Dean Goss

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Dean Goss
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Dean Wendell Goss

(1949-09-22) September 22, 1949 (age 70)
Santa Clara, California, United States
Occupation disc jockey, announcer
Years active1970–present
Spouse(s)Deborah Goss
Website www.deangossmedia.com

Dean Wendell Goss (born September 22, 1949 in Santa Clara, California) is an American disc jockey who has also had several announcer roles on television game shows. As a disc jockey, he has been employed by several radio stations in California, including KCBQ San Diego from 1976 to 1979 and KFRC 99.7 in San Francisco. His first announcing role was in 1985, on the second season of the 1984-86 version of Let's Make a Deal (known as The All New Let's Make a Deal), where he succeeded voice actor Brian Cummings as the show's second announcer. Hall had planned to retire at the end of the season, and had Goss host two deals in a 1986 episode in an attempt to see if a third season, with Goss hosting, would sell (it would not). Other game shows for which he has announced include Bargain Hunters and the Wink Martindale-hosted version of High Rollers both from 1987, as well as NBC's I'm Telling! , and the syndicated Slime Time . He was also a substitute announcer on the syndicated version of The $100,000 Pyramid in 1988 and 1991.

United States Federal republic in North America

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is New York City. Most of the country is located contiguously in North America between Canada and Mexico.

A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience. Most common types of DJs include radio DJ, club DJ who performs at a nightclub or music festival and turntablist who uses record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on phonograph records. Originally, the disc in disc jockey referred to gramophone records, but now DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to describe someone who mixes recorded music from any source, including cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ or laptop. The title "DJ" is commonly used by DJs in front of their real names or adopted pseudonyms or stage names. In recent years it has become common for DJs to be featured as the credited artist on tracks they produced despite having a guest vocalist that performs the entire song: like for example Uptown Funk.

An announcer is a person who makes "announcements" in an audio medium or a physical location.


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