Cam Brainard

Last updated
Cam "Buzz" Brainard
Born
Education Central Michigan University
Occupation(s)Voice-over artist, broadcaster, host
Years active1986present
Television Disney Channel
This Week in Baseball
Travel Channel
Laff
Maximum Exposure

Cam "Buzz" Brainard is an American voice actor, narrator and radio personality. He is best known for hosting "The Music Row Happy Hour" on SiriusXM's The Highway, and for having been the long-time announcer for Disney Channel.

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Career

Voice-over talent

As a voice talent, Brainard is known as the main announcer for the Disney Channel from 2000 to 2017. He first gained notoriety as the "smart aleck" narrator with a cult-following on the syndicated television show Maximum Exposure , also known as "Max X" which ran for two seasons from 2000 to 2002. As a sports announcer, Brainard hosted " This Week In Baseball" on FOX (taking over for the late Mel Allen) from 2000 until the show ended its run after more than 30 years in 2011. He also narrated Breed All About It for Animal Planet and was the promo voice for the TV series Friends in syndication. [1]

Currently, Brainard is the voice of television's "World Access" [2] on the Travel Channel, 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 StepManiaX.

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 ," SiriusXM radio's new country channel 56 based in Nashville. As of Winter 2014, Sirius XM had 27 million subscribers. [3] Brainard has been a CMA Award (Country Music Association) and ACM nominee for National Broadcast Personality of the Year. [4]

With a weekly live audience, Buzz Brainard hosts the "Music Row Happy Hour" on SiriusXM The Highway most Friday afternoons from Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Cafe in downtown Nashville. He is credited with discovering a number of country music hitmakers. [5] As host of the weekly SiriusXM music discovery program "On The Horizon," Brainard showcases unsigned and up-and-coming country artists. [6]

Los Angeles radio audiences were the first to hear "Buzz Brainard" as co-host of the Morning show on KZLA-FM. Later, he hosted the syndicated "Music City Saturday Night" show [7] and "GAC Nights Radio" [8] live from Nashville.

Personal life

Brainard was raised in Clio, Michigan. After graduating from Clio High School, he attended Central Michigan University. He worked as an actor and voice over artist in New York City then Los Angeles. He now lives in Nashville.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Parting Glances Ricky
1994 Clear and Present Danger Coast Guardsman #1
1995 The Net Computer Technician
1997 Face/Off Dispatcher

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Homefront PeachEpisode: "Getting to First Base"
1994 A Place for Annie Medical StudentTV movie
1994 Sonic the Hedgehog Rotor13 episodes
1995 One West Waikiki Charles MeadowsEpisode: "Unhappily Ever After"
1997Runaway CarRay / Radio GuyTV movie
1997NightManDr. StoneTV movie; credited as Cam 'Buzz' Brainard
1997–1998 Night Man Dr. Stone2 episodes; credited as Cam 'Buzz' Brainard
1997–2001Breed All About ItNarrator
2000–2002 Maximum Exposure SyndicationCredited as "Smart-Aleck Announcer Dude"
2000 The Wild Thornberrys TV EmceeEpisode: "Time Flies"
2006What's the Word?Announcer

Video Game

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 StepManiaX Announcer

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