{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fe36a71f3869269deaf79a5/6217bbf214d9ba0014170be4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"0448 – The Announcer Style of Reading","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fe36a71f3869269deaf79a5/1640517727663-c9732320b1dc90956152d18c807b99bc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>2022.03.24 – 0448 – The Announcer Style of Reading</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>READING STYLES</u></strong></p><p><strong>The Announcer Style</strong></p><p>The ‘announcer style’ was typically an American format in the 1980s and 90s, scripts read with aggression, projection and stress. The announcer was almost <em>telling</em> you what to buy – in fact sometimes literally shouting at you! It was over the top and cheesy and fake. It’s a style now rarely heard apart from perhaps some local ‘used car showroom sale’ type adverts, or in parodies.</p>","author_name":"Peter Stewart"}