Houde started his broadcasting career at CKOI-FM as a weekend DJ when he was 20 years old and still going to HEC Montréal.

[2] Other calls are "Eh bien, coup de théâtre, ma parole!"

When Dino Soto, the English play-by-play announcer for the Canadiens on CJAD, was unable to get back to Montreal from a party to celebrate the station's 50th anniversary, he asked Houde to step in and to call CJAD's broadcast of the Canadiens' game against the Detroit Red Wings on December 2, 1995.

The second came when he called a Canadiens game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on RDS' anglophone sister, The Sports Network.

[citation needed] Houde has acquired a fairly large following among the Canadiens' anglophone fans, many of whom watch his telecasts rather than those on Hockey Night in Canada.

[5] Houde received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award in 2024, in recognition from the Hockey Hall of Fame for his broadcasting career.