Nick Tozzi Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

As primary male voice of spots for clients, voice and mix spots for radio stations WCPN and WCLV and voice spots for television station WVIZ/PBS.

Cleveland, Ohio

Reported traffic updates, read live copy and ran board for NPR programming as a fill-in for Morning Edition shift. Recorded and provided voice-over for automation breaks. Provided for voice-over for spots and promos for WCPN and WVIZ/PBS. Talent for Hosted Breaks, WVIZ/PBS Summer 2006Read, on camera, station promos for WVIZ and WCPN, weather forecasts and introductions into WVIZ programming.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

I have the versatility to offer voice-overs for animation, gaming and children's books in addition to tv and radio commercials.

I write, voice and produce audio parodies and comedy bits and I've had five comedy albums available on iTunes. They are: "Bitography", "I'm Not White, I'm Italian", "Nick Ain't Havin' It", "Mascots, Misery and Mustard: Sports and a Cleveland Boy" and "Sardonic Superman".Plus, some of my bits can be heard for free on YouTube and Twitter. My bits have aired on The Dr. Demento Show, Opie Radio Podcast and The Lanigan and Malone Show, for whom I started as a comedy bits producer in 1996.

Wrote and anchored live newscasts. Wrote and anchored live sports updates for WKNR and WEOL in Elyria. Wrote and prerecorded sports updates for WHK and WING in Dayton. Announced live traffic reports.

Selected music and conducted artist research. Wrote and hosted the feature “Tozzi’s Time Tunnel”. Filled-in for host of “The Eastside Sports Show”. Hosted the Friday night version of “Captains Central Post Game”. Contributed on air to “Captains Central”. Voiced over spots as needed. Aired pre-recorded programs as scheduled.

Hotline Coordinator 2000 – 2002Managed all aspects of the Realty One 24-hour Hotline, a phone service providing detailed information on properties available through Realty One. Supervised a 20-person freelance staff of copywriting and voice-over professionals. Successfully interfaced with 44 area Realty One offices to gather listing information. Principal liaison between the IT department and business coordinators of area sales offices. Maintained the Hotline database to ensure consistency with MLS information. On a monthly basis approximately 2,000 new listings were added to the system, which received an average of 30,000 calls each month. Wrote ad copy and recorded voice-overs for Hotline listings. Wrote for “Fine Homes for Gracious Living” weekly television show.Assistant Hotline Coordinator 1996 – 2000Assisted the Hotline Coordinator with the tasks mentioned above.

On-Air Personality 1999 – 2001 Performed regular air-shifts. Wrote and performed on-air bits by myself as well as with callers and coworkers. Hosted, wrote and produced “The Unofficial Gold Circle Cleveland Browns Lukewarm-Up Show”.Comedy Bits Producer 1996-2000 Wrote, voiced and produced comedy bits for “The Lanigan and Malone Show”. Wrote, voiced and produced comedy bits for “The Fifth Third Bank Cleveland Browns Warm-Up Show”.Production Assistant 1997 – 1999Effectively dubbed, voiced-over and produced spots using Orban Audicy. Utilized the Prophet System for dubbing, voice-tracking and on-air broadcasting. Successfully trained new employees on editing systems.Effectively dubbed, voiced-over and produced spots for WMJI/WMMS/WHK: 1995 – 1996.