Foster Hewitt, the iconic voice of the CBC's Hockey Night in Canada programme. Serving as the announcer and commentator for the Royal Hockey League's games, he became famous for his many catchphrases, namely his signing-on phrase, "Hello, Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and the British lands," - a phrase that would become more profound following the Liberation and the introduction of Australasian and British teams to the League - and his legendary "He shoots, he scores!" call upon a goal. Hockey Night in Canada bears the distinction of being a Canadian and Imperial cultural cornerstone for many decades, since its inception on radio in 1931 and as a CBC television broadcast from 1947, and remains a mainstay of sports television programming in Canada and the British Empire at large, with the BBC and CBC partnering to broadcast games in the United Kingdom, Australasia, the Caribbean Federation, India and South Africa.