voiceoverexperience
Carl
Akins has been a professional announcer for over 35 years. He began in radio as
a DJ and held most every position in the business, including news director, news
anchor, copy writer, production director, and operations manager. Along with about
19 years in radio, he overlaps 17 years producing voiceovers for commercials at
a TV station. Most of this experience took place in the Binghamton, NY, market.
professionaltraining
Carl
Akins holds a permanent FCC General Radiotelephone License (started as a First
Class and converted to the General license) with Radar Endorsement. He has AAS
degrees in electrical engineering technology, telecommunications and computer security & forensics, and an AS in computer
science. His broadcasting training was all self-taught or learned from mentors
in the business and workshops from Voices
For All.
studioequipment
ADK
A51 Mk5.1 condenser microphone
Shure 565SD dynamic microphone
Mbox Mini2
interface with Pro Tools LE 7.4
Mackie 1202-VLZ Pro mixer
