Standard Voice Over Effects

Hello,
Still a bit new to Sound Track Pro 2 and there seems to be a massive array of effects available and I was wondering if some more experienced users could help me.
I am recording a voice over for a rolling news type segment with one mail narrator. Are there a few effects out there anyone can recommend that they would normally use for this style of audio, that kind of BBC news reader effect.
I am aware that my query is quite general but any advice would be appreciated.
Mac OS X (10.4.10) 8 Core Mac Pro & Intel MacBook

no I don't think so, the guy is news and media commentator Ray Snoddy - I've seen him on many occasions and that's just his normal voice.
On a live news programme like that he wil be mic'ed up by the studio sound op with a lavalier mic and the settings through the mixer will be set to get as true as possible. Levels will be taken prior to broadcast for each speaker but that will be likely only to be for volume.
On a live programme like that, with many contributors, there's no time for fine tuning anything else. Even with the pre-recorded inserts, the only tweaking will be for levels - it will be assumed that the item has been recorded correctly and only if there was some problem with the recording will any attempt be made to correct it.
Live news just doesn't have the time.
Obviously the studio will be acoustically appropriate to start with.

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i can't find voice effects in the latest version 10.0.1

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how can i add effects to voice over ..
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#trackeffectequivsgbv10
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