Talk:Continuity announcer

Merging the article

If this article should be redirected, I suggest redirecting it to Continuity (broadcasting). Boot Blues (talk) 23:53, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Tradition

In my own country of Norway, there's a notable tradition for in-vision continuity. The announcers were originally known as "hallodamer" ("hello ladies") because stations were required to announce themselves with "Hello, hello" at the time. In contemporary times, they're officially known as "kanalverter" ("channel hosts"). There's a long tradition for it. Many of the announcers have been on the screen for decades, and are, like in the UK, celebrities in their own right. I would argue that much of what's said about UK announcers is correct for Norwegian announcers too. This might possibly be a tradition in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland as well. The concept is probably foreign to Americans, but they're a bit like on-stage MC's, except seated in front of a camera. On public holidays, they will dress appropriately. If they existed in the United States, they might wear a shamrock in their suit/dress pocket for St. Patrick's Day, or a little flag for Independence Day. If you can imagine the prime-time hours of a TV channel to be a bit like a classy variety stage show with scheduled numbers, with the viewers settling in for a night of entertainment, then that's roughly their role.

I feel it should be covered as its own phenomenon. It feels quite distinct from off-screen announcements. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.166.205.203 (talk) 16:46, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

On the radio

This article says that continuity announcers tell us what programmes are coming up on television, but does not say that continuity announcers also work on radio. Vorbee (talk) 17:33, 10 April 2018 (UTC)