil |first1=Thérèse |title=Agréables digressions entre le plumeau et les chaudrons |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tf4pAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA21&dq |access-date=5 May 2025 |work=Le Petit Journal |date=February 14, 1965}}{{cite news |title="Tous pour un": la prohibition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GpUqAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6&dq |access-date=5 May 2025 |work=L'Evangéline |date=September 10, 1968}} He also covered a number of sporting events, including the World Series, Grey Cup, Commonwealth Games, Quebec Games, and Olympic Games.{{cite news |title=Rene Lecavalier sere a la radio et non a la television |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JJ1NAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA223&dq |access-date=5 May 2025 |work=Le Petit Journal |date=September 3, 1967}}{{cite news |title=La Coupe Grey a la TV |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qhQoAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA49&dq |access-date=5 May 2025 |work=Le Petit Journal |date=November 30, 1969}}{{cite news |title=La coupe Taschereau: Michele Martin en lice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-XMPAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7&dq |access-date=5 May 2025 |work=Le Devoir |date=January 10, 1974}}{{cite news |title=Radio-Canada aux Jeux du Quebec Valleyfield '74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n9AxAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA9&dq |access-date=5 May 2025 |work=Le Progrès |date=July 24, 1974}}{{cite news |title=Ludmila Tourischeva A Suscite L'Admiration De Nos Jeunes Gymnastes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwscAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4&dq |access-date=5 May 2025 |work=La Patrie |date=August 14, 1976}} Ferron was Société Radio-Canada's television announcer for the Montreal Expos from their inaugural 1969 season until his death on December 18, 1981.{{cite book |last1=Shea |first1=Stuart |title=Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present |date=2015 |publisher=SABR, Inc. |page=343 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p5QcCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA343&dq |access-date=5 May 2025}}{{cite news |title=Miscellany |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSsiAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA132&dq |access-date=5 May 2025 |work=The Montreal Gazette |date=December 19, 1981}}