Career
A native of Regina, Saskatchewan, Irving began his radio career in the 1960s, working at a small radio station in Estevan. He moved to Brandon, Manitoba in 1970 and then to Winnipeg in 1973 to join CJOB. A year later, he began calling Blue Bomber games for the station. Irving was inducted into the Football Reporters of Canada section of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1997.
In 2013, the Blue Bombers named the new media room at Investors Group Field in his honour.