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Why did WSYX dump the extraordinary Richard Malmos?


DirtyHarry

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I noticed WSYX replaced the extraordinary (at least according to his website) Richard Malmos and now has a wimpy sounding voiceover guy. I'm guessing that WBFF, WKEF and whoever else was using him have also changed voices since Sinclair seems to do everything in unison.

 

I really liked his voice. Or was the problem that you would always hear him on WCMH as the voice for MeTV? 

 

http://www.richardmalmos.com/audio/06-06_RMalmos_promo.mp3

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2 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

That's a shocker.   He's been their voiceover person for at least the past 20 years.  Picked up a lot of Sinclair stations after Drew Dimmel began reducing his workload.

 

In addition to the MeTV gig, he's been the voice of the Sinclair-owned Ring of Honor Wrestling.

 

Malmos is an actor and has a theater background and I think that shows in the work he does. He really makes the voiceovers he does sound interesting like a good actor wood, and I pay attention to that kind of stuff.  Back in the old days it was common for either aspiring actors or washed up ones to be TV news anchors. 

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While market exclusivity can be an issue depending how the contract is written, this is likely the result of a contract dispute. WSYX didn't want to sign as significant a deal as Richard would accept and negotiations fell through. He therefore was able to pickup other market contracts and I'm sure he fetched a pretty penny from the Interim Creative Director installed by Tegna.

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennydolph/ 

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11 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

While market exclusivity can be an issue depending how the contract is written, this is likely the result of a contract dispute. WSYX didn't want to sign as significant a deal as Richard would accept and negotiations fell through. He therefore was able to pickup other market contracts and I'm sure he fetched a pretty penny from the Interim Creative Director installed by Tegna.

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennydolph/ 

 

He's not working for WBNS. He was just on WBNS by virtue of being the MeTV announcer. It was still weird to hear him.

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