Taylor, a big booster of Burnaby, his hometown, throughout his long career in local broadcasting, is the first media member to be inducted into the Hall. This honour follows on the heels of him recently being chosen for induction to the BC Sports Hall of Fame’s media wing. The long-time resident of Burnaby first gained notoriety in the Vancouver sports market with his entertaining co-hosting of CKVU’s nightly Sports Page show from 1985 to 2000.

His highlight packages with his funny phrases were a must-see and hear for local sports fans every night. Who can forget Taylorism like “the mesh ripples,” “top shelf where mom keeps the peanut butter,” or his use of phrases made famous by legendary Montreal Canadiens play-by-play broadcaster Danny Gallivan like “it was a scintillating save” or a “Savardian spinarama” or when he mimicked Maple Leaf Gardens public address announcer Paul Morris.

Throughout his career, Taylor never passed up an opportunity to highlight his Burnaby roots (he attended Capitol Hill elementary and Alpha secondary) or mention a Burnaby connection to any player or team he was talking about. After the demise of Sports Page, Taylor did a brief stint at CKNW radio before returning to television hosting Sportsnet Pacific’s nightly round-up program, Sportsnet Connected, from 2001 until August 2014.

During his tenure there, starting in 2003, he hooked up before his Sportsnet shift with co-host David Pratt for an afternoon drive show on TSN1040 Radio. After Pratt left the station in 2011, Taylor continued with the show with Barry Macdonald and Bob (The Moj) Marjanovich as his co-hosts until Bell Media pulled the plug on the station Feb. 9, 2021. Since April 2021, Taylor and fellow sports broadcaster Rick Dhaliwal have co-hosted a two-hour sports show, Donnie and Dhali – The Team, weekday mornings on CHEK-TV.