Geek Radio Daily

Geek Radio Daily is a daily geek talk podcast from Tappahannock, Virginia hosted by The Vicar and Billy Flynn. Part of the Outcast Multimedia group, the weekly syndication of the podcast also includes The Bruce. Averaging 3500 downloads a week and production beginning in 2005 makes this one of the longer running podcasts. Until March 2008, the show was called Geek Label Radio. The show received a nomination for the 2008 Parsec Awards in the Best Speculative Fiction News Podcast category but lost to Slice of SciFi. The host are frequently found participating in geek oriented conventions on the East Coast of the United States, including hosting Q&A panels AbOUT podcasting at Dragon Con and RavenCon. The podcast has also received radio syndication on 89.5 in Chicago via Vocalo. In addition to their own podcast, the host regularly contribute to other Podcasts and Podiobooks. They currently have a 4 & 1/2 star rating from iTunes.

Hosts

  • The Vicar Jon Stallard has worked in terrestrial radio since 1985 and presently co-hosts the WRAR-FM morning show in Tappahannock, Virginia. He holds undergraduate degrees in History and Political Science, and a masters’ degree in Education, and is co-founder and Vice-President of the Real Media, Inc. radio network. Contribution to notable works include; P.G. Holyfields' [...] at Avedon Hill as Head Constable Louis, Indiana Jims' Star Wars: Codename Starkeeper, Seth Harwoods' Young Junius and JC Hutchens' Seventh Son.
  • Super Producer Billy Flynn Bill Vernon graduated UNC-Wilmington and the Columbia School of Broadcasting. Contribution to notable works include; P.G. Holyfield's [...] at Avedon Hill as Blake Weathertop, Indiana Jim's Star Wars: Codename Starkeeper,
  • The Bruce Bruce Erb was added when the show shifted direction and became a weekly format with longer weekly kickers. The Bruce graduated Virginia Commonwealth University in 2008 with a degree in Exercise Science with a minor in Physiology. For this reason The Bruce heads up the Geek Fit Club segments and provides answers to curious Fit Geeks.
  • The Kingfish Former co-host of the original Geek Label podcast.
  • Code Poet Site administrator of the original podcast.

Show format

  • Daily show
    Monday through Friday, approximately 15 minute episodes which generally only feature The Vicar and Billy Flynn. Daily shows generally include information on geek related television, movie releases, comics, technology, Podiobooks and listener feedback. The creators aim to provide listeners with daily doses of all the geek without all the wait.
  • Weekly show
    Usually released between Friday and Monday, the weekly show is of the traditionally longer podcast format (episodes between 60-90 minutes) in which the third host The Bruce appears. Additional elements to the weekly show include:

Geeky Week-a break down of geek orientated activities which the hosts participated in (video game & RPG's played, comics read, movies seen). GRD News-announcements of local activities & news related to the GRD forums. Geek Mail-feedback section. GRD Fit Club-in which the host give updates and provide useful information regarding weight loss for geeks. Main Topic-changes from week to week. Usually a 20-40 minute segment in which the host will talk at length about one particular topic (past examples include Fall TV preview, Convention coverage, Edgar Allan Poe and Star Wars Spin-offs). Movie ratings-it should be noted that their ratings system is based on a decimal system (1-10) which they call pants (i.e. Justice League: The New Frontier rated 8.5 pants by Billy Flynn). The pants moniker is a reference to one of the hosts pension for pantlessness.

History

The current incarnation of the show has existed since March 2008. But the roots stretch back to May 2006 when Geeklabel Podcast debuted.

  • Geek Label Podcast Started in 2006 as an addendum to the Geeklabel clothier line. The original line up included The Vicar, Super Geek Billy, The Kingfish and visits from The Code Poet. Similar to the current weekly format of the show, episodes focused on a single topic with similar segments. Their forums continued on for 2 years with 200+ members before the show changed to GRD. In 2007 the name was changed to Geeklabel Radio to broaden appeal beyond the podcast crowd. Geeklabel podcast ran for nearly 2 years with a special vidcast at the culmination of the first year. The final episode (episode 70) airing in February 2008. The Geeklable brand received several mentions in the media including an appearance of one of their shirts on episode 77 of Mythbusters.
  • Geek Radio Daily Started in March 2008 with The Vicar and Billy Flynn. They also started new forums for the new show
  • GRD Weekly The weekly show was added to the GRD model in 2008 due fan request for the longer format show.