RADICAL NEW QUALIFICATION FOR BEING ON THE AIR: HAVE A 'RADIO VOICE'

[raccoonradio]

From the few times. I have heard. Ira Glass. It seems like. He talks. In very short. Phrases.
Like this.

[Jimmy128]

I just love Naomi Arenberg on WCRB 99.5 from 4:00-8:00 PM, smoothest voice in town and perfect for a classical station.

[raccoonradio]

During my interview with Donna Halper she said one of the charms of Arnie Ginsburg was that he had a high pitched voice, not the traditional deep announcer one, and he referred to himself jokingly as
"ol' achin' adnoids" etc and she said "if he can make it, why not me?" (We had talked a couple weeks back, a kind of pre-interview in a way, and I'd asked her why she picked him for the book cover). And she has a
great voice, energy, a positive attitude and was very fun to talk with. Anyway, the subject being 'have a radio voice' (same with Eddie Andleman--sometimes you can still do well without a definitive radio voice)

[BearFur]

Andelman is awful to listen to...his voice actually grosses me out

[HHH]

A certain "progressive" radio network thought it would be a swell idea to have a former Sat Night Live star as their counter to Rush. Result: even the hardcore followers were upset, for this actor had a droning voice--as one post by a liberal on a liberal messageboard put it, "Sorry, but I can't take the molasses-
draped voice of..."

You guessed it. And now he's a Senator...Al Franken. File under Not Ready For Prime Time Radio

A prime example of how, in radio,  presentation skills are often more important than actual content.

[Jimmy128]

Back in 1988 On then WLYT now WXRV, there was a night time show called "The Breeze" Smooth Jazz). There was a DJ named Jackie Brush now on WSRS. She had the sexiest voice I ever heard on radio. I used to listen to the Breeze all night at work.

[MRBIboredop]

Jackie pulls the Sunday morning shift on 106.7 too. Smooth Jazz.