Arnie Jackson’s broadcasting career began in the early 1960s as a student at Western Canada High School In Calgary. Arnie was the first of five students who went on to successful careers on the air, first at CFAC radio, after volunteering on “The Voice of Western”, weekly school announcements produced as a newscast.

After a decade in Calgary, at CFAC and CKXL, Arnie became sports director at CKGY radio in Red Deer, where he discovered his love of rodeo and chuckwagon races, soon becoming the voice of western sports across Alberta. Over the next half-century, Arnie would bring the sport of chuckwagon racing to millions of listeners and viewers.  

Through the 1970s and 80s, Arnie covered the “chucks” on CFAC, CBC and Shaw Television.  Arnie co-hosted nightly CBC network coverage of the Calgary Stampede’s “Rangeland Derby” and was named backup track announcer to the legendary Joe Carbury.  In the 1990s and through the 2000s, Arnie has continued to bring the excitement of the sport to millions on radio, television, satellite radio and new media.

Arnie Jackson is synonymous with coverage of chuckwagon racing and western sports, across the prairie region.  After seven decades on the air, he has been honoured for his commitment to the community and his profession, and now adds to his many accolades, the RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award.