The First Radio Mime

I'm launching my new national radio show tomorrow and I've completely lost my voice. Freud would have something to say about this. My buddy Al, the throat doc, is telling me to shut up for 24 hours, so I'm canceling everything and going home to rest my voice. But I have to say one more thing before I do: yippee! The Tech Guy radio show launches on Premiere Radio Networks tomorrow with the following stations, and more are joining every hour (including a really big announcement soon I hope).

Saturday

• KFI-AM 640 Los Angeles, CA (LIVE 11a-2p PT)
• KPRC-AM Talk Radio 950 Houston, TX (LIVE 1p-4p CT)
• WMEQ-AM NewsTalk 880 Eau Claire, WI (LIVE 1p-4p CT)
• KWDJ-AM 1360 Ridgecrest, CA (LIVE 11a-2p PT)
• KBBW-AM 1010 Waco, TX (LIVE 1p-4p CT)

Sunday

• KFI-AM 640 Los Angeles, CA (LIVE 11a-2p PT)
• KGO-AM 810 San Francisco, CA (LIVE 11a-1p PT - my old home)
• WOAI-AM 1200 San Antonio, TX (LIVE 1p-4p CT)
• WMEQ-AM NewsTalk 880 Eau Claire, WI (LIVE 1p-4p CT)
• KWDJ-AM 1360 Ridgecrest, CA (LIVE 11a-2p PT)
• KKZN-AM 760 Denver, CO (TAPED 3p-6p MT)
• WFLA-AM 970 Tampa, FL (TAPED 7p-10 ET)
• KSTE-AM 650 Sacramento, CA (TAPED 10p-1a PT)

Starting next weekend:

• WSAI-AM 1360 Cincinnati, OH (TAPED Sunday 3p-6p ET)

Some of the TWiT hosts will have short segments on the show. The plan is to have one three minute segment each hour at around 23 minutes past the hour. This week Steve Gibson and Paul Thurrott will be on talking security and Vista, respectively. Next week Amber MacArthur, Dick DeBartolo, Merlin Mann, and Ron Rosberg will join the line-up.

Our national launch sponsors will be DSLExtreme and Carbonite (thanks guys!), and thanks to KFI and Premiere Radio Networks for making it happen!

The new chat channel at irc.dslextreme.com is #techguy. The new call-in number is toll-free 1-888-8 ASK LEO (that's 1–888–827–5536).

See you tomorrow (even if you don't hear me!)

Be Mine

TWiT is going up at one minute past midnight Monday morning (I'm holding it a little longer than usual because Dvorak revealed some news that's embargoed until then). I also have a new FLOSS Weekly and this WEEK in LAW to post this week. Monday I'll post a visit to the actual Gadget Warehouse, recorded when I was with Dick DeBartolo in Manhattan last week.

Before I left on vacation I had a great conversation with the people at Vox. I've been looking for a web backend for the new Tech Guy radio show. The wiki I'm using now just doesn't offer the social networking features I'm looking for. Thanks to Anil Dash and the folks at Six Apart I think I'm moving to Movable Type /Typepad (not sure which right now) with a new design from Apperceptive. We'll continue to use the wiki until that's done.

I'm also commissioning a theme song from the great Ashley Witt. Ash has done so many of the TWiT themes including Doin' the TWiT.

The show launches in one week - I'll have a final list of affiliates soon.

Bye Bye Wizard

I just received the sad news via MacMerc that the host of the Wizards of Technology and The Spoilers podcasts, Digital Bill Douthett, passed away yesterday.

Digital Bill was a great guy. An early podcaster who was always ready to spread a smile. I considered him a good friend. We'll miss him very much. Ric Yaeger at MacMerc has setup a fund to help cover the funeral expenses.

Toronto Meetup

Here we go again!

We have such a stellar bunch of people coming up for Call for Help next week we really thought we should do a meetup.

Meet me in Toronto

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Tuesday, October 3, we'll be recording Inside the Net live from the downstairs dining room at No Regrets in Liberty Village, T.O. The festivities and no-host food and drink start at 6:30p. Come by to meet:

• Amber MacArthur
• Cali Lewis and Neal Campbell of GeekBrief.tv
• Merlin Mann of 43 Folders (I think he's coming up just to buy the new Sloan record)
• The Podcast Person of the Year (me!)

and I bet we can talk some other Call for Helpers into stopping by.

RSVP at Upcoming.org - you'll find directions and maps there, too. See you there!

Boola boola

Some happy family news I wanted to share. My brother-in-law, James Bundy, has just been named Dean of the Yale University School of Drama- the most prestigious theatre school in the nation. Congratulations, Uncle James!