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{{trope}}
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[[Radio]], especially the amateur variety, will always attract a certain type of DJ/Announcer, namely a [[Large Ham]]. At least in fiction.
Anyone put in front of a radio mic, even if he's never seen one before, will instantly switch into a confident DJ-persona, complete with nickname, [[Catch Phrase
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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* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh5xu35bAxA this Berlitz ad] (which is actually a Norwegian commercial, not German).
==[[Fan Works]]==
* In the ''[[My Little Pony
==[[Film]]==
▲* In the ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic ''[[The Vinyl Scratch Tapes (Fanfic)|The Vinyl Scratch Tapes]]'', the titular character is a radio [[Talk Show]] host. She's also a combination [[Cloudcuckoolander]], [[Genki Girl]] and [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]] who often makes [[Rousing Speech|Rousing Speeches]] about [[The Power of Rock]].
* Lee Jordan of ''[[Harry Potter (
* [[Robin Williams]]'
* Rose, aka Mother, the communications officer of ''[[
* Lee Jordan, the definitely-not-neutral Quidditch announcer from the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' novels.▼
▲* Lee Jordan of ''[[Harry Potter (Film)|Harry Potter]]'', who regularly loses control of his temper when commentating at quidditch, becomes incredibly smooth when it comes time to be the [[Voice of the Resistance]].
▲* ''[[Pump Up the Volume (Film)|Pump Up the Volume]]''
▲* [[Robin Williams]] character in [[Good Morning Vietnam]] is the film embodiment of this trope.
▲'''{{smallcaps|[[Literature]]}}'''
▲* Rose, aka Mother, the communications officer of ''[[Phules Company]]''. In person, she's so cripplingly shy that hardly anyone has ever managed to speak to her face-to-face, but over radio equipment she becomes talkative and even flirtatious. Apparently she had a stutter as a child and became afraid of the sound of her own voice, but later discovered that she didn't mind so much when she was speaking into sound equipment.
▲* Lee Jordan, the definitely-not-neutral Quidditch announcer from [[Harry Potter]].
▲'''{{smallcaps|[[Live Action TV]]}}'''
▲* ''[[The Big Bang Theory (TV)|The Big Bang Theory]]''
* "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
* ''[[3rd Rock
* In ''[[
* Sam spent one episode of ''[[
* 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]]'': Dr. Johnny Fever. {{context}}
==[[Music]]==
* [[
* The [[
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* [[My Chemical Romance]]'s Danger Days has one of these providing narration.
== [[Theatre]] ==
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* Jack Scott from ''[[High School Musical on Stage!]]''
* Three Dog<ref>Aaaaoooooo!</ref> from ''[[Fallout (Video Game)|Fallout]] 3'' is the very definition of this trope.▼
** 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.▼
▲* 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!]]
* Done in ''[[
** Which was entirely involuntary on Strong Sad's part. [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail120.html Here's the sbmail].
* ''[[The Simpsons (
* Timmy used magic to do this on an ep of ''[[The Fairly
* Parodied in ''[[
* Double subverted with ''[[
* ''[[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
==[[Real Life]]==
* 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
* Wolfman Jack.
* [[
* Averted by [[National Public Radio|NPR]], which has the exact opposite reputation of its hosts being very soft-spoken. As ''[[
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▲* Averted by [[NPR]], which has the exact opposite reputation of its hosts being very soft-spoken. As ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' put it:
▲{{quote| "This is NPR, the station where we talk very softly, directly into the microphone. Can you hear us? We're right inside your head..."}}
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