Brian James' stuff is still prominent, but Star 94 has been integrating a second imaging voice (coming out of the stop set at about :55, etc.). It sounds really good. As good as Brian James is, it's probably time to refresh the station's imaging, and I'm wondering if this is a transition to the new voice. Does anyone know who he is?
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Star 94's Second Imaging Voice
- Thread starter RoddyFreeman
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I might be mistaken, but I could've sworn I heard Sean Caldwell's voice while passing through the ATL back in January.
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They were using Sean Caldwell about a month back but stopped. The new voice is Dave Foxx. The Imaging Director and voice of Z100 New York - as well as Kiss Boston and a bunch of other stations.
Interesting. I remember Dave Foxx well as a jock on WPGC in Washington and later as imaging director of Z100. He sure sounds different now than he did as a jock and in his early (1988 or so) voice work on Z100.
radioriot7 said:They were using Sean Caldwell about a month back but stopped.
I wonder how that would've affected Q100, given that Sean used to voice the station and having once did an on-air shift as a fill-in.
the golden boy said:radioriot7 said:They were using Sean Caldwell about a month back but stopped.
I wonder how that would've affected Q100, given that Sean used to voice the station and having once did an on-air shift as a fill-in.
Are you sure Sean was Q100's V/O guy? I don't know who they were using following the launch, but Jeff Berlin has done their V/O dude for quite some time now.
Q100 did have a V/O guy prior to Jeff Berlin .... don't know who it was.
TheMusicMan said:the golden boy said:radioriot7 said:They were using Sean Caldwell about a month back but stopped.
I wonder how that would've affected Q100, given that Sean used to voice the station and having once did an on-air shift as a fill-in.
Are you sure Sean was Q100's V/O guy? I don't know who they were using following the launch, but Jeff Berlin has done their V/O dude for quite some time now.
TheMusicMan said:the golden boy said:radioriot7 said:They were using Sean Caldwell about a month back but stopped.
I wonder how that would've affected Q100, given that Sean used to voice the station and having once did an on-air shift as a fill-in.
Are you sure Sean was Q100's V/O guy? I don't know who they were using following the launch, but Jeff Berlin has done their V/O dude for quite some time now.
Jeff Berlin is the current v/o guy, but Sean was the original guy.
Alright... didn't mean to sound like I didn't believe you, I just didn't remember that far back and I know Berlin has been on for a while at Q.
As far as Dave Foxx at Star, I'll be interested to see if that develops into anything more. Brian James has done V/O for Star for years (and IMO sounds great), so I can't imagine hearing someone else. Has Foxx been on many liners for WSTR so far?
As far as Dave Foxx at Star, I'll be interested to see if that develops into anything more. Brian James has done V/O for Star for years (and IMO sounds great), so I can't imagine hearing someone else. Has Foxx been on many liners for WSTR so far?
Has Foxx been on many liners for WSTR so far?
His voice is on the "rebuttal" pieces, which talk about how Star 94 is Arbitron's #1 top 40 station, countering what Q100 has been saying.
Star is also countering Q100's "#1 Summer" with its "All-Star Summer." I heard a promo for the All-Star Summer last weekend, and it sounded very effective. However, while Q100 is concentrating totally on the #1 Summer, Star 94 has a couple of major individual things going on--such as Wheel World/Atlanta and Movies Under the Stars--which are diluting the All-Star Summer message.
Q is leading and Star is following, which is interesting even more that Star's signal is eight times stronger than Q's.
RoddyFreeman said:Has Foxx been on many liners for WSTR so far?
His voice is on the "rebuttal" pieces, which talk about how Star 94 is Arbitron's #1 top 40 station, countering what Q100 has been saying.
Star is also countering Q100's "#1 Summer" with its "All-Star Summer." I heard a promo for the All-Star Summer last weekend, and it sounded very effective. However, while Q100 is concentrating totally on the #1 Summer, Star 94 has a couple of major individual things going on--such as Wheel World/Atlanta and Movies Under the Stars--which are diluting the All-Star Summer message.
I'm coming in late on this topic and interest has probably peaked but in general image voicing has become as vanilla and generic as jingles. With jingles I understand, the two or three company's in Dallas that cut everything use the same singers in various configurations. But imaging? What's the point. It took me a long time to realize John Please had been replaced by Brian James at Star. They are two of the better standouts. But from B98 to the Fish the same midrange tone, predictable pacing and flow, and generic safe wording does not make a station memorable. I've never even noticed a B98 .5 image voice. I hear Kelly McCoy all day because he says it's him every break.
Victor Corolla an old New York actor is distinct on Kicks but they must only update a few times a year. Doug Paul does very distinct work on the River but he's not only on every break with wording that sounded like the last break but word is he will most likely be the new promo voice of Peachtree TV. So if you like Seinfeld and Raymond reruns you'll soon get to hear him as often as a Steve Nicks repeat on the River. Great. Real creative from the genuises at Turner.
I miss the days when Joe Kelly at 96 rock, or John Young at Z93 and later George Robinson at Z93 did such standout work you KNEW the station you were on just by a voice sweeper or promo.Maybe the reason Dave Foxx is noticed on Star is he is from the 80s school of stand out and sell vs the generic blend in reads with a slight "access Hollywood" attitude we get on CD after unsoliticted CD and the voices on Atlanta stations generally seem a charicature of some other voice image guy. Chris Corley a former 96 rock jock is a great stand out on Tv and radio.
Sean Caldwell? Brian James? Not much difference. Some of the guys like Jim Cutler doing WGST and ESPN radio sound like an 80s puker at times. From the same content of voice tracked jocks on an 8 second clock to an image guy saying the same thing every hour 3 months in a row, who notices, who cares? Program Directors seems to be more mechical rather than creative but I'm not sure they see that. But they should see this: with all the variety of voices to choose from why does this city hear voices generic, unimpressive and the same as the other stations. And why no women anywhere in the mix.
Victor Corolla an old New York actor is distinct on Kicks but they must only update a few times a year. Doug Paul does very distinct work on the River but he's not only on every break with wording that sounded like the last break but word is he will most likely be the new promo voice of Peachtree TV. So if you like Seinfeld and Raymond reruns you'll soon get to hear him as often as a Steve Nicks repeat on the River. Great. Real creative from the genuises at Turner.
I miss the days when Joe Kelly at 96 rock, or John Young at Z93 and later George Robinson at Z93 did such standout work you KNEW the station you were on just by a voice sweeper or promo.Maybe the reason Dave Foxx is noticed on Star is he is from the 80s school of stand out and sell vs the generic blend in reads with a slight "access Hollywood" attitude we get on CD after unsoliticted CD and the voices on Atlanta stations generally seem a charicature of some other voice image guy. Chris Corley a former 96 rock jock is a great stand out on Tv and radio.
Sean Caldwell? Brian James? Not much difference. Some of the guys like Jim Cutler doing WGST and ESPN radio sound like an 80s puker at times. From the same content of voice tracked jocks on an 8 second clock to an image guy saying the same thing every hour 3 months in a row, who notices, who cares? Program Directors seems to be more mechical rather than creative but I'm not sure they see that. But they should see this: with all the variety of voices to choose from why does this city hear voices generic, unimpressive and the same as the other stations. And why no women anywhere in the mix.
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