The Tech Guy Moves To XM 158

My radio show is changing channels on XM starting this weekend. Look for The Tech Guy on America's Talk - XM Channel 158. The show airs live Saturday and Sunday from 2-5p Eastern and is repeated weekends from 8-11p Eastern and Wednesdays from 4-7PM Eastern. Please tune in and call in at 88-88-ASK LEO!

Two New California Affiliates

More affiliates joining the Tech Guy network: Palm Springs (KNWZ-AM 970, KNWH-AM 1250, KNWQ-AM 1140) will be airing the show live on Sundays starting in Mid-November, and San Diego (KOGO-AM 600) will start airing the Sunday show from 12p-3p at the same time.

New Tech Guy Stations

The radio show is doing quite well. Not only did we sell out all advertising in 2007, we've consistently added new markets thanks to Kurt Kretzschmar and his great team at Premiere radio networks. With the addition of the following stations we'll be in 35 markets and on XM satellite.

WPEK-AM 880 (Asheville, NC) DMA #36/Greenville, NC Airtime: LIVE Saturday 2p-5p ET *Starting Saturday, October 6th, 2007 KIPA-AM 620 (Kailua-Kona, HI) DMA #72/Honolulu, HI Airtime: LIVE Saturday & Sunday 8a-11a HT *Starting Saturday, October 20th, 2007 KKEE-AM 1230 (Astoria, OR) DMA #23/Portland, OR Airtime: LIVE Saturday 11a-2p PT *Starting Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 WCBX-AM 900 (Martinsville, VA) DMA #68/Roanoke, VA Airtime: LIVE Saturday 1a-2p ET *Sarting Saturday January 12th, 2008

Thanks to the general managers and program directors at these stations for picking up The Tech Guy!

We're On The Bird

Great news. Not only is my Tech Guy radio show being picked up on numerous local radio stations, it's now also being heard on XM Satellite Radio.

Listen live on XM Channel 152, Saturday and Sunday from 2-5p Eastern time, or listen to the replay, weekends 8-11p.

I just ran out and bought my first satellite radio!

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!)