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The best radio voice you ever heard.

Wow!  Just dropped in here to catch up and was shocked to see that anyone would put the name "Larry White" on such a list.  I'm certainly as honored as I am surprised, but between us guys (and girls?) I don't think I'd make my own list of "Top 100" best voices.

I've got to agree with several mentioned here - I'd go along Jeff Kaye, Frank Ward, Bill Lacy, Bob Savage, Dan Ingram and I'm biased here - Carl Spavento, Jack Mahl and Fred Klestine.

Thanks!
 
"Just dropped in here to catch up and was shocked to see that anyone would put the name "Larry White" on such a list"

You shouldn't be, Larry...you've had a lot to do with a lot of successful stations from WBBF to WAXC to WBUF...
 
Charlie Van Dyke. My personal favourite - hands down!

Cheers,
Jody Thornton
(Hamilton, Ontario)
 
WNEW AM had some unforgettable voices: Ted Brown, William B Williams, Bill St. James (who is still frequently heard as a national VO talent.)

Also Palmer Payne, a newsman on WCBS in the 1970's. Anyone remember him?

Locally - you may remember the voice of Jerry Glenn on WYSL in its beautiful music incarnation and briefly on the Toy Bulldog.

I always liked Clint Buehlman's voice - resonant with a folksy warmth about it. Bill Masters also comes to mind.

And of course, the deep rich tones of Wally Wasik/David R Snow of WADV, WBNY-FM and WWOL.

Nick Seneca
 
I really liked Ricky Jay of WNSA 107.7 FM as a sports update guy. Wouldn't say it was the best radio voice I ever heard, but for that style of delivering a sportscast, he was smooth.
 
Gary Owens
Charlie VanDyke
Larry Brownell
Garner Ted Armstrong
Ken Nordine
Lorn Greene
 
This is tough...I see someone mentioned Sandy Beach's belly-laugh...what a flashback. And definitely one of the best radio voices I've ever heard. I admit I was never drawn in by voice as much as by style and content.

Here are a few of mine:
Dan Ingram
Harry Harrison
Dale Dorman
Jim Quinn
Jack Armstrong - especially from Fresno forward, hearing him in a more current context without the "Leedah" schtick that we all loved back in his 'KB days.
Don Berns - especially in '73-'74 (his last years at 'KB) as he became more natural
Don Cox - 13Q mid-70's
Dave Anthony

Three more from Pittsburgh...and I've had the pleasure to work with all three, but two have rarely been heard out of market:
Jimmy Roach
Stoney Richards
Chris De Carlo
 
caveman-97 said:
Gary Owens
Charlie VanDyke
Larry Brownell
Garner Ted Armstrong
Ken Nordine
Lorn Greene
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Yup, that's a take.

Let me add, given the season, in the category of sports: Ted Darling and Van Miller. Not only were these men outstanding with play by play, they, especially Darling, had fantastic voices. To this day, Van Miller's "one-take-on-the-money" commercial reads are known to any production guy who's had the pleasure of working with him.
 
Kal said:
From the past … Paul Plack, an underrated great talent in production and on the air...
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Yikes, I blew right by this the first time. The check's in the mail!

I've noticed as time goes by that for some radio folks, a great voice has been a limitation, become a crutch. Some of the people who had iffy voices and had to "overcompensate with personality" have gone far.

I wouldn't immediately think of Clint B, but what a versatile talent. Doing live reads while playing his own piano accompaniment and still hitting the top-of-the-hour beep live. The solid voice was icing on the cake!
 
Paul_Warren said:
Kal said:
From the past … Paul Plack, an underrated great talent in production and on the air
Yikes, I blew right by this the first time. The check's in the mail!...
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And I meant every word!!!

(I can also take cash, PayPal or any major credit card accepted by PayPal! LOL)

Kal
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Sort of stumbled onto this site while searching some of the old places I used to work and most are no longer around. I found many of my favorite voices posted here. Many of them out of NYC and Philadelphia.
Being a Central Pa person how about Jack Schmidt (I forget how he spelled his name) WCMB/WSFM sales manager when I worked there and he had perhaps the best smoothest baritone voice ever. Not on theair regularly. He did announcements and commercials.
Then there was the old WFEC crew: Bob Janis, Ronnie G. Schaefer, Kevin J. Malloy and from across town a few years later at WKBO Bob Alexander who later worked for WHP
ok, so there is not just one voice here, but several.....
 
For sheer power and command of the language my vote is for DB.
 
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