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Should WDEL hire a speech therapist?

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Perhaps WDEL should be looking a speech therapist as two of their on-air personnel, Jerry Fulcher and Curtis Grey could sure use one.
Fulcher is unable to say any word ending in "er" without turning it into "nuh." Nancy Wagner becomes Nancy Wagnuh while WDEL listerners become "listenissss." Boy, does this accent become old very quickly.
Grey, on the other hand, sounds very bad on the air and would likely not be employed if certain government hiring requirements were not in place.
Wouldn't you think that station management would work with these two to improve their on-air presentation? Or. are they aware and just don't care? Did this pair edge out well-spoken, professional-sounding people to get these jobs?
 
Jerry is someone I cannot listen to for long.

Curtis, on the other hand is not bad. He has been with the station since 1995 and has a good voice. He replaced me and Ralph Fox when we both took jobs in Philly. He may have some rough spots in his delivery, but nothing as bad as Jerry's horrible voice and mannerisms.
 
I don't mean to be overly rough on these guys, but one would think something would be done. Jerry has good content, but poor form. After something like 30 years in Delaware you would think he would lose that crippling accent.
 
I can't comment on Fulcher, having never heard him except in promos.

Grey, OTOH, like Loudell, has a nasty habit of saying "even-ing". I guess Curtis picked it up from Allen or vice versa.

ixnay
 
A fair number of radio people, possibly impressed with the sound of their own voices, fall into the habit of over-articulating (especially over-articulating certain words).
 
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