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{{quote|"''Helloooooooooo Capital Wasteland, this is Three Dog, *[[Howling to
[[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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* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
'''{{smallcaps|[[Film]]}}'''
* I'll risk the cooties by adding: There's a character like this in ''[[
** The character of Jack Scott is endemic to the stage version. There's no such character in the movies.
* Lee Jordan of ''[[Harry Potter (
* ''[[
* [[Robin Williams]] character in [[Good Morning Vietnam]] is the film embodiment of this trope.
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* ''[[
* "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 ''[[MASH]]'', 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 ''[[
* Leo LaPorte demonstrated his "AM voice" (Large Ham Radio) and "FM voice" (Smooth and sultry) on an episode of [[The Screen Savers]].
'''{{smallcaps|Music}}'''
* [[
* The [[
{{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.
'''{{smallcaps|[[Video Games]]}}'''
* Three Dog<ref>Aaaaoooooo!</ref> from ''[[
** 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 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.
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* Done in ''[[
** Which was entirely involuntary on Strong Sad's part. [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail120.html Here's the sbmail].
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* [[The Simpsons (
* Timmy used magic to do this on an ep of ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents
* 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 ''[[
'''{{smallcaps|[[Real Life]]}} <small>(The voices other examples are parodying)</small>'''
* 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.
* [[WKRP in Cincinnati|Dr. Johnny Fever]].
* [[Scooby
* Averted by [[NPR]], which has the exact opposite reputation of its hosts being very soft-spoken. As ''[[
{{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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