Joe Cipriano

David Joseph Cipriano (born September 8, 1954) is an American voice over actor, radio and TV on-air personality, and author. Since 1997, he has voiced promotional spots for the CBS television network.

Early life and education Cipriano was born September 8, 1954, in Waterbury, Connecticut. He attended Watertown High School. At age 14, Cipriano called into local disc jockey Jerry Wolf at WWCO-AM. He told Wolf that he aspired to become radio DJ and asked if he could visit the station to see what it was like. He would end up running errands and doing office work at the station on weekends and over the summer. When Cipriano was 16, he was hired to work on-air at WWCO-FM, a country music station, and WWCO-AM, a top-40 station, both in Waterbury. He was soon after hired at a third radio station, WDRC-FM, a top-40 station in Hartford. He used a different on-air pseudonym at each station.

After high school, Cipriano became the youngest on-air FM radio personality ever hired by NBC at age 19. It was there that he would meet his wife, Ann, on her first day at NBC as an AM news writer in 1976. They married in 1979.

Career Cipriano has worked for the NBC, ABC, Fox and CBS TV and radio networks. His radio career includes having hosted The World Chart Show from 1995 to 2004 and occasionally filling in for Casey Kasem on American Top 40. From 1987 to 1992, Cipriano produced and hosted two shows that aired in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka and Kobe, Japan: the L.A. Express and Toyota California Classics.

He has worked as an on-air personality using various names, including his birthname (Dave Cipriano), Dave Donovan, and Tom Collins, for the following radio stations: KIIS-FM – Los Angeles KKHR – Los Angeles (CBS Hitradio) KHTZ-FM – Los Angeles (K-Hits) WRQX – Washington, D.C. (ABC-Q107) WKYS – Washington, D.C. (NBC) WDRC AM/FM – Hartford, Connecticut WWCO AM/FM – Waterbury, Connecticut

Voice-over work While still working in radio, Cipriano began picking up voice-over work in commercials. Cipriano has announced the 57th, 59th, and 60th Emmy awards as well as Grammy award shows and special events. He has also been the live announcer for the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, the VH1 Honors, and the GQ Magazine Men of the Year awards. He has also been the in-show narrator for a number of network game shows and reality shows, including Hollywood Game Night, America's Got Talent, Candy Crush, and Deal or No Deal. Cipriano is also a founding member and current donor of the Don LaFontaine Voice Over Lab at the SAG Actors Center. The lab, named for prolific voice actor Don LaFontaine, serves as both a recording facility and educational resource for the voice actor community.

Cipriano uses a Neumann U 87 and Sennheiser 416 microphones for his voice-over work.

Book Cipriano and his wife Ann co-authored his autobiography Living On Air: Adventures in Broadcasting, which was independently released in 2013.

In addition to his own autobiography, Cipriano is one of the contributors to Joan Baker's book "Secrets of Voice Over Success", which details the experiences of 13 different voice-over actors.

Awards Cipriano is the recipient of the second-annual Don LaFontaine Legacy Award, recognizing "character, longevity, talent, professionalism, and the passion for giving back," presented at the 2010 PromaxBDA Promotions and Marketing Awards.

He was also nominated for an Audie Award in 2015 in the Autobiography or Memoir category.