Essay, Research Paper: Dj Differentials

Whenever I listen to the radio,I can't help but notice how the disc jockey's voice tends to be sort of stereotyped according to the type radio station they are at. The only time I honestly listen to the radio is when I'm at work. The only two radio stations they listen to at my place of work are QFM-96 and WYBZ. I will admit that I don't know the names of any disc jockey's on these two stations, but I do listen enough to remember the relative dialect of the on air personalities. When I listened to the wonderful sounds of QFM-96, I was greeted by a man spoke clearly but he tried entirely too hard be funny. On this station, the music type was a mix of 80's light rock and more current light rock. This guy sounded like he actually liked the music he was playing. Occasionally he took phone calls from the public so that they may request some of their favorite light rock. His pronunciation of words sounded like he was indeed from Ohio but without all of the mispronunciations of common words that many of us make ourselves. When he started a sentence, he made sure that he ended with as much feeling as he began with. Sometimes you could tell that he really didn't know what to say next. Sometimes we get to listen to WYBZ which for you squares is the oldies station. Their radio personality was mildly boring but at least he didn't try to pull off being cool because he definately was and is not. He sounded like a guy that might have moved here from somewhere else because his voice didn't reek of Appalachia as much as the other DJ. Most of the time when there wasn't commercials, Mr. DJ basically just introduced old music. Now and again he would do a profile of an old band and give deailed facts about the band. He may have had all the facts written down in front of him but to me he sounded like a music fan that might actually know his stuff. This guy also managed to end sentences with as much feeling as they began. He had the typical radio voice which is the lower manly tone that eases pressure just hearing it.
Now each of the two have their different styles but they also have similarities in their style. Both of them maintained the lower frequency man voice but the QFM-96 disc jockey couldn't deal with times when he had to improv something as well as the WYBZ guy. Like I said before the one was trying too hard to sound cool and the other had a natural feel as though he didn't care what people thought. The disc jockey on WYBZ seemed to know his music more but that could have to do with the fact that their music is all oldies. That could mean that oldies are his preference because he probably grew up on the stuff. The other guy may not have been into the style of music that QFM-96 has to offer. This is only an assumption, I'm not sure of this but it may be true. So in conclusion, Many people have different ways of speech and dialect but only the few and the proud can adapt their vocals to fit the radio format they're into at any given time. Not everyone can train their voice to do other things.There is not one radio station that is like any others. The same goes for people and their voices.