Throughout the years, WGBH has had several different voiceover people for all the different announcements they've had, such as local sponsors, and "coming up next" announcements during credits. It would appear that they have had at least 2 different male voiceovers, and maybe 2 or 3 women. But anyways, I just got a bunch of Sesame Street episodes from 1989-90 taped from WGBH. And here's how it works. The 1989 episodes have this graphic/animation with a whole bunch of clips of different shows on WGBH, though I don't think any kids' shows. And then in 1990, they switched to a new animation with a beige background, and it was a giant WGBH Membercard that turned around. Both of them use the same voiceover, and here's how it went:
"Local broadcast of Sesame Street is made possible by our members. In partnership with McDonald's Restaurants, which take pride in bringing quality children's programming to New England."
This same person is also featured during the backers' credits of the show. You know, the electronic chimes music. I think the voiceover announcements might have been done live on air at the time, since sometimes they were really specific. Anyways, there are 2 episodes in this collection that have the same announcement:
"We've got lots more Sesame Street on the weekend, too. We've got 2 shows on Saturday, and 2 shows on Sunday, starting bright and early at 7:00. Sesame Street, every day, here on Channel 2. Coming up next, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Perhaps you'd like to watch."
The guy who does both those announcements is seen on this video. I think it's the same as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RKFZKxTwjE (You'll have to go all the way to the end of the video to see what I'm talking about.)
Then sometime between 1990 and 1992, the local sponsor announcement switched to a female voiceover, and the upcoming show announcement was a different male. The coming up next announcement was eventually changed to the same woman that did the new local sponsor announcement.
So, would anyone happen to know the names of all the voiceover people on WGBH?
"Local broadcast of Sesame Street is made possible by our members. In partnership with McDonald's Restaurants, which take pride in bringing quality children's programming to New England."
This same person is also featured during the backers' credits of the show. You know, the electronic chimes music. I think the voiceover announcements might have been done live on air at the time, since sometimes they were really specific. Anyways, there are 2 episodes in this collection that have the same announcement:
"We've got lots more Sesame Street on the weekend, too. We've got 2 shows on Saturday, and 2 shows on Sunday, starting bright and early at 7:00. Sesame Street, every day, here on Channel 2. Coming up next, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Perhaps you'd like to watch."
The guy who does both those announcements is seen on this video. I think it's the same as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RKFZKxTwjE (You'll have to go all the way to the end of the video to see what I'm talking about.)
Then sometime between 1990 and 1992, the local sponsor announcement switched to a female voiceover, and the upcoming show announcement was a different male. The coming up next announcement was eventually changed to the same woman that did the new local sponsor announcement.
So, would anyone happen to know the names of all the voiceover people on WGBH?