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when hiring hosts pay attention to their voices (why I like Lisa)

silverwear — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:21:46 GMT

Several of the Q hosts, as well as hosts on other shopping channels fall into these categories: loud, motor-mouth screechers or pipsqueak little girl voices.

I either hit mute or don't watch at all.

Keep in mind one of Lisa's best qualities: her voice. Whatever else you do or don't like about her, she is much easier to listen to than many of the newer hosts. I don't have to mention names, just look at the many threads about possible Lisa replacements for 'PM Style', etc. and why people don't like them.

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Daysdee — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:58:12 GMT

Lisa has an extremely pleasant voice. The new host Stacey and Gabrielle sometimes not so much. Dave James' voice was excellent for the job.

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happygolfcartrider — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 19:40:04 GMT

For the most part QVC and HSN have hosts with pleasant voices. Now Jewelry Television out of Nashville, OMG. One of the hosts (Wendy) talks through her nose, nasal, high pitch and talks so fast she sounds like she is speaking another language. There is no way to get info about anything she sells. Thank God we don't have any like her on QVC.

HSN by far has the best show hosts, and that is considering Donkey laugh Shannon and Bend at the knees Callie.

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mosky — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:28:42 GMT

She does have a very easy to listen to voice,some of the other hosts,I find difficult to listen to so...I don't!

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MarthaStewardess — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 21:10:39 GMT

I'm not a big Lisa fan, but I do agree that she has a good voice. She's easy to listen to (except for the ummms and repeating words lol). Many of the other female hosts are not so pleasant to listen to. Many of them are just too loud, too hyper, have little girl voices or just plain annoying. Voices I don't like listening to are Albany, Carolyn, Kirsten, Jennifer, Amy, Courtney and Rick.

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kittymomNC — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 21:40:49 GMT

As far as voices for TV go, Carolyn Gracie has the best next to or equal to Lisa...the tone, well-modulated, easy to listen to. I also think Sandra Bennett and Jennifer Coffey have very nice "listening" voices. Gabrielle and Amy, not so much. And sorry for the Courtney fans, I think she sounds like a teeny-bopper sometimes, or a valley girl, don't care to listen to her or watch her - she acts too little girlish and sometimes phony. I'm covering my head for the bombardment, but that's just my opinion. Maybe someday, with some additional growing up....

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MarthaStewardess — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 22:04:35 GMT

On 10/12/2014 kittymomNC said:
As far as voices for TV go, Carolyn Gracie has the best next to or equal to Lisa...the tone, well-modulated, easy to listen to. I also think Sandra Bennett and Jennifer Coffey have very nice "listening" voices. Gabrielle and Amy, not so much. And sorry for the Courtney fans, I think she sounds like a teeny-bopper sometimes, or a valley girl, don't care to listen to her or watch her - she acts too little girlish and sometimes phony. I'm covering my head for the bombardment, but that's just my opinion. Maybe someday, with some additional growing up....

It's strange how we all like different voices. A lot of times I find Carolyn to be very loud during her presentations. When she is the voice for QVC commercials, she seems more calm and quiet.

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Daysdee — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 22:57:03 GMT

On 10/12/2014 MarthaStewardess said:
On 10/12/2014 kittymomNC said:
As far as voices for TV go, Carolyn Gracie has the best next to or equal to Lisa...the tone, well-modulated, easy to listen to. I also think Sandra Bennett and Jennifer Coffey have very nice "listening" voices. Gabrielle and Amy, not so much. And sorry for the Courtney fans, I think she sounds like a teeny-bopper sometimes, or a valley girl, don't care to listen to her or watch her - she acts too little girlish and sometimes phony. I'm covering my head for the bombardment, but that's just my opinion. Maybe someday, with some additional growing up....

It's strange how we all like different voices. A lot of times I find Carolyn to be very loud during her presentations. When she is the voice for QVC commercials, she seems more calm and quiet.

I agree that Carolyn has a very nice voice. Jennifer Coffey and Sandra yes and I agree Gabrielle and Amy not so much. Courtney-- I hope they don't think she can take Lisa's place. She acts so immature and "cutsey" and doesn't let the vendors speak. Also, makes many errors in the presentations. She is not ready for prime time.

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Remee — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 23:20:53 GMT

I'm sure the hiring staff has never thought of that for on air hosts and will take your suggestion into consideration.

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Tinkrbl44 — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 01:36:06 GMT

That's why QVC has a tendency to hire those with a background in news or TV .... they've already worked with a vocal coach.

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Remee — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:00:05 GMT

They've all worked with a vocal coach ????? Tinkrbl44....are u 4 real ??????

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stevieb — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:33:57 GMT

Totally agree with you. Lisa has the best broadcast voice on the Q, and many of the more recent hires are just awful in that department, as are a few of the long-term, more seasoned, hosts.

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Rottie_mama — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:48:45 GMT

Lisa does have a great voice. Sandra, Sharon and Carolyn also have very nice voices. I think their work in radio is such an asset. They are pleasant and articulate.

Courtney, not so much. Amy is a bit too high pitched for me. Shawn, with her made up words, gets the mute. When Shawn isn't revisiting her drama major she can be pleasant.

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stevieb — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:39:50 GMT

Regardless of their television or radio background I don't find that most Q hosts have particularly good timbre, pitch and cadence. I'd agree Carolyn also has a good broadcast voice, as does Shawn, but I think Lisa probably is the best of the lot... From my point of view, having a 'nice voice' and having an effective broadcast voice are not the same thing. I'd note that if those doing the hiring have been attending to this very important factor, they've surely missed the boat, and in some cases badly, with a whole boatload of their hires, both recent and long ago.

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hopeQ1 — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:32:44 GMT

For the males, I liked Dave James' voice. But of course, he was a previous DJ as well.

Dave King spoke well also, great enunciation.

The only nice thing I can say about Gracie is that she does have a good voice when I'm not looking, also due to her long days on radio.

Sharon enunciates well, always using proper English, as does Gabrielle.

Shawn has a good speaking voice, when alone, and not being ridiculously childish. But that doesn't happen enough to enjoy it.

I can't take the low, boring monotone of Jill's voice. Good grief, if she ever got excited do you think her pitch might go up one entire decibel ? (Her poor hubby ...lol !)

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Krimpette — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:25:33 GMT

I've always felt that Carolyn had the best speaking voice. I like Jayne Brown's voice also.

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seniorCTzn — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:04:32 GMT

Know who had the best speaking voice???? Dave James.

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Mona_L — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:25:19 GMT

Lisa is soft spoken, and made listening to her a pleasure. She will be missed on PM Style ... sadly, I think Courtney is "next in line" for this position. The evening hours are probably not desirable for some hosts to work, so my favorites will not fill Lisa's time slot.

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SHOPR — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:04:27 GMT

Whenever I tune in to QVC, I have to turn my TV to Virtual Stereo Surround mode, which places much less emphasis on the high voice tones. I agree, some host/vendor voices are more pleasant sounding than others, but for all of them, this TV setting helps tremendously.

ETA-- I go to mute with CC when it's a show I really want to watch to the finish, but when my ears have just had enough at any setting.

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PA Girl 58 — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:49:53 GMT

I cannot believe that this topic was brought up and even more ridiculous were the 18 responses that went with it.