Amplifying Women's Voices with Cheryl Holling and Christy Harst

Welcome to our marathon of 50 Over 50 Podcaster award winners! Today's episode is one of 19 story hosted by Cheryl Holling

The guest, Christy Harst,(that originally aired in May of 2024), has been heard on the World Series, Monday Night Football, and the NBA Finals as one of the national voices of YouTubeTV. She’s also the national voice of John Deere, and has voiced dozens of television, streaming, and radio ads. 

Her career in voiceover began in college when she applied for a news internship at a local classical radio station. It was during her interview that the station manager told her she had a good voice, escorted her to the studio, recorded her reading the Star Spangled Banner and then suggested, “You’d do well in voice overs.” 

Two decades later, Christy is in fact “doing well” and continues to work from her home based professional studio.  She loves and excels at what she does and it shows in her body of work. Plus, she’s the only one I know that has ever voiced about the dangers of Bed Bug Mating! 

Christy grew up in a rural town an hour outside of Cleveland, competed in cooking and public speaking as part of the 4-H program. After graduating college Christy experienced several terrifying situations, including being robbed in her first post-graduate job.  And five years ago she suffered a mild stroke. 

Christy, by any measure, has been successful in the world of VO, and yet she is on a mission to change the sound of a genre of voiceover that  for too long has been dominated by men in the world of sports promos.  Her  Building Doors campaign seeks to literally change the narrative of sports promos by demanding equal opportunities for female voice actors not just in sports, but in male centric brands as well. Her goal is that the door will be built and always remain open.

She’s even curated a personal YouTube appeal to her beloved Cleveland Browns to be their secret weapon by being their “first female voice to break through the noise!”

 

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