Radio Station Voice Effect?

Dear Audition forum community,
I have 1 beginners question.
I have some voice recordings of myself and I'm trying to implement them in a video.
But it came to my mind that it would be a great addition if i could somewhat change my voice to sound a bit more like those voices we hear on radio.
I really don't know how to describe it (my english vocabulary isnt the greatest i apologize) but its kinda lower and it has some effect to it... i hope you know what i'm talking about.
Could someone guide me trough the process of doing it in audition?
Thank you very much,
Azure

Whatever you do, it will still sound like you, I'm afraid! You can shift the pitch down a bit, but it invariably sounds like, well - a pitch-shifted voice.
The people with these deep, dark voices in radio stations do several things to help them sound more like themselves than they really are, if you see what I mean. Mostly it involves smoking about 40 cigarettes a day until it wrecks your throat, drinking copious quantities of Bourbon, etc and very importantly, getting close to the right mic and talking relatively quietly. Now, some of these jocks are born with the 'right' voice and don't have to do the first two things, but even they will talk close-up and quiet, because that works, regardless.
The problem with your original recordings is that almost invariably, they weren't recorded like this. And there's nothing you can do by processing that will fix this - it's something you can only get right with the microphone itself and the appropriate use of your voice, I'm afraid - you have to get it in the right register, and this only really happens when you are speaking relatively quietly.
When I said the 'right' mic, the choice you make of this can make a big difference too. Generally these are old dynamic or sometimes ribbon mics that get used, as they are particularly suitable for this type of sound. They aren't necessarily cheap either - the sort of thing you'd need if you were buying new would be something like a Shure SM7B.

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