TSN president Stewart Johnston named 15th commissioner of the CFL

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 02, 2025 9:14 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

The CFL has hired Stewart Johnston arsenic its caller commissioner.

The league made the determination authoritative Wednesday morning, introducing Johnston arsenic its 15th commissioner.

Johnston succeeds Randy Ambrosie, who announced successful October his volition to discontinue successful 2025 erstwhile his successor was chosen.

Johnston volition articulation the CFL aft serving arsenic president of TSN since 2010.

His assignment wasn't a astonishment arsenic 2 sources told The Canadian Press connected Tuesday that Johnston had emerged arsenic the apical campaigner to regenerate Ambrosie.

Johnston, a 54-year-old Toronto native, began moving astatine the sports web successful 1997 arsenic an intern and was yet promoted to vice-president of programming successful 2006.