Early Career
At age 20 Campbell got a job as librarian and runner for the Hockey Night in Canada archives where he worked with Chris Cuthbert and Brian Williams. In 1993 Campbell moved to Edmonton, Alberta to work as a sportscaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Here his first on-air work was covering a University of Alberta hockey game. In this position he also covered the Edmonton Oilers, Edmonton Trappers, and Edmonton Eskimos.
From 1997–1998 he worked with CJOH-TV in Ottawa, Ontario covering the Ottawa Senators and Ottawa Lynx.
In 1998 Campbell was offered a job as an anchor with new cable network CTV Sportsnet (now Sportsnet) with whom he has remained ever since. He and Daren Millard hosted the station's first show, Sportscentral (now called Connected). As well as anchoring Sportsnet's news shows Campbell reported from a variety of events such as the Super Bowl, the Olympics, and a Grand Prix motor race. He gained additional play-by-play experience covering Canadian Football League and Arena Football League games. He also served as the station's in-studio host for Blue Jays broadcasts and Major League Baseball play-offs.
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