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  • How Do You Use Phonetics?

    How Do You Use Phonetics?2

    We all have our ways of tracking the correct pronunciation of names, whether it’s phonetically or other little notes that a name sounds like something else. We have also had that problem where someone writes something down, and we have no idea how to announce it.  It’s a common announcer problem.  Though that would make

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  • Back to School, Back to the Box

    Back to School, Back to the Box1

    With schools starting all over the country, it’s time to head back to the box for high school and middle school announcers all across the country.  Let’s take a look at what you can expect, back to school style. Since a lot of schools also allow other organizations to use their stadiums and pressboxes, it’s

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  • What To Do In An Emergency Situation

    What To Do In An Emergency Situation0

    The role of the announcer is to tell people what they need to know, however sometimes we need to give them emergency advice in an instant, that we may not know.  Don’t leave yourself in a situation of uncertainty and do an emergency scan of the facility in the event something happens. When we announce

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  • Great Piece on Swimming Announcers

    Great Piece on Swimming Announcers0

    Announcers come in all shapes and sizes, and an intern at Swimming World came up with probably the best piece of writing on announcing swimming that we’ve ever seen.  Props to Andrew Ross, you have a future ahead of you, and we’d love to have you contribute to our site too.  You’d be an asset!

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  • What Exactly Is Our Job?

    What Exactly Is Our Job?1

    The job of the P. A. announcer is to keep people informed of information they should know.  It seems to be a pretty straight-forward job, sit behind a microphone and speak when something happens.  It’s that simple, or is it? In the world of Public Address announcing there seem to be three thought processes, Say

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  • Do You Have A Product We Should Know About?

    Do You Have A Product We Should Know About?0

    Do you have a product or service that you think would be good for those in the game operations industry to know about?  Let us know.  Send an e-mail to DJ@SportsAnnouncing.com and tell us about your product.  We’ll be happy to try it out and give you feedback, and if we like it, we’ll even

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