Passing through MEM a few weeks ago, I was fascinated by the voice of the gentleman doing the standard recorded "no smoking in the airport" announcement. Very genteel southern; calming...props to MEM for utilizing some local flavor for their announcements.
Later, I heard what sounded like the same voice, except this time he was doing final boarding calls for flights. It seemed like the regular gate agents would do the regular boarding announcements, then turn it over to him for the final boarding call. At first I thought it was again just a pre-recorded announcement, but later I heard the same voice doing gate change announcements, making me think that somewhere in the administrative offices of MEM is a gentleman whose sole job is to make concourse-wide announcements.
Does anyone know the scoop on this? Does MEM have an "official" airport announcer?
