Christian Martine, CPAA

For the past few years, I have had the opportunity to be the public address announcer for a variety of sports events around West Virginia. The last couple of years have been especially rewarding, for I have announced for my high school’s boys and girls basketball teams.

I have always loved speaking, so I immediately fell in love with public address announcing. One thing about this practice, however, is that there are very few resources to become a better announcer (so I thought.) I came across NASPAA (National Association of Sports Public Address Announcers) which gave me the tools I needed to further develop my skills. One such tool is their Certified Public Address Announcer (CPAA) program. Through this course, I learned everything from how to be a more impartial announcer to which microphones work best in different settings.

If you’re a public address announcer, I would highly recommend you check out the NASPAA Web site and learn more about all of the resources that this organization can offer. By the way, if you happen to need a certified public address announcer, shoot me an email!