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Addition to VO Demos: Fox & Hounds

By Somerset Bob
Microphone with Headphones

Here’s a commercial I voiced via ISDN for GMG Radio Group (also added to my Voice-over Demo MP3s post). It’s advertising a pub in Cornwall and was aired on Atlantic 105-107FM.
“FOX & HOUNDS” Radio Commercial, June 2009 – 483KB, 30sec.
(Courtesy Karl at Real Radio Yorkshire.)
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Watch ITV HD On Your Sky HD Box

By Somerset Bob
ITV HD logo - copyright ITV.com

ITV HD is only available via FreeSat. Sky HD subscribers can’t receive it. At least, that’s the official line. So you might think you need to buy yet another set-top box or a TV with FreeSat built-in — but that’s not the case.
ITV’s HD Q&A Help page states: ITV HD is only available through freesat, [...]

Sunspots Still Elusive

By Somerset Bob
Sunspot Cycle Graph - click for larger image

I last wrote about the lack of sunspots in September 2008. Now, seven months later here in April 2009, even NASA is raising a quizzical eyebrow as it releases a press release discussing what it describes as a very deep solar minimum.
Despite the press release being dated 1st April, this is no April Fool. [...]


Addition To VO Demos: Business League

By Somerset Bob
Microphone with Headphones

Here are two promotional commercials I voiced as MP3 dry reads for Network 1 Internet Radio (also added to my Voice-over Demo MP3s post), a new service aimed at promoting businesses in East Devon, Dorset and Hampshire, with a launch date of 17 April 2009.
Two “Business League” Promotional Commercials, Mar 2009 – 955KB, 60sec.
(Courtesy Ian [...]

The United Nation Of Twitter

By Somerset Bob
The United Nation of Twitter Map - click for larger image

My leisurely Saturday morning browse through the overnight tweets on Twitter brought to my attention the embryonic formation of a new movement — or group, or collective, or however you wish to describe it — called the United Nation of Twitter. My tweeting life hasn’t been quite the same since. What’s it all about?
When I [...]

My Family Tree: Root And Branch Reform

By Somerset Bob
Detail of Grandfather Frank's Marriage Certificate

When I began researching my family tree, I assumed that my ancestors came from Somerset. When the official certificates began arriving, it turned out I was barking up the wrong tree. My family’s roots were firmly planted in London — but the discovery that my grandfather had a “secret” middle name came as a complete [...]

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