Recent Posts Tagged With 'Radio'

• “we’re all starving, so be quiet…”

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 16:48 in Radio, TV, voiceover, voice over talent, voice actors, voiceover advice, voice talent, voice over, voice jobs

  So my voice over compatriot Rich Brennan in New York observantly posted on the Yahoo Voice Over Message Board an ad he saw recently on Joel Denver’s truly great radio webzine (recently and beautifully redesigned) All Access.com (the following ad i...

• congratulations pat!

  Posted on Saturday August 22nd, 2009 at 18:28 in Radio, commentary, commercials, broadcasting, voiceover, announcers, voice talent, buffalo new york, audio production, wkbw, kb radio

  A nice surprise today in the mail when I got my invitation to Buffalo Broadcasters Association’s 13th Annual Hall of Fame Awards Celebration on September 22nd. A long time Western New York voice talent and former KB Radio jock and production direct...

• voice talents – show us your business cards

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 17:30 in Radio, Marketing, Branding, Advertising, blogs, community, commentary, logo design, business cards, voiceover, voice actors, voiceover advice

  OK gang, fun idea time! As this blog is about voice over (vox), marketing (market) and advertising (tising) I thought we should have some summer fun here and combine all three into a voice talent business card gallery. Simply email me a decent qual...

• “the year media died” - way creative!

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 06:02 in google, technology, Radio, Marketing, Branding, Advertising, media, commentary, commercials, newspapers, social media, facebook

  If your business in any way involves advertising, marketing or social media, this is worth a look. Whether or not you agree or disagree with the plight of media portrayed in this clip, I was very impressed with the time, effort and talent put forth. ...

• newspapers: devalued and devolved

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 11:10 in Radio, media, publishing, journalism, commentary, newspapers, new york times, radio and records

  I am my father’s son in many ways I guess but one example is that I like to read newspapers as he did. We always got two newspapers in our house - the morning paper (the Courier Express) and the afternoon paper (the Buffalo Evening News). Around 19...

• the kindness of weirdoes – more learnings from The Voice Over Entrance Exam

  Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 23:00 in Radio, Advertising, blogs, commentary, social media, voice actors, voiceover advice, twitter, voice talent, tom donahue, peter o'connell, voices.com

  We’ve all heard tell and maybe even personally experienced the kindness of strangers in our lives and it often gives us hope for humanity. We usually quickly get over that hope but it was ours for a minute to savor. Kind of like hitting a great gol...

• MEDIA RELEASE - Starz® Entertainment Picks O’Connell for National Radio Campaign

  Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 at 10:50 in Radio, cable, television, press release, media release, media releases, head case, starz, party down, alexandra wentworth

  BUFFALO, New York, April 3, 2009 - - To promote its two new hit comedies, Head Case and Party Down, Starz Entertainment secured the voice over talents of Peter K. O’Connell for their most recent national radio commercial. O’Connell is President ...

• radio imaging advice: “pay it forward”

  Posted on Friday March 20th, 2009 at 18:21 in Radio, commentary, voice actors, announcers, voice talent, z-100, radio imaging, dave foxx

  With thanks to RadioJingles.co.nr (a blog to which I subscribe…Google Reader strikes again there is a great link to a really well done video interview by voice talent Nick Parker of NickParkerLive.com. Nick interviews Dave Foxx, long time Crea...

• voxmarketising - the audio’connell podcast [episode 104]

  Posted on Sunday March 15th, 2009 at 22:41 in google, podcast, Radio, social networking, commentary, social media, voiceover, facebook, twitter, Podcast episodes, voice talent, paul harvey

  Download audio file (voxmarketising_episode104_090315.mp3) Click here to download the episode! ► (0:00) Show Open: (Voxmarketising Episode #104, Show date: March 15,2009) ► (1:00) Welcome: ► (1:41) Oversight (Stuff You Might Have Missed): • M...

• requiescat in pace brian james

  Posted on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at 14:13 in Radio, commentary, voiceover, announcers, voice talent, brian james, radio imaging

  Not everybody who reads this blog follows the voiceover industry (hence the marketing and advertising elements in the voxmarketising brand). But all of you have likely come across the radio imaging, television imaging and commercial work of professio...

• paul harvey…..good bye!

  Posted on Sunday March 1st, 2009 at 19:41 in Radio, commentary, abc news, paul harvey, broadcaster, abc radio, newsman

  Download audio file (090301_PaulHarvey.MP3) Click here to download. During my travels and travails today, I saw the news on my phone of the death of legendary radio broadcaster Paul Harvey. I’m heart sick for the loss of a broadcasting era with Pau...

• radio = exit

  Posted on Tuesday February 3rd, 2009 at 11:28 in Radio, Advertising, media, Economy, commentary, commercials, press, announcers, voice talent, radio. broadcasting, voice tracking

  I feel bad for writers covering the business of radio these days and I’m really not kidding. Given the fact that the radio business has been tanking for sometime now (ad sales are down everywhere) combined with the other fact that radio is coming i...

• audio’connell in st. louis…again

  Posted on Monday January 12th, 2009 at 22:39 in internet, Radio, commentary, st. louis, voiceover, voice actors, announcers, voice talent, voice over, peter o'connell, audio'connell voice over talent, donna postel

  What a great treat it was to meet St. Louis based voice talent Donna Postel and her husband John tonight for dinner at the famous Blueberry Hill restaurant. What a fabulous career in radio she had and now she enjoys a terrific voice over career. And ...

• MEDIA RELEASE - Eastview Mall Holiday Spots Feature Voice Talent from audio’connell

  Posted on Friday December 12th, 2008 at 22:08 in Radio, television, syracuse, buffalo, rochester, media releases, eastview mall

  ROCHESTER, New York, December 12, 2008 - - Retail competition is fierce during the holiday shopping season prompting Victor, New York-based Eastview Mall to create a radio and television advertising campaign featuring one of audio’connell Voice...

• it’s a person, not an expense line

  Posted on Friday October 31st, 2008 at 06:28 in Radio, Public Relations, commentary, crisis communication, termination, corporate spokesperson

  Ugh! Corporate spokespeople keep getting it so wrong. Their “statements” should be “conversations”. They should talk to the audience, not at them. But this morning I see another example of the spokesperson rope-a-dope. We’ve talked abou...

• in praise of internet radio

  Posted on Saturday September 13th, 2008 at 22:25 in Radio, Advertising, commentary, commercials, internet radio, broadcasting, voice talent, voice imaging, roo radio

  Truth be told, initially many internet radio stations seemed to be little more than young people slapping together a mix tape/disc of their favorite song and setting up a radio station. Some folks took it a step further and really tried to piece toge...

• a trend that impacts your salary

  Posted on Tuesday September 9th, 2008 at 17:25 in Radio, Advertising, commentary, commercials, research, newspapers, voiceover, voiceover advice, cable tv, voice talent, television news, voice over

  As this blog is “where the worlds of voice over, marketing and advertising collide” I try and make sure individual posts cover one or more of those areas each week. This post covers all three. If you earn your living as a voice talent, a marketer...

• a belated but very deserving birthday wish

  Posted on Monday September 8th, 2008 at 06:53 in Radio, commentary, broadcasting, announcers, icon, abc news, paul harvey, abc radio

  Thursday, September 4 was ABC Radio broadcaster Paul Harvey’s 90th birthday. And he is still on the air. And his ratings are still unbelievable (promoted as “the most listened-to newsman in the world”.) And he is still one of the top p...