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Benztown Publishes 9th Annual List of Top Voiceover Pros in US and Canada

Benztown publishes its 9th annual “Benztown 50 List of Radio’s Biggest Imaging Voices” – the radio industry’s exclusive listing of the top 50 voiceover artists in the U.S. and Canada. Benztown enlisted P1 Media Group to compile and analyze industry data using its proprietary algorithm, and is based on several criteria, includingim number of radio station affiliates, station size and market that was the foundation for the list. A special highlight of this year’s Benztown 50 is the presentation of the voiceover industry’s highest honor, the Chris Corley Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented to legendary voiceover talent, Earl Mann. A prolific voiceover artist from Canada, Mann started his career as a singer for the 1960s American folk band, the Gaslight Singers. He was an all-night disc jockey on radio stations CKEY and CHFI in Toronto in the 1960s and1970s. Sports fans will recognize Mann as the “voice of the NFL” through his work for NFL Films, as well as the voice of several college football programs and numerous NFL teams.

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Networking at Radiodays Europe

The 13th Radiodays Europe convention took place in Prague this week (3/26-28) and American radio companies had a presence there. Benztown, MusicMaster, P1 Media Group, and Xperi welcomed more than 50 guests aboard a party boat to network and talk about the radio business. Pictured above are (from l-r): Christos Papadas, Skai Group in Athens; Ken Benson, P1 Media Group; Masa Patterson, Benztown; and Andy Sannemann, Benztown.