Every Station to use Charlie Van Dyke as VO (via the NMSA)

Disclaimer: This is missing a lot of stations. I only went off the NMSA list at the time of making this video. I haven't been able to re-edit this due to losing the original file. My apologies.
Charlie Van Dyke is one of the most well known television and radio announcers throughout the United States. He has been the voice of many stations' opens to their newscasts for nearly 40 years. As a special video, here is a compilation of an open from every station he has announced for.
Information for this video as well as the audio only recordings were sourced from the News Music Search Archive (NMSA) website. You can find it here: www.southernmed...
A big thanks goes to everyone who uploaded any of the featured opens.
No content from this compilation is owned by me, they are all owned by their own respective owners.
I might possibly do more announcer compilations in the future, stay tuned!

[@theopensguy]

(28:52) Norfolk is in Virginia, not North Carolina. My bad. I'd edit it and reupload but I've already had to render this video 3 times so...

[@rileysmith9843]

TheOpensGuy Is there going to be a compilation of every station that used Chris Corley as a voiceover? I’m not making a request or anything, but I’m just wondering.

[@theopensguy]

@@rileysmith9843 Possibly soon

[@eascec8374]

I Have The News Open From KTEN Containing An Unknown Theme From The February 18th, 1990 10PM Newscast (The Last Newscast With Reporter Denise Schwab, Who Later Moved To Columbus, Georgia).

[@rileysmith9843]

TheOpensGuy One of many stations that used Corley as their voiceover, it you decide to do that as a future voiceover compilation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5e6pYxmrtFrobM

[@blind_t2]

you were on the right track though, NC isn’t too far off from the area, cause you got cities like Naggshead, Elizabeth City, Moyock, then you got the Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point area about an hour off, as well as the triangle too.

[@parkervanhecke]

Wow! Charlie Van Dyke! I was a student at the University of Dallas in 1966. Charlie Van Dyke was in the seminary studying to be a priest. He was working at the Dallas radio station using his world class voice. Lost track of him. So nice to see him here.

[@joerules829]

In the early 80’s he did the intros for KDFW. When I was little and he would say “KDFW TV, Channel 4, Dallas-Fort Worth” it scared the hell out of me. I thought it was Darth Vader.

[@jeffglazer5418]

CHARLIE VAN DYKE..THE VOICE!

[@christophersantana5895]

TRUE INDEED.

[@samsticka]

Charlie was the voiceover for WOWT in Omaha after KETV.

[@ScottMorrisIV]

Charlie Van Dyke did voiceovers at WDSU Channel 6 and WVUE Fox8 in New Orleans

[@drewandjeffers5695]

I just remembered about Charlie Van Dyke, he returned to WABC Station in New York to do voice-over the news and various in mid 2004.

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

23:53.... I live in Salem,NJ... And this along side the comedy that Matt, Tam, David and Karen is what made my school days great since 1st grade in 2009, when I actually cared about watching the news, drinking coffee and reading the Daily Sunbeam newspaper.

[@eascec8374]

I Do Remember Hearing Charlie On KEOM Mesquite, TX Weeks Ago.

[@rhapsodyshadow_]

Charlie Van Dyke is my inspiration and idol. I dream of having a voice as deep as his.

[@sayhibobbi]

Pretty sure if you had a Charlie Van Dyke VO and a TV by Design open in the 80s, you were #1 in your market.

[@roast-thekamenrider8591]

My God, the nostalgia!! Van Dyke still voices WABC-TV in (my hometown) New York

[@blind_t2]

same with the sister in the west, Channel 7 LA.

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

And WPVI-TV (6abc) Action News in Philadelphia, still over the strains of "Move Closer to Your World" in 2024.

[@theCFseries12]

He did voices for Central Florida News 13, as well as Tampa Bay's ABC Action News.

[@rockinrob4643]

His work at KRTH Kearth-101 Los Angeles was just insanely awesome 👌.....

[@estfiretech100]

Man, that took a lot of work to put this together! Nice job! Always love listening to Charlie!

[@robertratliff2223]

He provided voice work for two stations in the Cincinnati market, WKRC in the late '80s and WLWT in the mid '90s.

[@JayVision4383]

I work for WAPT-TV 16 (ABC affiliate) here in Jackson MS and what I’ve heard, he only did voiceover for a year and a half at WAPT, I’ve called him once before to do some voiceover liners for my college station I made graphics for and he blandly decline it because he said that he had a bad experience in the Mississippi market (money wise) and he only work in the Jackson DMA which was said as WAPT.

[@blind_t2]

this man had an equal share of both radio and tv. still sort of does. shows here on the tv side, but on radio, he was a big voice of top 40, but he also dabbled on radio in the country field, I think he did do a little bit on the rock side of things, but in the 90’s and early 2000s, even the 10s, you couldn’t go one state without hearing Charlie on an oldies outlet. KRTH here in LA, 2 PA oldies outlets, 98.1 WOGL in Philadelphia, and 3ws, WWSW in Pittsburgh, PA. WTRG oldies 100.7 in Raleigh, NC. that would make a great compilation itself.

[@johnbanyard782]

Charlie was at radio station WDGY in Minneapolis. We didn’t get to keep him for long. He was destined for bigger things and warmer climates.

[@FlamingoPulse]

I have a mid 80s KGMB clip with CVD in my KGMB compilation, although it's not in the NMSA yet.

[@Nevalster]

He was also On WABC TV in 1999

[@Boleo806]

KDFW Dallas And KTBC Austin at that time would have been New World Communications that would later be a Fox O&O

[@davidlineweaver7235]

This also must've been uploaded before the Tribune-Nexstar merger. In Des Moines, Nexstar now owns WHO-HD while WOI-DT was spun off to Tegna.

[@eduardocampero8592]

What a wonderful voice!!!

[@SigmaRho2922]

Hope ignited lives changed hearts United. Positive encouraging KLove.

[@blind_t2]

Melissa from action news, she made her way west. She’s now on channel 4 here I believe.

[@romancarmona4117]

"The news starts.............NOW!"

[@DarkPuIse]

What the heck is that song at 0:39? I know I heard that somewhere on Channel 2 (WGRZ) or 4 (WIVB) up here in Buffalo somewhere in the late 80s-early 90s, but damn if I can remember exactly what one...

[@prestongaylor1232]

Iconic!☺️ 0:57

[@armandoenriquez1104]

Now through Thursday night.

[@johnfowlerloesch-theoffici5009]

Coming soon: News opens for Fort Wayne.

[@blind_t2]

And does anyone know the theme for WTVQ 36?

[@brimer735uu8]

I think he was the voice of the TV show "Solid Gold" from 1979-1989.

[@paulwalker1443]

Not every station! He was on KIRO-TV Seattle in the 90's. But excellent compilation for this excellent voice talent!

[@theopensguy]

I lost the video file of this unfortunately so if I do update this I'll have to start from scratch. ...

[@rg8152]

28:14 TVT 13 was a CBS affiliate at the time

[@blind_t2]

I kinda know where you may have got that WNAC-TV open, think you got that from an airing of the price is right.

[@theopensguy]

Yes that would be correct.

[@blind_t2]

TheOpensGuy when do you think you will do another station compilation similar to this, with other VO talent?

[@butchbarackman5138]

Back before the internet I would hear Charlie Vandyke give the top of the hour legal ID, (Station Identification) on WLS the big 89 in Chicago on skip at night....

[@liampaynefan4life496]

Didn't know he did the vo for KOIN AND KIRO

[@blatheringblathers347]

Just a small nitpick....... It's not in 60fps, but it's whatever. The rest is still actually great nonetheless.

[@ChristopherF61976]

TheOpensGuy, is there an email address in which you can be reached?

[@ericsamuelson5656]

You forgot Charlie was a voice over on WYOU News 22 Scranton from 1992-96, WSTM Ch 3 Syracuse from 1980-93, and KCBS Ch 2 Action News Los Angeles from 1987-92

[@CoasterMan13Official]

He does voiceovers for WSB-TV, even though his name is not listed on the website.

[@johnfowlerloesch-theoffici5009]

Please update WPVI news opens?

[@rileysmith9843]

25:36 WSLS is technically owned by Graham Media Group, as Nexstar already owns WFXR and Richmond’s CW affiliate.

[@theopensguy]

My mistake. I pretty much just assumed they were Nexstar owned.

[@eascec8374]

WFLA And WSLS Contains The Same Logo But Different Owned Operation.

[@rileysmith9843]

TheOpensGuy Charlie Van Dyke did voiceovers for WFMY in the early 2000s. That clip is not on here.

[@blatheringblathers347]

@@rileysmith9843 Plus, CVD did WPCQ/WCNC in the early 1990s and WBTV from the early 2000s to 2017/18.

[@rileysmith9843]

Mørty The Yeemø that one, and WKRN-TV in Nashville as well.

[@DorvellTStewart]

I wonder if Charlie is or was a smoker at one time? His voice just doesn’t have that power it once did. I’d chalk it up to age (pretty sure the guy is about 73 now,) if it weren’t for the fact that his voice has been declining for probably about the last decade and it really got bad about five years ago.

[@blind_t2]

right. like, back when he was doing VO for radio, mainly oldies/classic hits, he was a master, IDK what happened, I knew age kinda got that factor.

[@scottvaldes70]

His voice is a lot more bassy than it was back in the 70s and 80s. That comes with age, smoker or not. Compare Al Michaels voice from 40 years ago to now. Its astonishing.

[@DorvellTStewart]

I wouldn’t call Charlie’s voice “basy“ now; raspy, sure, but that smooth, booming bass was what he had back in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s. I know the voice changes with age, but I’ve heard broadcasters and other people older than he is now who, if you heard them talk, you’d never know they were in their mid-/late 70s.

[@user-mv6mp7iy2c]

Charlie Van Dyke in New Orleans 15:08 or 29:25

[@user-mv6mp7iy2c]

My Location is TBA.

[@jaxfish43]

I pride myself on knowing a lot about the industry but..... what does nmsa stand for?

[@theopensguy]

News Music Search Archive www.newsmusicsearcharchive.com/

[@jaxfish43]

@@theopensguy thanks. I just got the app... an amazing tool!

[@ashiePrime]

You did forget about WTVX.....

[@isaacgallegos3371]

Sinclair don't own wnlo.

[@theopensguy]

Yep, another mistake on my end. Unfortunately I think I lost the video file so I don't think there's much chance of an update

[@user-macquine]

Beack?

[@user-vk5ld5uf8l]

😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

[@newsman9539]

What area will you cover next?

[@ChristopherF61976]

TheOpensGuy has told us that he will be covering Wichita, KS. Meanwhile, Pancham's TVTalk has recently updated 1 of TL Hughes' works, which happens to be Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA's news opens. Please check that out when you get a chance.

[@newsman9539]

Christopher Fancher ok thanks.

[@mochafiend1]

13:15, this is one of my favorites. 🩵💙🌊🔟