 After working for a time as a news/sports reporter for the "Vancouver Province", he worked as the News/Sports Director for CKLG in Vancouver, BC from 1955 to 1963.On May 13, 1963 the "Burns Hot Line" made its debut on CJOR in Vancouver, BC which earned him recognition as one of Canadian radio's most fascinating and dynamic radio personalities.In 1965, Pat hosted a series of programs from Selma, Alabama, where Martin Luther King was helping to change the United States forever.