Joe Cipriano: The man behind the voice over

Joe Cipriano is one of the most recognized voices in America and has worked for most major broadcast and radio networks. He also provides the live voice for the Grammy and Emmy Awards. Cipriano joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" to discuss his new book "Living on Air: Adventures in Broadcasting."

[@AltimaNEO]

The man is the voice of Fox in the 90s for me. Was always excited to hear what new Simpsons episode or Fox Kids show was coming up this week!

[@Vigil72]

Joe was my first English teacher, I used to listen to him over and over when I was an English student here in Mexico listen to the world chart show every weekend.

[@arielgonzalez5296]

No kidding.

[@susanfit47]

Joe Cipriano is the voice of reason. Joe became the voice of Fox Television network in 1988 and became the voice of CBS in 1997. He continues to be the promo voice of Fox, CBS and Food Network. He is the voice of Fox and CBS.

[@Zulu369]

His voice is the sweetest male voice in America.

[@asianguy6174]

To reach these heights as a voice actor, it’s not just a matter of learning how to read well, enunciate , etc. It helps if you are as articulate as this man.

[@NortelGeek]

I came here because I'm searching for the male voice actor who did many, many commercials in the late 70s through the early 90s. Most of the time, he started in a very low, almost whisper. Another voice I'm in search of is the "blue screen" guy--Remember those commercials in the 80s and 90s that ended with the blue screen, credit card logos and a toll-free 800 number in the middle in white text? That's the other voice I'm interested in. General human curiosity.

[@NortelGeek]

@Tenzing Ludup And you as well, my friend.

[@UrsusGrett]

This guy is amazing!

[@20062bMinnieSmooth]

He used to voice-over for WWOR in the early 2000's

[@arielgonzalez5296]

That would be our New York TV station network channel 9.

[@fromthesidelines]

Yes, Joe's voice is often heard on various CBS promos, too.

[@arielgonzalez5296]

But also sometimes like FOX, NBC. Small samples

[@LscVip]

Monday, there's an all new Mike and Molly lmao 🤣 😂

[@arielgonzalez5296]

He was also doing voice over on NBC.

[@eddieloius4592]

I still don't know the name of the MTV voice of the 80's and 90's. Deep voice. I think he did a lot of work for Showtime also. (Viacom )

[@JohnCruzProductions]

I believe that was Don Lafontaine

[@nickdimatteo4193]

what is the equipment he uses for his voiceover in his home studio

[@mikenorgaard-voiceovermike7438]

Last I saw he uses mostly a Sennheiser MKH 416 mic (although occasionally he says he mounts up his U87), Avalon M5 pre-amp, Urei LA-4 Compressor/limiter, looks like a tube tech processing strip or something in there and his mixing board. There are also components for him to dial in and connect with remote studios.

[@DorvellTStewart]

I don’t think we hear very much from him these days; sad.

[@arielgonzalez5296]

He's a legend voiceover, and that's sucks.

[@mngermanshepherd]

Wow, I thought VO was recorded, then added to promos post-production by an editor. Cool!

[@drewandjeffers5695]

Joe was also the voice of Fox.

[@edssan]

Hope I could have a voice like his also (in my dreams), having a really thin voice like mine 😔

[@ByGraceIGo]

I only know his voice from Candy crush saga. Delicious! Sugar crush!

[@eddieloius4592]

"any voice can work" Fran Drescher enters the chat "................."

[@luvs2cover]

Cool

[@vanetzakun3005]

Candy crush

[@mattalbrecht7471]

Good work if you can get it. Very profitable