A History of the Radio Voice in One Minute and Fifty Nine Seconds
They say “he has a face for radio,” never that “he has a voice for television.” Voices don’t matter much on television. But radio is ultimately about the voice, and so is this piece, created for the Talent Quest. (Who else would want it?) And for more about me, see www.gregpalmer.com
I can easily listen to this voice AND content quality on my favorite NPR station. Good luck, Greg!
Cute and entertaining, this was two minutes well spent. Good work.
elizabeth
news director
morning host/producer
kisu 91.1 fm pocatello, idaho
Well there's no doubt in my mind, you're movin' on...
Great concept, great execution. I would love to hear your observations on my entry, Timing Is - Everything.
That was VERY entertaining! Five stars from me!
ADQ
Please and Thank You for your Vote:
http://www.publicradioquest.com/audio/user/6914
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
Great stuff! Great voice! Good luck!
Check me out and let me know what you think! All opinions welcome!
http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/1005
Thanks! Christopher.
engaging, funny, insightful, succinct
This is your guy!
I rate him the BEST.
Bravo Greg! I'm standing on the edge of my couch and applauding with both hands...oops here comes my wife... better get down.
Take a bow Greg! And do in the old radio style, deep and from the waist!
Very interesting, Greg. I agree this should be on the air in some form. Informative, funny, and a clever way to follow the rules of "all you" while bringing in other information. Glad you managed to cough up the argyle socks. I hope many people hear this.
maybe a longer version of this could go on transom?
Greg, it's time to update your radio knowledge bank for the 21st century! http://www.transom.org/ is a nifty online presence working to bring new voices from the community to radio using the series of tubes we call the Internet. Headed up by Mr. Jay Allison (one of your judges for the Quest and curator of the NPR revival of This I Believe). The transom team turned me on to the Quest. All join hands in the circle of radio life and sing Kumbaya!
Stacey
You should submit your audition piece as is to All Things Considered. I'll bet they'd put it on.
And I'm with Tatoo...you have increased the competition; but I still have hope!
Great delivery and range of vocals. You even sounded sincere...or did you..?
I'm certainly sincere about some of the great radio voices, which given the limitations of time I couldn't mention; people like Graham Macnamee in the 20s and 30s, Murrow of course in the 40s, Jean Shepherd in the 50s, and a lot of others like Godfrey, Ortega, the Ameche brothers, Allen, Benny,and a hundred others who made radio work--as well as the great writers, and especially my hero Paul Rhymer, who wrote a daily fifteen minute episode of Vic & Sade for years and never went stale (the only modern equivalent would have to be the writers of The Simpsons, and there are dozens of them; Rhymer did it alone.) My piece is supposed to be humorous, but I hope there is a sense of respect for all the above and more in it. NPR is a very modern animal in many ways, but look at the influences of old radio on it--not just Keillor doing a format 70 years old, but segments of practically every show. (There were dozens of CAR TALK-like programs, almost all of them local, in radio's history.) I hope whoever ends up winning this pot and doing a program(s) has some sense for the remarkable work on radio of the last 80 years. Because that's perhaps the one thing missing from modern commercial radio. You have to have passion for what you are creating, and it's hard to have passion for MORE MUSIC, LESS TALK unless you're the station accountant.
I am impressed! Great voice and I love the content. Didn't think I had much competition til I heard this one. I know I will see you in round two! Good luck you have my vote. \m/-TA2-\m/
Greg, I loved your two minutes...
Steve
I’m an egocentric spec at the center of totality. My personal existence is forged by the cosmic chain of events, and all I can do is go along for the ride.
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