r/CBC_Radio 22d ago

CBC Radio voice from early 2000s

Years ago around when I started listening to CBC Radio regularly, they hired a women to announce the upcoming shows. She had a really nice, pleasant voice but I remember hearing that there were complaints that her voice was too sultry and sexy.

Eventually they replaced her with a man with a very bland voice who I think might still be on and a woman who more often does the CBC Music bumpers. I’ve been curious to hear the voice again and find out what the story behind the controversy really was. I think it was around 2003, 2004 that she was doing the announcements. The only other time I heard her voice was on the CBC mini series JPod, she was the voice of a computer who I think was seducing one of the characters.

Does anyone know anything about the person behind this voice?

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u/KingRenardo 22d ago

She was know as CBC "Promo Girl" and eventually was revealed to be Shauna MacDonald. I saw her "live" once at a live recording of Brent Bambury's Saturday morning radio show "Go".

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u/TrannosaurusRegina 19d ago

I wasn’t familiar so I looked her up.

The first seconds of this are hilarious to me!

I can see why people might have complained!

https://youtu.be/3RYXMgQfo30

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u/BOGMTL 22d ago

Thank you! I knew she had a nickname of some sort like that. This has opened some old memories that I had long forgotten!

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u/Dragonfly_Peace 21d ago

Oh, I remember her. Those were great. I assumed she was new and moved into something else .

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u/NH787 19d ago

Promo Girl... Now there's a nickname I haven't heard in ages. Blast from the past!

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u/KingRenardo 19d ago

Should we call the new guy "Promo Boy"?

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u/ganaraska 22d ago

Check out "Mighty Cruise Ships" haha.

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u/MajorMiners469 20d ago

God I love that voice. Thank you so much. The writing is so camp, but the show is very informative.

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u/potbakingpapa 19d ago

This is like The Voice i think it was. It was part of the Current openings for abit FIRC. Did they ever say who it was?

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u/Barbicels 18d ago

That would be Stephen R. Hart. I remember the day his bit on The Current was about meeting “Promo Girl” and how it was blowing his mind.

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u/Barbicels 18d ago

That would be Stephen R. Hart. I remember the day his bit on The Current was about meeting “Promo Girl” and how it was blowing his mind.