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:'''For the US Congressman, see [[David Gardiner Tyler]]''

'''David Tyler''' (born [[October 25]], [[1965]]) is a  [[Canada|Canadian]] [[radio personality]] and [[voice over]] artist.

Originally from [[Hartford]], [[Connecticut]] he moved to [[Canada]] at the age of 10 with his family when his Father accepted a teaching job at [[McGill University]]. David holds a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Communications from [[Concordia University]] which he attained in 1990.

==Radio Career==
He began his radio career at [[CJFM-FM]] in [[Montreal]] in [[1987]] when it was known as FM96, an [[adult contemporary]] [[radio station]], first as an overnight [[announcer]] and then in [[1990]] and [[1991]] as the evening then midday announcer respectively. In 2000 he moved to [[CFQR-FM]] (Q92) in [[Montreal]] where he is currently the on air host from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday to Friday.

==Voice Over Career==
He actually began his [[voice over]] career before his professional radio career. His career was born while studying at [[John Abbott College]] in the Creative Arts department and volunteering at the campus radio station Q-SKY (named after the famed radio station in the film [[FM (film)|FM]]), when he was approached by the McGill Dental School to play the animated "Mr. Mouth" in an educational video for children. To this day he continues to lend his voice to animated characters on TV in [[Arthur]], [[Caillou]], [[Mona the Vampire]] and others.

As a [[radio imaging]] voice, he can be heard worldwide in [[Japan]] (FM KENTO, FM KAGAWA, FM 76.8, FM KASHIMA, NBC Radio SAGA) in [[Thailand]] (PEAK FM), in [[France]] (HIT WEST), in [[Greece]] (RADIO ONE, GROOVY-FM), in the [[Caribbean]] (TRACE FM), in the [[USA]] (WICL,KFGL,KJIL others) and in [[Canada]] on (B100, The River, CHED, The Beach, KOOL-FM, MAGIC-FM others).

As a commercial [[voice over artist]] he has helped to sell everything from [[toilet paper]] to [[military hardware]].

And as a narrator he has worked on [[documentary film]]'s, [[industrial video]]'s and online training (or [[elearning]]) courses.

==TV Career==
Aside from his "TV promo" voice work which he continues to do on TV stations throughout Canada and the U.S., for a time he was an on-camera weather presenter on [[The Weather Network]] ([[1993]]-[[1994]])

==Musical Career==
He began playing and performing music at 9 years of age playing the [[trumpet]], then [[trombone]], then [[piano]] and then settling on [[drums]] and [[percussion]] as his performance instrument. Classically trained to read and write music he began pursuing music professionally at the age of 13. Through his teens and early 20's he performed with [[Rock music|rock]] band's, [[punk]] band's, [[jazz]] band's, [[big band]]'s and [[orchestra]]'s. Working as a [[session]] drummer in and around [[Montreal]] he had the opportunity to experiment with many different styles of music. In the end however, the pull of a broadcasting career won him over and in [[1990]] he abandoned his music career.  Despite broadcasting taking much of his time, he continues to write and record in his [[project studio|home studio]], currently experimenting with [[Electronic music|electronic]]/[[ambient music]].

==Pictures==

<gallery>
Image:DavidTylerDisney1.jpg|"The David Tyler Show" from [[Disney World]], (2002).
Image:St.PatrickParade.png|"The David Tyler Show" on the road, during the 2004 St.Patrick's Day parade. From left, Jennifer Allen, Lauren Schwartz and David Tyler.
Image:Feelgreat1.png|David Tyler played Dr. Feelgreat in an episode of [[Mona the Vampire]], 2000. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0937816]
Image:DavidTylerCTV1.png|A quick interview with CTV National News.

Image:DavidTylerWN3.png|David Tyler at the weather map on [[The Weather Network]] in 1998.
</gallery>

==Associations==
* [[ACTRA]] (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists)

==External Links==

[http://www.davidtyler.com DavidTyler.com (Official Website)]

[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2519977/ IMDB Listing]

[http://www.q92fm.com Q92 Website]

[http://www.actra.ca ACTRA Website]


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