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So, now I join the ranks of a privileged few who can lay claim to the title of station announcer for Keloland TV.<\/p>\nCan\u2019t sleep. It\u2019s four o\u2019clock in the morning and I\u2019m as excited as a kid on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s because in less than an hour, I\u2019m going to begin another chapter in my long association with Keloland Television. \u00a0The recorded voice you\u2019ll be hearing from now on introducing all the news and weathercasts, as well as all of the station ID\u2019s and various promotions, will be mine.<\/p>\n
A few weeks ago, I got a call from Paul Farmer..Keloland\u2019s director of marketing and creative services. It seems Deb Donahoe, who has been the long time \u201cVoice of Keloland,\u201d was moving out of town. He\u2019d been auditioning people from all over the country to replace her and then thought of me\u2026figuring viewers might like to hear a familiar voice. \u201cWould you be interested in stopping down to record a few things?\u201d Paul said.<\/p>\n
Well, I couldn\u2019t get there fast enough and a couple days later he called back to say that the job was mine if I wanted it.<\/p>\n
So, now I join the ranks of a privileged few who can lay claim to the title of station announcer for Keloland TV.<\/p>\n
The first off-camera voice I heard on KELO was Dave Dedrick. I forget exactly what he said but it was something like; \u201cFirst with the best in the upper Midwest, this is KELO Television, Sioux Falls.\u201d Little did I realize then how often I would hear that voice in the years to come not only as a colleague but a dear friend. Oh, how I miss hearing it today.<\/p>\n
Besides Dave, a guy named Murray Stewart shared the announcing duties in those early years\u2026as did Bill Wigginton and Leo Hartig. \u00a0In fact, a lot of the personalities on KELO Radio did double duty voicing commercials and announcements for TV. \u00a0Back in the seventies, some of us in the newsroom, including Dedrick, Joe Cooper, Brian Bjerke and I took turns recording \u00a0\u201cThe Book\u201d ..which was the daily log of commercial tags and other announcements. I remember a couple that used to give me fits; \u201cSuper City Shopping Center\u201d rarely came out right the first time and, for some reason, I also got tongue-tied trying to say \u201cSony dealer in Onida.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eventually, Mark Johnson handled most of the audio recording responsibilities until Deb came aboard in 1998.<\/p>\n
So, not only am I lucky enough to have this blog on Keloland.com but I now get to stop down to the station a couple times a week..say hi to all my old friends and then \u00a0pull up to the microphone again\u2026without having to wear a tie. \u00a0<\/p>\n
I now realize what Dave Dedrick meant when he was always saying, \u201cLife is good, my cup runneth over.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here’s a short video clip from the recording booth:<\/p>\n
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