Flo Ayres

Flo has recorded radio commercials and narrations for such organizations as National Geographic, the Smithsonian Institute, the American Red Cross, NASA, the National Park Service, the American Cancer Society, the Department of Labor, and countless others. Flo's extensive experience in the field of education include Jim Henson's Sissy the Skunk character, Sea World Florida narrations, and educational documentary narrations for the National Geographic Society, and programs for the National Education Association (NEA). She has also recently written, produced and published an award winning children's musical CD on manners. Other notable items in Flo's career include recorded tour guide narrations for The White House, playing Art Buchwald's wife on his nationally syndicated radio series, co-hosting AARP's nationally syndicated radio program "Tuning Into Life," and co-hosting the nationally syndicated radio program "The Heart Of The Matter," sponsored by the National Emergency Medicine Association. Flo also wrote, produced and hosted the nationally syndicated one-hour show "For The Young At Heart" which was heard on the Liberty Works Radio Network. Flo has taught radio and voice in the Communications Departments of Goucher College, Towson University, and Johns Hopkins University. Flo, who actually trained for the stage, used her extraordinary ability to do voices to break into radio in the late 40s. Studios have been her home and honing her craft has been her mantra. Flo is a founding member of the Baltimore/Washington, DC chapter of AFTRA, and is a member of SAG. Flo also has extensive experience in narration and phone/PBX/on-hold work. Flo has immediate access to full studio facilities and can arrange professional engineering services for your spot from the region's finest audio engineers. Flo is available for onsite work in the Baltimore, Washington DC, and Maryland / Delaware eastern shore vicinities. Flo's career has run the gamut in voiceover presentations, straight sell, hard sell, character... with no age limit restrictions (she has been doing "grannies" since her 20s). Political campaigns date back to the 50s, screaming or cajoling, young or old. Her ability to appeal to seniors on their level has resulted in messages on retirement, health care, medicare-type, public service, recreation and exercise. Her body of work abounts with characters used in animation, computer games and syndicated automobile radio spot campaigns.