Yeah, however, for some reason, i still think WTVT keeping Don LaFontaine's V/Os for the news opens was a good move. I guess to them, any other option...excusing Scott Chapin and Charlie Van Dyke (who's at WFTS now) would make them seem less powerful. :P
Channel 7 in Boston I think used some Chris Clausen cuts a few months after his death, and thats why some people didn't know he died cause at least up here we still heard some of his VOs, I like the little intro too.
DIdn't WPVI came across that same thing years back too with using a dead voiceover after he died? I know the Today show still used Fred Facey's voiceover well after he passed, till Katie Couric left the program a few years back. I dunno if it would be creepy or not but maybe strange.
I think the poster of the original video was posting it as EWN due to the news format used and called by WFTV-9 "Channel 9 Eyewitness News @ 9 in HD", not the News package..you are correct, the news music package is News Matrix from Steven Arnold.
I have explained in previous vids that they were using News Matrix at the time this was recorded, months before they switched back to the namesake news package.
Clausen isnt going to be the only one dying here. some v.o.s are over the age of 60. and almost all are over the age of 35.
samjarris 2 years ago
WJAR still uses Clausen...it's actually kind of creepy to think that your hearing the voice of a dead man every time you turn on the news.
TVNewsRI 2 years ago
Yeah, however, for some reason, i still think WTVT keeping Don LaFontaine's V/Os for the news opens was a good move. I guess to them, any other option...excusing Scott Chapin and Charlie Van Dyke (who's at WFTS now) would make them seem less powerful. :P
OTownNews 2 years ago
Channel 7 in Boston I think used some Chris Clausen cuts a few months after his death, and thats why some people didn't know he died cause at least up here we still heard some of his VOs, I like the little intro too.
chyrongeek 2 years ago
DIdn't WPVI came across that same thing years back too with using a dead voiceover after he died? I know the Today show still used Fred Facey's voiceover well after he passed, till Katie Couric left the program a few years back. I dunno if it would be creepy or not but maybe strange.
chyrongeek 2 years ago
I think this is News Matrix, not EWN... great talent rejoin though.
cms0678 2 years ago
I think the poster of the original video was posting it as EWN due to the news format used and called by WFTV-9 "Channel 9 Eyewitness News @ 9 in HD", not the News package..you are correct, the news music package is News Matrix from Steven Arnold.
fl2k9 2 years ago
I have explained in previous vids that they were using News Matrix at the time this was recorded, months before they switched back to the namesake news package.
OTownNews 2 years ago
Matie Salt (Tucker) is what we know here as here in Tampa (60 west of Orlando) She worked for WFTS (ABC Action News) then headed ova to FTV
fl2k9 2 years ago
This is a really good talent rejoin
anatainu 3 years ago
He also made a great voice for KPLC NBC 7 in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
AngelicRomeo1024 3 years ago
Chris was a great VO for the stations he served, especially for his hometown of Orlando. May he rest in peace.
csworldwide101 3 years ago
Wow, I'm blown away, RIP for sure.
Twigz1 3 years ago 3
May he rest in peace, indeed.
bigvoice313 3 years ago 2