The Tech Guy
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| Genre | Talk |
| Running time | 3 hours per episode, Saturday and Sunday |
| Country |  United States |
| Home station | Premiere Radio Networks See affiliates below |
| Starring | Leo Laporte |
| Creator(s) | Leo Laporte |
| Air dates | January 3, 2004 – present |
| No. of episodes | 336 |
| Website | http://www.twit.tv/KFI http://www.techguylabs.com |
| Podcast feed | leoville.tv/podcasts/kfi.xml |
The Tech Guy is a nationally syndicated radio show, hosted by Leo Laporte of Tech TV and TWiT.tv fame. The show, which was first exclusively broadcast on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles, California, was picked up for syndication by Premiere Radio Networks in January 2007. The show currently has several terrestrial affiliates in cities including Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, California, Houston, Texas, and Washington, DC. The show also airs on Extreme channel 152 on XM Satellite Radio.
The show is a mixture of interviews and call-ins, as well as Leo's own thoughts and opinions on current events in technology. Leo likes to bring on guests such as Dick DeBartolo, Mike Lazazzera, Paul Thurrott, Ron Rosberg, and Merlin Mann for interview segments. These interviews are often pre-recorded to accommodate the guest's schedule. The guests connect to the show using Skype.
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[edit] History
Leo Laporte has been doing one version or another of his technology talk show since 1990. The current incarnation of the show began on KFI weekends in 2004, only months prior to the cancellation of Call for Help and The Screensavers from the newly merged G4TechTV in the United States. According to Leo, he had to find a way to keep talking about technology, and facetiously mentioned that if it wasn't for KFI greenlighting the show, he would've ended up "having to talk to [his] wife about it."[1] The show ran weekends on KFI at 11 AM. Leo also appeared on Bill Handel's morning show on Fridays for The Laporte Report segment, and continues to do so. Leo also does a Laporte Report live segment for CFRB in Toronto, Ontario Saturday mornings.
In late 2006, Leo notified his audience on net@nite that his contract with KFI was going to expire soon, and it was hinted at that he would only continue with Clear Channel if The Tech Guy was syndicated. With the help of management at KFI, Premiere Radio Networks picked up the show for syndication, and it was announced on January 27, 2007 that it would roll out nationally [2]. On February 17, 2007, the newly syndicated Tech Guy radio show launched nationally on eleven radio stations, including KFI. The show, still young in syndication, is still adding affiliates.
The post-syndication KFI feed of The Tech Guy is customized so that it does not lose its local Los Angeles feel. The presentation is similar to that of Handel on the Law and Mike McConnell.
[edit] Podcast
Every show is available as a podcast on the TWiT network, distributed via RSS feed 
at twit.tv/KFI. The show is also downloadable via 64kbps MP3 file format, and can be streamed through the site's Flash player. The Tech Guy's bandwidth is provided by DSL Extreme, a sponsor of the show that also hosts the show's IRC chat room.
[edit] Tech Guy affiliates
Laporte's Tech Guy radio show is syndicated to several affiliates across America. The show originates from Silicon Valley near San Francisco, California, and while KGO is the San Francisco show affiliate, KFI in Los Angeles, California is considered the show's flagship. The show runs live weekends at 11 a.m. Pacific, 2 p.m. Eastern. Some affiliates opt to pick up both shows each weekend, while others only choose to run one day.
| Calls | Freq. | Branding | Format | Market/Market Rank[3] | Days | Timeslot | Group Owner |
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| Satellite Stations | |||||||
| XM | 152 | Extreme 152 | Talk | United States | Both | Live 2P-5P ET 11A-2P PT¹ |
Clear Channel Communications |
| Terrestrial Stations | |||||||
| KFI | 640 kHz |  KFI AM 640 |
News/Talk | Los Angeles, CA / 2 | Both | Live 11A-2P | Clear Channel Communications |
| KGO | 810 kHz | KGO Newstalk AM 810 |
News/Talk | San Francisco, CA / 4 | Sunday | Live 11A-1P | ABC Radio |
| KPRC | 950 kHz | Talk Radio 950 |
Talk | Houston-Galveston, TX / 6 | Saturday | Live 1P-4P | Clear Channel Communications |
| WMAL | 630 kHz | 630 WMAL |
News/Talk | Washington, DC / 8 | Saturday² | Sat: Live 2P-4P Sun: Tape 8P-9P |
ABC Radio |
| WFLA | 970 kHz | Newsradio 970 WFLA |
News/Talk | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL / 19 | Sunday | Tape 7P-10P | Clear Channel Communications |
| KKZN | 760 kHz | Boulder's Progressive Talk | Talk | Denver-Boulder, CO / 21 | Sunday | Tape 3P-6P | Clear Channel Communications |
| KSTE | 650 kHz | The Talk Station |
News/Talk | Sacramento, CA / 27 | Sunday | Tape 10P-1A | Clear Channel Communications |
| WSAI | 1360 kHz | 1360thesource.com |
Talk | Cincinnati, OH / 28 | Sunday | Tape 3P-6P | Clear Channel Communications |
| WOAI | 1200 kHz | Newsradio 1200 WOAI |
News/Talk | San Antonio, TX / 29 | Sunday | Live 1P-4P | Clear Channel Communications |
| WPRO | 630 kHz | WPRO News Talk 630 |
News/Talk | Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket, RI / 38 | Coming Soon | Citadel Broadcasting | |
| WFTL | 850 kHz | News-Talk 850, WFTL |
News/Talk | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL / 47 | Sunday | Live 2P-5P | James Crystal Radio |
| KBBW | 1010 kHz | The Spirit of Texas | Christian Talk | Waco, TX / 201 | Saturday | Live 1P-4P | American Broadcasting of Texas |
| WMEQ | 880 kHz | Newstalk 880 | News/Talk | Eau Claire, WI / 244 | Both | Live 1P-4P | Clear Channel Communications |
| KWDJ | 1360 kHz | Foxtalk 1360 | News/Talk | Ridgecrest, CA / NM | Both | Live 11A-2P | James l. Knudsen & Donna l. Knudsen |
- - Station streams online.
- ¹ Extreme Talk on XM Radio replays the day's show later that night at 8 PM Eastern, 5 PM Pacific.
- ² The show's broadcast on WMAL consists of the Saturday show only, despite running on both days of the weekend. Hours one and two play live on Saturday, and hour three of that show plays on delay Sunday night.
[edit] External links
- Leo Laporte's official website
- Leo Laporte's blog
- Leo Laporte's The Tech Guy radio show notes site
- Leo Laporte's message boards
- This Week in Tech Netcast/Podcast Network official website
- Leo at Premiere Radio Networks
[edit] References
- ^ [1], The Tech Guy #327
- ^ [2], KFI Radio Show is Being Syndicated
- ^ Market Rank according to Arbitron Market Rankings
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