announcer

American  

[uh-noun-ser] / əˈnaʊn sər /

noun

1. a person who announces, especially one who introduces programs, presents news items, reads advertisements, and does other similar assignments over radio or television.

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announcer British  

/ əˈnaʊnsə /

noun

1. a person who announces, esp one who reads the news, introduces programmes, etc, on radio or television

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Other Word Forms

• preannouncer noun

Etymology

Origin of announcer

1605–15; 1920–25 in radio use; announce + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The show, these announcers doing corny play by play ... it’s hard to watch.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s the late and legendary ABC Sports announcer Keith Jackson, who coined that term for the Rose Bowl Game and it stuck.

From Los Angeles Times

There was a rodeo announcer from Idaho, a Kansan whose family owns a dairy farm, and a retired government worker who auctioned spectrum for the Federal Communications Commission.

From The Wall Street Journal

“If I look at it as a fight, I look at Joshua landing a jab and a straight right hand and collecting his money,” says the boxing trainer, podcaster, and former announcer Teddy Atlas.

From The Wall Street Journal

A big cheer went up when Dupont's name was read out by the stadium announcer ahead of the match, and the little maestro wasted no time in showing his class.

From BBC

Related Words

• broadcaster
• disc jockey
• newscaster
• reporter