radio voice

Announcer's smooth delivery

Radio voice describes a speaking style characterized by smooth, resonant, and clearly articulated delivery—the kind of voice suited for broadcasting.

Someone with a radio voice has pleasant, professional-sounding speech: He's got a real radio voice.

The term can be complimentary or gently mocking, suggesting an overly polished or theatrical way of talking: She slipped into her radio voice for the presentation.

Related

smooth talker · microphone · sound booth · DJ · static · airwaves · crackle · velvet · resonant · timbre · modulation · FM · AM · frequency · transmission · studio · listener · tuning

Categories
Opposites
vocal clarity and projection

radio voicemumbling

Indistinct, quiet speech

mumble · slurred speech · weak voice · inaudible · whispery voice

vocal quality and appeal

radio voicesqueaky voice

nasal twang · mumbling · slurred speech · monotone · harsh voice

broadcast suitability

radio voiceface for radio

Looks unsuited for television

halting speech · verbal tics

Family

radio, voice, radios, voices, voiced, voicing, voiceless, radiate, radiation

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G