# So... you think you have the perfect voice for radio? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348 "2003-08-11T11:11:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/1 "2003-08-11T11:11:58Z")
Prove it! I’m working on a short-licence community broadcast station at the end of September and I need some idents/jingles; if any dopers out there fancy themselves as voice talent and would like to (freely)donate an audio sample, I’d be really very grateful. Cheesy phrases I need include: “Chase FM” “Eighty-seven point nine” “Back to back” “The best music” “Solid music” “Non-stop music” “Eighties, nineties and today” This is your chance to become anonymously admired by a small handful of listeners in rural England! Don’t miss it! Please email any samples (.wav or .mp3 preferred) to [themangetout@yahoo.com](mailto:themangetout@yahoo.com) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/2 "2003-08-11T11:14:19Z")
BTW; all I need is the voice; I’ll be editing it to add background sounds/music/noises/effects etc. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/3 "2003-08-11T11:28:13Z")
I’d love to do some of this. I’ve done voice-over work, and was also a reserve finalist in a BBC radio drama competition a few years ago. What sort of voice are you looking for? Mid-Atlantic? Posh English? Deep? Reedy? Sing-song? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/4 "2003-08-11T11:45:36Z")
Many radio station idents here in the UK are (oddly) American accented, but I really don’t mind and I would like to have a variety of voices to play around with; all I will say is - don’t fake any accent unless you can do it really well, yes, Dick Van Dyke, I’m talking to you! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/5 "2003-08-11T12:19:27Z")
I’ll give it a whirl when I get home. ---
**Author:** ![CorBlimeyGuvnor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@CorBlimeyGuvnor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorBlimeyGuvnor)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/6 "2003-08-11T12:22:54Z")
‘Dick van Dyke, i’m talking to you’ fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/7 "2003-08-11T12:52:51Z")
Are you stalking me **CorBlimeyGuvnor**? - beware; I shall release the whelks of death (they’re not fast, but they will get you, eventually). ---
**Author:** ![CorBlimeyGuvnor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@CorBlimeyGuvnor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorBlimeyGuvnor)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/8 "2003-08-11T12:56:07Z")
not stalking, nor stemming, nor shooting, branching, twigging. I have the perfect deterrent to Whelks, ‘booze for a baby’, works every time. 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/9 "2003-08-11T12:58:21Z")
So out of curiosity, will the winning voices be notified? I’d kinda like to know if my voice gets used… Not for any monetary reimbursement, but just to add to the resume, you know? I’ll put together a recording or three… I don’t use Yahoo mail… Is there a file size limit? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/10 "2003-08-11T13:00:56Z")
People tell me I have the perfect _face_ for radio… ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/11 "2003-08-11T13:04:01Z")
Would you like jingles with the most horrible Dunglish (Dutch/English) accent imaginable? I can try if I can still pull an authentic Dutch accent off. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/12 "2003-08-11T13:17:42Z")
I did a radio show in College, _Mayhem in the Morning / Easy Listening for the Morally Bankrupt_. It was a hard-core (music) show. I played a lot of **Dead Kennedys** , **Agent Orange** , and even some **Negativeland**. Bonus Challenge: Can anyone tell me what **Negativeland’s** front man called himself? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/13 "2003-08-11T13:19:25Z")
Dr. No? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/14 "2003-08-11T13:57:46Z")
Any accent is acceptable. I’ll be pleased to let anyone know if I do use their sample(s). The file size limit (if any) will be imposed by my Yahoo mailbox which is at present empty; I can’t imagine that a few short .wav or .mp3 files are going to clog it up too much. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/15 "2003-08-11T15:35:19Z")
People always loved my voice on my campus radio show. Of course, I think that’s because it is a husky, deep female voice and it gets your attention. Of course, when you say “rural” England–where do you mean? I’d hate for one of my relatives to hear me on the radio and crash their vehicle out of shock! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/16 "2003-08-11T15:39:29Z")
A quick look at my Yahoo inbox tells me that a free email account gets you 4 MB, so that’s enough for a bunch of short .wav or .mp3 files (assuming a few seconds apiece.) As for the radio voice thingy, I don’t know if I have a radio voice, but I go on the radio anyway! I have two friends who have shows on our college radio station, and I am always on their shows with them, and I hope to get my own show after I go through the training this fall (of course, after being with them so many times, I could practically run the station myself now.) I’ll record a few things, see how they sound, and if I like it I’ll send 'em your way. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/17 "2003-08-11T16:40:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by evilbeth \* > \*\*People always loved my voice on my campus radio show. Of course, I think that’s because it is a husky, deep female voice and it gets your attention. > > Of course, when you say “rural” England–where do you mean? > > I’d hate for one of my relatives to hear me on the radio and crash their vehicle out of shock! \*\* The station will be broadcasting to the village of Waltham chase (about 1500 homes between Southampton and Portsmouth) - it is only a 15 watt transmitter, so a few of the neighbouring villages might be able to pick it up if the wind is in the right direction. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/18 "2003-08-11T16:44:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Would you like jingles with the most horrible Dunglish (Dutch/English) accent imaginable? > > I can try if I can still pull an authentic Dutch accent off. 🙂 \*\* On the way home, it occurred to me that it might be amusing to have a Dutch accented voice saying “So much music…it’ll blow your clogs off!”, but it also occurred to me that this is rather racially stereotyped and might not go down too well; what do you think? ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/19 "2003-08-11T17:06:45Z")
Ahh…well enough away from my relatives. Now, if I can just find someone with the equipment to let me do this… ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/20 "2003-08-11T23:50:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*Prove it! > > I’m working on a short-licence community broadcast station at the end of September and I need some idents/jingles; if any dopers out there fancy themselves as voice talent and would like to (freely)donate an audio sample, I’d be really very grateful. > > Cheesy phrases I need include: > “Chase FM” > “Eighty-seven point nine” > “Back to back” > “The best music” > “Solid music” > “Non-stop music” > “Eighties, nineties and today” > > This is your chance to become anonymously admired by a small handful of listeners in rural England! Don’t miss it! > > Please email any samples (.wav or .mp3 preferred) to [themangetout@yahoo.com](mailto:themangetout@yahoo.com) \*\* Just to make sure we’re all clear (well, me, anyway)… you just want one file that incorporates one of those phrases, right? You don’t want one that incorporates all of them or even for each phrase, right? Damn fire alarm is going off here for no apparant reason… Will do this when THAT’s gone… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348.md?page=2)