Cam "Buzz" Brainard (born Cameron Duane Brainard; May 21, 1962) is an American

voice actor Voice acting is the art of Acting, performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animation, animated, ...

narrator Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the ...

and

radio personality A radio personality is a person who has an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality who hosts a radio show is also known as a radio host (North American English), radio presenter (British English) or radio jockey. Radio personali ...

. He is best known for hosting "The Music Row Happy Hour" on

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's The Highway, and for having been the long-time announcer for

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Career

Voice-over talent

As a voice talent, Brainard is known as the main announcer for the

from 2000 to 2017. He first gained notoriety as the "smart aleck" narrator with a cult-following on the syndicated television show ''

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'', also known as " Max X" which ran for two seasons from 2000 to 2002. As a sports announcer, Brainard hosted "''

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"'' on

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(taking over for the late

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) from 2000 until the show ended its run after more than 30 years in 2011. He also narrated ''Breed All About It'' for

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and was the promo voice for the TV series ''

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'' in syndication. Currently, Brainard is the voice of television's "World Access" on the

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, as well as many television and radio commercials. Audiences also hear his voice on more than 500 radio stations in the U.S. and Canada and growing. His formats range from AC to Hot AC, Christian Radio to Country and from Rock to Adult Hits. Since 2017, he has been the announcer for rhythm game

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. He is also currently the announcer for the Laff TV network and Romedy Now which airs in India.

SiriusXM The Highway

Brainard has one of the largest daily audiences of any country music radio personality in North America, as the weekday afternoon host on "'' The Highway'',"

radio's new country channel 56 based in

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. As of Winter 2014, Sirius XM had 27 million subscribers. Brainard has been a CMA Award (

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) and ACM nominee for National Broadcast Personality of the Year. With a weekly live audience, Buzz Brainard hosts the "Music Row Happy Hour" on SiriusXM The Highway most Friday afternoons from

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Cafe in downtown Nashville. He is credited with discovering a number of country music hitmakers. As host of the weekly SiriusXM music discovery program "On The Horizon," Brainard showcases unsigned and up-and-coming country artists.

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radio audiences were the first to hear "Buzz Brainard" as co-host of the Morning show on

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-FM. Later, he hosted the syndicated "Music City Saturday Night" show and "GAC Nights Radio" live from

Personal life

Brainard was raised in

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. After graduating from Clio High School, he attended

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. He worked as an actor and voice over artist in New York City then Los Angeles. Brainard previously married with Sandy Brainard and has a son, Hank. He now lives in Nashville.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video Game

References

External links

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Cam "Buzz" Brainard at Sirius/XM The Highway, Nashville, TN
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