What is a adio voice?
There isn’t one standard for a radio voice anymore. Traditionally, it has been male bass baritones-I’m a bass baritone. But I know plenty of guys who are tenors and women who are sopranos who fit into the category of having a radio voice. A lot of cigarettes and hard nights with Jack and Jim can give you those resin-soaked pipes, the gravelly voice, that works for RRRocckkk rrraddio [his voice rumbles like a motorcycle with a hole in the exhaust]. But I am not a smoker. And I am not a drinker. I think there has to be a sort of musical quality to the voice. Musical training helps. I had voice instruction at UPS. Getting the breathing right helps. Having a musical ear helps. Will you play “Misty” for me? The damn phones are more of a burden than anything else in this job. Several types of people call radio stations. You get the type that is lonely and needs someone to talk to, and you’re basically a bartender. You play that willing ear. You get suicidal people. I’ve had people call up de
