Los Angeles-based Jeff Rechner is now in his fourth decade in the voiceover and entertainment industry (taking time out for bathroom breaks, of course). Jeff is the promo and imaging voice for television and radio stations across America and around the world, as well as commercial voiceover artist, narrator and animation voice for a variety of projects. He is also an on-camera host, comedy writer, and a former play-by-play man and radio host who just couldn't handle hearing Dexy's Midnight Runners one more time.
A little history…
Jeff was the original afternoon host for the original JACK FM, the radio format that swept North America (but only had a handful of on-air personalities, including Rechner), and has been a morning man in Vancouver and Tokyo. Somewhere in somebody's old videocassette collection (likely Jeff's) also lies prospective material for blackmailing purposes: Jeff wore really cheesy clothes in hosting the family game show "Generation Gap", which ran nationally in Canada on the YTV Youth Television Network in the early 90's.
Having grown up playing hockey, Jeff moved into the sport in a professional realm in 1992 when he became the inaugural play-by-play voice of the Western Hockey League's Red Deer Rebels. Once he left, they got good and won the CHL Championship (thanks boys!).
In 1996, Jeff departed for a two-year radio stint in Tokyo, which also included a busy voiceover schedule of national spots, including the infamous Toyota "Made In (sic) Earth" campaign, and the immortal "Tsukiri Kaori…It's Light Feeling…Bud Light". Huh?
Today, from his home studios in Los Angeles, Jeff is showcasing his talents on TV and radio stations around the world, commercial campaigns, documentary and corporate narrations, animation projects, and frankly, anything else that pays money for opening one's mouth and making noise. He and his wife Marzia and their 6-year-old son Sebastian ("I'm nearly 7!") now spend their spare time trying to pry themselves apart after an ill-fated experiment with Krazy Glue..
“We had used various other station voices, but when we tried Voice Boy we knew we had a keeper. He made our mainstream country station sizzle, thanks Jeff.”
Tim Martin
WFRB Cumberland/Frostburg, Maryland
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