Pete Dalliday
By Jay Cooper
Radio Broadcaster Extraordinaire! Pete Dalliday is on radio at FRESH Radio 100.5, Fresh Mornings with Pete and Dani. Radio is nothing new to Pete - he’s been in the business for the past 25 years. His father, Gary Dalliday, was a staple on CHEX and announcing for the Peterborough Petes hockey team. When Pete was young, he would go to work with his dad at CHEX. Pete attended Adam Scott High School, went on to co-op at CHEX and after that to Loyalist College in Belleville where he took Broadcast Journalism. During his last year of college, he did his internship at Country 105 and then at CKPT radio, where he started with News Sports and the Peterborough Petes Colour Commentary. Pete says, “I ended up with the Colour job and never missed a game for about 12 years. (he laughs) I did over 1000 games without missing one. Sometimes I wasn’t feeling my best after a few pops up North in the Sault or you just get run down on the road with a junior hockey team, but you work through it. Then after 1000 games they gave me a plaque and made a big deal of it. Two weeks later I missed my first game to do a couple of Toronto Rocks (lacrosse) games. Looking back at 25 years of it, I got paid $50 a game in the beginning. I should have asked for more. (he laughs). But I was just happy to be in the game at the time. Now I’m on full time on Fresh Radio doing mornings and still do the play by play for The Pete’s on YourTV for the home games only and Lakers Lacrosse in the summer time.”
Pete and his dad calling the game at Maple Leaf Gardens Page 32
Pete has aspirations to take his career to bigger heights. He says, “I never really wanted to do the Sports Anchoring per say but thought about it early on in my career. I did have a brief stint with TSN doing The Toronto Rock games and that was a thrill to be a part of the big production. I have always wanted to get to the next level with my play by play and get to the NHL. Whether it’s still possible, I apply for jobs in Boston, Montreal, Ottawa, and Vegas when those jobs come up and I’ll probably throw my hat in the ring for the Seattle job. You never know. Just keeping that dream alive. Don’t get me wrong; I have a great job in my hometown and doing The Petes games.” Pete has a cottage on Buckhorn Lake. “I love the Kawarthas. My cottage is 25 minutes from the house and it feels like I’m hours away. I love that Peterborough is not too big and people help each other out as a good community. The area is so beautiful. We have Little Lake in the middle of Peterborough and the Kawartha Lakes. Just a gorgeous area. The restaurants are just incredible with so
