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What’s An Announcer’s Test?

Chris Agos

In broadcasting’s early days, announcers had a critical job. Tasked with informing the public about everything from the mundane (the latest baseball score) to the essential (the attack at Pearl Harbor), networks needed voices that were clear, easy to understand, and good with challenging pronunciation on without much preparation. It...

How It Started vs. How It’s Going

Chris Agos

I’ve been doing voice over since the stone ages, if you count 1995 as prehistory. So I’ve seen the industry change quite a bit. Nothing brought that point home harder than what I found when cleaning out one of our little-used closets. In a box with some old photos and...

Voice Talent Have Two Critical Jobs: Here’s What They Are

Chris Agos

One of the first things I tell my new voiceover students is that being a successful voice talent can be boiled down to our ability to do just two jobs. A sustainable career comes from being able to do both of them reliably and confidently, on short notice. Without the...