/cmci/ en /cmci/2018/12/05/meet-buff-whos-new-voice-denvers-airport-train <span>Meet the Buff who's the new voice of Denver's airport train</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-12-05T10:09:30-07:00" title="Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 10:09">Wed, 12/05/2018 - 10:09</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmci/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/kim_christiansen_train.jpg?h=56b1f98d&amp;itok=79K8x1YM" width="1200" height="800" alt="Photo of Kim on the DIA train."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/cmci/taxonomy/term/411"> Alumni </a> <a href="/cmci/taxonomy/term/192"> journalism </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/cmci/taxonomy/term/114" hreflang="en">alumni</a> <a href="/cmci/taxonomy/term/168" hreflang="en">featured</a> <a href="/cmci/taxonomy/term/208" hreflang="en">journalism</a> <a href="/cmci/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">news</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead"> </p><div class="align-right image_style-medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmci/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/article-image/kim_christiansen_train.jpg?itok=RIvVnkmJ" width="750" height="816" alt="Photo of Kim on the DIA train."> </div> </div> The next time you’re traveling through Denver, longtime Colorado news anchor Kim Christiansen will be among the first to welcome you to the Mile High City.<hr><p>Odds are good you’ve heard “The Voice” reprimanding stragglers squeezing through the closing doors of Denver International Airport’s gate train:</p><p>“You are delaying the departure of this train.”</p><p>Riding it is unavoidable for most of the airport’s travelers—61 million of them in 2017. Their volume makes&nbsp;<strong>Kim Christiansen</strong>&nbsp;(Jour’84) nervous.</p><p>Last February, Christiansen, lead anchor for Denver’s 9News broadcast station, won the airport’s contest to become the train’s new female voice, replacing her former 9News colleague Adele Arakawa, who moved to Tucson.</p><p>“It’s the most flattering, humbling, exciting thing,” said Christiansen, who is paired with Alan Roach, the former Denver Broncos and Colorado Rockies announcer who has been the train’s male voice since 2007.</p><p>Christiansen’s recordings began playing in September.</p><p><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-blue ucb-link-button-default ucb-link-button-large" href="/coloradan/2018/12/01/voice-denver-airport-train-kim-christiansen" rel="nofollow"> <span class="ucb-link-button-contents"> <i class="fa-solid fa-up-right-from-square">&nbsp;</i> Read more at the Coloradan </span> </a> </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The next time you’re traveling through Denver, longtime Colorado news anchor Kim Christiansen will be among the first to welcome you to the Mile High City.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 05 Dec 2018 17:09:30 +0000 Anonymous 3059 at /cmci