Catherine Cowdery, The Voice Behind The Announcements Is Revelaed

[Sea Beach]

Did some research on Catherine, and here are the results:

 

 

 

Catherine Cowdery is a reporter for Bloomberg Radio, providing news and market updates for Bloomberg Radio's afternoon programming including "Taking Stock with Pimm Fox."

 

Cowdery, who joined Bloomberg in 1990, has anchored and reported on Bloomberg Radio during some of New York City's most defining events including the 9/11 attacks and the 2003 citywide blackout. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Cowdery was a newscaster and correspondent for ABC News Radio, 1010 WINS and other stations across the U.S. She also anchored programming on the Satellite News Channel and served as a news director, anchor and reporter for WSMW in Massachusetts.

 

Cowdery earned a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College and a master's degree from the Columbia University School of Journalism.

 

Cowdery is also known for voicing the "transfer" and "station stop" announcements for many New York City subway lines.

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/personalities/catherine_cowdery

 

 

Her voice is heard here in this Bloomberg podcast:

 

http://media.bloomberg.com/bb/avfile/Markets/Analyst_Calls/vM2VBoOQD93o.mp3

 

 

More:

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/podcasts/etf-report

 

 

Now we know who she is

[553 Bridgeton]

Were you that bord? I mean seriously.....

[Sea Beach]

Were you that bord? I mean seriously.....

 

EL OH EL :cool:

[4P3607]

Wait... What lines does she do the announcements on...

Line???

[via White Plains Road]

Wait... What lines does she do the announcements on...

Line???

 

Lawd....she's on ( (Manhattan, 57th Street-7th Avenue and Astoria-Ditmars bound ) and trains. "This is a Manhattan bound train via the line" or "This is a Queens bound train via the or line"

 

Transfer announcements on the

[LRG]

I like Diane Thompson's announcements over Catherine's a bit....

 

I remember the had two announcers...one lady (Melissa Kliner) would say "this is a Manhattan-bound express train", when Diane Thompson would take over "the next stop is..." such and such.

[Fresh Pond]

I love Diane's voice better...espically how she says Hoyt-Schermerhorn (I still say she's pronouncing it the right way SB )

[4P3607]

there are some funny errors with her announcements:

on the , at Grand Avenue, it sounds like she is saying "This is: Grand Avenue-Newton".

on the , when the next stop is Rockaway Park, she says it "canarsie-rrrockaway Parkway".

on the , Instead of saying "kosciuszko Street" (Koskeyosko) normally, she says it like "Kozooko Street".

 

wait, just a question, who does the announcements??

[2 Train Master]

Ehhh...The best announcer for the NTT's is Jessica Ettinger IRT with that pleasant but loud with a anger tone voice.

And Diane Thompson I fall in love with her voice on the .She sounds horrible on the , & but the is just pure sexy voice.

[4P3607]

anybody notice the announcement error on the ?

 

"This is a Manhattan Bound Express Train. The Next Stop is Grand Central-42 Street"

 

Its going to Bowling Green, its in Manhattan, but it says Manhattan Bound. :confused::eek:

[CTK246]

anybody notice the announcement error on the ?

 

"This is a Manhattan Bound Express Train. The Next Stop is Grand Central-42 Street"

 

Its going to Bowling Green, its in Manhattan, but it says Manhattan Bound. :confused::eek:

Elaborate. This has never happened to me.

[4P3607]

Elaborate. This has never happened to me.

 

thats odd... Ive heard it several times

[rr4567]

anybody notice the announcement error on the ?

 

"This is a Manhattan Bound Express Train. The Next Stop is Grand Central-42 Street"

 

Its going to Bowling Green, its in Manhattan, but it says Manhattan Bound. :confused::eek:

 

The trains forget the borough.

[INDman]

Isn't this really old news and nothing that new or hard information to find either?

[Guest lance25]

there are some funny errors with her announcements:

on the , at Grand Avenue, it sounds like she is saying "This is: Grand Avenue-Newton".

on the , when the next stop is Rockaway Park, she says it "canarsie-rrrockaway Parkway".

on the , Instead of saying "kosciuszko Street" (Koskeyosko) normally, she says it like "Kozooko Street".

 

wait, just a question, who does the announcements??

 

1) The problem is that no one proofs the recordings, especially with the Grand Av announcement.

 

2) Dianne Thompson. Remember, the is basically the local.

 

anybody notice the announcement error on the ?

 

"This is a Manhattan Bound Express Train. The Next Stop is Grand Central-42 Street"

 

Its going to Bowling Green, its in Manhattan, but it says Manhattan Bound. :confused::eek:

 

That happens on several of the R142/R142As. That's because there are two different files that play when the doors open: one for the destination (Manhattan-/Bowling Green-bound, etc.) and the other for The next stop is.... The problem is that either the computer chooses the wrong file or is programmed to choose the wrong file.

[CTK246]

anybody notice the announcement error on the ?

 

"This is a Manhattan Bound Express Train. The Next Stop is Grand Central-42 Street"

 

Its going to Bowling Green, its in Manhattan, but it says Manhattan Bound. :confused::eek:

 

Wait, are you talking about the ? Because it happens to me all the time there, not the .

[Cait Sith]

there are some funny errors with her announcements:

on the , at Grand Avenue, it sounds like she is saying "This is: Grand Avenue-Newton".

on the , when the next stop is Rockaway Park, she says it "canarsie-rrrockaway Parkway".

on the , Instead of saying "kosciuszko Street" (Koskeyosko) normally, she says it like "Kozooko Street".

 

wait, just a question, who does the announcements??

 

1. If you actually visited Grand Avenue station, thats what the area is...and what it says on the tiles...and its also said on the map...

2. Canarsie is the section the is going to in Brooklyn, much like the F's "This is a Jamaica-179th Street Bound local train" announcement...

3. I dont think anyone really cares about pronunciation.

 

Verdict? NO ERRORS!

[Queens Surface]

there are some funny errors with her announcements:

on the , at Grand Avenue, it sounds like she is saying "This is: Grand Avenue-Newton".

on the , when the next stop is Rockaway Park, she says it "canarsie-rrrockaway Parkway".

on the , Instead of saying "kosciuszko Street" (Koskeyosko) normally, she says it like "Kozooko Street".

 

wait, just a question, who does the announcements??

 

I believe that was corrected with the R160 . Last time i rode a on he Queens Blvd. local it said "This is Grand Avenue-Newtown". I don't know if it was just that set that it was corrected on.

[T to Dyre Avenue]

Lawd....she's on (Manhattan, 57th Street-7th Avenue and Astoria-Ditmars bound ) and trains

 

Transfer announcements on the

I'm surprised Catherine was given so many of the B-Division lines. You'd think that with there being so many more letter than number lines that they would have split up the B-Division station announcements more evenly between her and Dianne (or other people). With the A-Division, they split the lines more evenly with Jessica Ettinger getting the , and lines and Dianne Thompson getting the , , and lines. I wonder how long it took her to do them all. Then again, there's the guy who recorded all the station announcements for the LIRR and Metro-North and the platform gap warning.

[trainfan22]

She kinda looks like Jodi Applegate from CH 11 news.

[via White Plains Road]

I'm surprised Catherine was given so many of the B-Division lines. You'd think that with there being so many more letter than number lines that they would have split up the B-Division station announcements more evenly between her and Dianne (or other people). With the A-Division, they split the lines more evenly with Jessica Ettinger getting the , and lines and Dianne Thompson getting the , , and lines. I wonder how long it took her to do them all. Then again, there's the guy who recorded all the station announcements for the LIRR and Metro-North and the platform gap warning.

 

Dianne Thompson always did the 7th Avenue Line. Melissa Kleiner used to be on the but they switched it over to Jessica. The person who does the gap announcement on the M-7/A's is the person who is on the AirTrain announcements around JFK Airport and he also do the "There is an express train to Brooklyn College-Flatbush Avenue approaching the station" for the next train arriving @ the train stations and his name is Bernie Wagenblast. Well Jessica stopped doing announcements so I guess they used Catherine for most of the B Division Line!

 

And for those who don't know Dianne Thompson is on the (of course) Franklin Avenue and Rockaway Park (S)huttles. Manhattan bound , Coney Island bound . Transfer announcements on the . PATH announcements on the . Q10 bus announcement on the and M60 bus announcement on the !

[Fresh Pond]

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there are some funny errors with her announcements:

on the , at Grand Avenue, it sounds like she is saying "This is: Grand Avenue-Newton".

on the , when the next stop is Rockaway Park, she says it "canarsie-rrrockaway Parkway".

on the , Instead of saying "kosciuszko Street" (Koskeyosko) normally, she says it like "Kozooko Street".

 

wait, just a question, who does the announcements??

 

The way she pronounces it is actually how its pronounced but us as New Yorkers sound it out exactly how its spelled, muck like Hoyt-Schermerhorn is prnounced

[MattTrain]

And for those who don't know Dianne Thompson is on the (of course) Franklin Avenue and Rockaway Park (S)huttles. Manhattan bound , Coney Island bound . Transfer announcements on the . PATH announcements on the . Q10 bus announcement on the and M60 bus announcement on the !

 

Dude, you said it the best!

[LRG]

Dianne Thompson always did the 7th Avenue Line. Melissa Kleiner used to be on the but they switched it over to Jessica. The person who does the gap announcement on the M-7/A's is the person who is on the AirTrain announcements around JFK Airport and he also do the "There is an express train to Brooklyn College-Flatbush Avenue approaching the station" for the next train arriving @ the train stations and his name is Bernie Wagenblast. Well Jessica stopped doing announcements so I guess they used Catherine for most of the B Division Line!

 

And for those who don't know Dianne Thompson is on the (of course) Franklin Avenue and Rockaway Park (S)huttles. Manhattan bound , Coney Island bound . Transfer announcements on the . PATH announcements on the . Q10 bus announcement on the and M60 bus announcement on the !

 

I got my daily dose of transit 101. Great post! And thanks!

[Joe From Greenpernt]

"Instead of saying "kosciuszko Street" (Koskeyosko) normally, she says it like "Kozooko Street"

 

"3. I dont think anyone really cares about pronunciation."

 

I care. How in the world can you look at "Kosciuszko" and get "Kos-key-osko" from that?

 

Kosciuszko - Kos-choose-ko

 

Schermerhorn - Ske-mer-horn

 

Not for nothing, the overuse and acceptance of text, hip-hop-speak (phat, wuz, fellaz, etc.), and other forms of slang contribute to a general laziness and indifference in learning and using correct pronunciation and spelling. I had some momo at DMV trying to tell me how to "correctly" pronounce my own surname. I asked her why she thought my name should be pronounced her way. She replied, "Because the first letter is silent." Really, who said so? "Well, uh, it's supposed to be silent." Again, who said so? It wouldn't be there if it wasn't meant to be pronounced. Or, is it that you're too damned lazy to say it correctly? Don't be dismissive of pronunciation and spelling. Illiteracy impresses no one, except another illiterate. Just my 2 cents. Keep the change. B)