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Sample Announcer Resume

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John Smith

Cell: 322 123-2379

New York, NY

Email: John Smith@JohnSmith.com

 

       In the beginning:            My broadcasting career began in the “Fish Bowel”

                                                at the University of New York’s student cafeteria,  

                                                announcing the results of the  1970 Kennedy – Nixon

                                                Debates; where John Belushi made his “famous Food 

                                                Fight” scene in the movie Animal House. During my

                                                24 years in Hollywood, I produced and voiced many

                                                Commercials for the Television Industries.                                       

 

       Specialties:                       On-Off Camera announcer for News, Weather, Sports,

                                          Ringside: Boxing-Circus. Awards Shows: Academy &     

                                                Music. Talk Show Host


 

Unions:                             SAG                Member Since 1987, ID Number 00032278  

AFTRA.          Member Since 1984, ID Number 00122796

 

Background:                    Started radio-announcing career in 1980, at the University

Of New York. Worked as a DJ/Announcer at many radio stations. Positions held as Drive Time Announcer, Music Director, Newscaster, Production Director producing and voicing commercials.

 

Education:            Grammar School, Lovell, Wyoming, l968-l976

                              Parrish Jr. High School,  Salem, New York, l976-l977

North Salem High School, Salem, New York, 1977-80

University of New York, Eugene, New York, 1981                                                                                  

Awards:                “Broadcast Media Award” from San Francisco State University

Ad Club. Submitted by Dick Behrle of Horizon Advertising, Sacramento, California

 

“Radio Sweepstakes Award” from Sacramento Ad Club.

 

 

Experience:          Radio Stations worked for:

                                    

                                    

92-93

                                     KYMN, Portland, New York, 1985-86                  KCTC, Sac. Ca.          93-95                KOIN,   Portland,  New York, 1986

 

                                     * In Tehran I did two radio shows each day plus a one hour on-camera

                                     Television Newscast.

 

      Highlights:           Voiced program openers and promos:

                                    

                                    Don Imus ( Iman) WGAR,  Cleveland, Ohio

                                    Robert W. Morgan, Los Angeles, Ca.

 

      SAG extra:            Ocean’s 11                  Undisputed                             Head of State

                                     Miss Congeniality II

                              

                               I voiced the following Movie trailers, TV spots &      

                       Radio commercials for:

                                    

                                     Midway                      Two Minute Warning              Grey Lady Down

                                     The Car                       Police Acadamy’s 1-7            Dragnet ‘87    

                                                Shadow of the Hawk

     

      

Productions:          As “Smith Productions” for Kaleidoscope Films, Inc., I produced  &

Co-produced the National and International Radio Ads for the following  Motion Pictures:

 

Lucky Lady                     Murder By Death              The Deep

Jaws II                             Slapshot                            Taxi Driver

 

CBS

TV & Radio:               With Supevisor, Ed Gish, I produced and voiced radio

                                and TV Commercials for CBS , Jeopardy and

                                Wheel of Fortune. 

                                   

                                      Trial of Johny Jack                Dynasty                         Magnum, P.I             

                                      Dukes of  Hazard                                                        

                                      Trapper John, M.D.                           .                        

 

Narrations:             Narrated the Industrial Films for:

Toyota       Suzuki       Isuzu       Ramada Inn’s     

                                     

SFX Productions:  I produced some of the sound effects for the following films:

 

                                      Close Encounters of the Third Kind

                                      The Stranger and the Gun Fighter   

                                      The Hindenburg

 

 

                                  

Feature Voice Overs:                   “Being John Malkovitch” Starring John Malkovitch.

                                                             Voiced the part of  an “Orientation Film Announcer”.

                                                 :20 seconds total time

 

                                                             “Cobb Starring Tommy Lee Jones and  Robert Wuhl.

Voiced the movie’s opening segment, “Cavalcade of    Stars” and voiced again near the end  as the Movie Tone News Real Announcer. 8 minutes total voice time.

 

“Cheerleaders”  Starring Andy Kuehn. Voiced various sports announcer segments. :30 seconds total time.

 

In Show TV Voice Overs:            “Moonlighting” Starring Bruce Willis & Cybil Shepard.

Voiced the segment where Bruce gets out of prison. :60 seconds total voice time

 

 

On-Camera:         “D.B.Cooper, Where are you?”  I was a television interviewee by a

Television news team, with film credit as John Whittman (sic)

 

 Flush –It”   Film extra, “PEEYOU”

 

 

     Over Projects:        Steven Spielberg’s “Tiny Toon Adventures”  Production Reel for            promotions.

 

Ted Turner’s Television Network’s Product Promotional Campaign     Reel.

 

National

      Commercials

     Voiced                    *Arco                       Ford                                           Coca Cola

                                    Miller Beer               Hamm’s Beer                             Pontiac

                                    Michael Jackson’s 1984 Tour, “Thriller”                    

                                   

                                    *When Arco killed their credit cards…Johnny Carson said, “Now that               

                                     Arco has killed their credit cards, when are they going to clean up their

                                     Toilets.”

 

 

 

 

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