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{{trope}}
{{quote|"''Helloooooooooo Capital Wasteland, this is Three Dog, *[[Howling to the Night|AUUOOOOO]]* comin' to ya loud and proud from Galaxy News Radio! Bringin' you the truth, no matter how ''bad'' it hurts.''"|'''Three Dog''' <ref name="AUUOOOOO">AUUOOOOO</ref> DJ of GNR, ''[[Fallout 3]]''}}
[[Radio]], especially the amateur variety, will always attract a certain type of DJ/Announcer, namely a [[Large Ham]]. At least in fiction.
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If it's ham radio they're getting into, it's very likely they'll also immediately turn into a [[Soapbox Sadie]] [[Conspiracy Theorist]] convinced that [[Serious Business|the government wants to shut them down]].
Another common variant, more popular in the United Kingdom, is the Tony Blackburn-esque ([[Weird Al Effect|probably better known to younger generations]] as [[Harry Enfield and Chums|Smashie and Nicey]]-esque) cheesy 1970s pop DJ.
Not to be confused with [[Radio Voice]]. Closely related to [[Danger Deadpan]], a similar effect caused by speaking over an aeroplane intercom. Compare [[Large Ham Announcer]].
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* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' {{context}}
* "Dr X," Ted's old [[College Radio]] alter ego on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''. He's universally mocked for it.
* Hal on ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' does this when he buys a ham radio.
* ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' had (usually mild-mannered [[Cloudcuckoolander]]) Harry turn into an abrasive talk-radio jock when he and Tommy take over the college station for the holidays.
* In ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'', the outfit obtains a mess of swing records. Radar (the normally timid type) takes the records and creates a makeshift radio station over the speakers, with him as DJ. That is, before {{spoiler|[[Ear Worm|Colonel Potter makes him play "Sentimental Journey" over and over and...]]}}
* Sam spent one episode of ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' ("Good Morning, Peoria") as a DJ.
* Leo LaPorte demonstrated his "AM voice" (Large Ham Radio) and "FM voice" (Smooth and sultry) on an episode of ''[[The Screen Savers]]''.
* ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati
==Music==
* [[Peter Gabriel]] hams it up in in the song "On The Air". "''Bozo is here!''"
* The [[David Bowie]] song "DJ".
{{quote|"I am a DJ, I am what I play/I've got believers believing me!"}}
* [[My Chemical Romance]]'s Danger Days has one of these providing narration.
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==[[Video Games]]==
* Three Dog<ref
** And Best Friend Tabitha from [[Fallout: New Vegas|the sequel]] <ref>Threats all around us! Converging, like a noose! Tightening! Two-head bear people astride battle cattles!!!</ref> takes it [[Ax Crazy|one]] [[Split Personality|step]] [[Funny Schizophrenia|even farther]] than that.
** Mr. New Vegas (Wayne Newton) is an inversion, speaking in a calm, friendly tone more appropriate to a DJ for a station that plays music from the 40s and 50s.
** Fallout 3 also features an aversion: if Three Dog<ref name="AUUOOOOO" /> is killed, his replacement, Margaret, drops the news segments and prefaces the music with annoyed comments about just being a technician and the actual DJ having been killed. Apparently, just being put in front of a microphone is ''not'' sufficient for this trope to kick in in the Fallout universe.
* DJ Professor K. [[Jet Set Radio|JET SET RADIOOOOOOOO!]]
==[[Web Original]]==
* Done in ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', with Strong Sad, whose usual droning, whispery voice changes to a rapid-fire shock jock when on the radio, during one of the Strong Bad Emails.
** Which was entirely involuntary on Strong Sad's part. [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail120.html Here's the sbmail].
==[[Western Animation]]==
* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]], as a ham radio operator.
* Timmy used magic to do this on an ep of ''[[The Fairly
* Parodied in ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', Isabella is given the chance to announce P&Fs Monster Truck Rally and does so in a deeper, louder, male voice with standard huckster dialog. In one deep breath.
* Double subverted with ''[[Family Guy]]'': One episode had Brian end up with a radio show after criticizing the local [[Dumbass DJ]]s. His show started off intelligent, [[NPR]]-ish, and performing poorly with listeners. After Stewie prank calls him a couple of times, the [[Executive Meddling|executives force Brian to add him to the show]], at which point it devolves into exactly the kind of thing he was complaining about earlier, complete with [[Howard Stern]]-esque antics and annoying sound clips.
* ''[[Sealab 2021]]'', "Radio Free Sealab": Captain Murphy starts a pirate radio station out of sheer boredom, adopts the DJ persona "Howlin' Mad Murphy", and conducts the usual on-air hijinx until the FCC blows him ([[Once an Episode|and the rest of the station]])up with a depth charge.
* In the ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' Halloween special, this is apparently the case with the local radio station's DJ. Only when he's in front of the mic does he produce the deep voice required for his job.
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==[[Real Life]]==
The voices other examples are parodying.
* Big radio personalities in general need to be self-promoters. Radio shows don't get the same kind of marketing push that TV shows and movies get, so successful radio hosts tend to be very comfortable with blowing their own horn.
* [[Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In|Gary Owens]] is the "announcer" voice for which everyone strives these days (unless he's trying to copy the [[In a World]] guy).
* Wolfman Jack.
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