• Dealing With Frustrating Situations

    Dealing With Frustrating Situations1

    In the world of P. A. announcing, there are a lot of seemingly minor annoyances that, to an announcer, are almost the end of the world.  A good P. A. announcer takes pride in his or her work and sometimes one of those little annoyances to someone looking on from the outside, can really make

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  • Combating Feedback the Organic Way0

    Feedback is the ultimate enemy of every sound producer, DJ and announcer.  It’s that annoying squeal that hurts your ears and can do some serious damage to sound systems, avoiding it is very important.  There are feedback filters, limiters, gates, and all kinds of other cool gadgetry that helps to prevent it, but it happens

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  • How Do You Close?1

    A lot of announcers work on their openings, their introductions, their in-game announcements, but so much is forgotten about the end of the night when fans have enjoyed themselves, the game is over, but something is still needed to give the night a complete closure. There are some announcers who, once the game is over,

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  • Elevate Your Volume, Don’t Scream

    Elevate Your Volume, Don’t Scream1

    Remaining in control on a microphone is one of the most important duties of the P. A. announcer. It’s just like driving a car, the faster you go, the more out of control you can be, but a good announcer can still remain in control for a while.  But just like race car drivers, even

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  • Meeting Other Announcers

    Meeting Other Announcers0

    In our business, having a network is important.  It’s always good to be able to contact other announcers to ask questions of.  Because, who really can provide the best feedback and suggestions than other announcers, right?  Well, the answer to that is anyone.  But it’s always a good idea to bounce things off other announcers

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  • 2015 World Police & Fire Games

    2015 World Police & Fire Games0

    We’re excited to announce that SportsAnnouncing.com will be working with the organizers of the 2015 World Police and Fire Games to provide announcing, DJ, emcee and facility announcer services for the 2015 games which will take place in Fairfax, Virginia. “It is truly an exciting time for Northern Virginia and we’re excited to be part

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