On this episode of Benztown Voiceover Stories I chat with former production director and on-air personality, and current radio imaging producer & voice actor, Rich Van Slyke.

As a college kid in upstate New York, Rich started on-air at WKRT, Cortland. From there he went to his hometown of Buffalo to work at WYRK where he had his first stint as a Production Director.

He's won 11 AIR awards including Best Creative Director 3 years in a row. He's won several Radio And Production Magazine Awards, and is the only person to win both “Best Large Market Promo” and “Best Large Market Commercial” in the same year.

On this episode of Benztown Voiceover Stories I chat with Rich about...

1. Being a rock guy who cut his teeth in Country


2. How a pot head named "Doug" inspired Rich to pick up the guitar... again


3. Learning about "theater of the mind" style production through R&R production tapes


4. And if he still dreams of sitting around a retirement home with a couple of acoustic guitars and a harmonica just jamming on the blues.

But we start the conversation with Rich reminiscing about the music he grew up and the stations he dreamed of working at.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE'S GUEST:

Web: richvanslyke.com

ABOUT THE PODCAST:

Benztown Voiceover Stories is brought to you by Benztown branding and podcast services and hosted by Loren Kling.

ABOUT BENZTOWN:

Benztown is a leading international radio imaging, production library, programming, jingles and voiceover services company with over 2,300 affiliations on six different continents.

We provide custom VO and imaging across all formats, including commercial VO and copywriting. Benztown Radio Networks produces, markets and distributes high-quality programming and services to radio stations around the world.

In 2017, Benztown was named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 by Inc. magazine for the fifth consecutive year as one of America’s Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies.

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