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  SyFy Radio -- SyFy Portal 10th Anniversary Special

  Michael Hinman

  Date / Time: 8/14/2008 2:00 AM UTC

  Category: Television

  
  

  On Aug. 13, 1998, Michael Hinman launched a Web site known as Syfyman's World. It was meant to be a marketing experiment as he wanted to do a full-fledged television site. Instead, SyFy has become the new term for science-fiction. Join us as we celebrate 10 years of SyFy Portal!

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  Original Air Date: 11/27/2008 3:00 AM UTC

  SyFy Radio -- Big Turkey Special!

  While Michael Hinman (and hopefully you!) are carving up the turkey, the Wii Fit will step in as guest host to share some of the best moments of SyFy Radio since our debut last March, including great talks with the likes of George Takei, Kenneth Johnson, Eugene Roddenberry, David Weddle, and many many more!
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  • Hinman
  • Radio
  • Battlestar
  • Stargate
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• Date / Time: 11/19/2008 7:50 PM UTC

  No SyFy Radio this week

  Hi, everyone!
  
  It's so close to Thanksgiving that getting a guest on the show is impossible right now, plus I'm a little under the weather.
  
  However, be sure to tune in Nov. 26 as we welcome a special guest host for our Big Turkey Special!
  
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• Date / Time: 11/14/2008 4:14 AM UTC

  Michael Hinman stepping down from SyFy Radio in '09

  Michael Hinman will leave the online airwaves of SyFy Radio at the end of January as longtime SyFy Portal news editor Wayne Hall prepares to take over as host.

  
  

  "So why am I doing it? It's not that I don't love doing SyFy Radio. I do," Hinman said during the Nov. 12 broadcast of SyFy Radio. "I don't walk away lightly. But by the time I hand the reins over to Wayne, it will be almost a year since we started doing SyFy Radio, and that's a long time. I know it sounds like I just come on here and make stuff up as I go, but it really does take a lot of work."

  
  

  The announcement was made just hours after Hinman and Hall finalized plans to hand over SyFy Radio, which will not only move to Sundays beginning in February, but also become a monthly show.

  
  

  Hall will be the primary host of the show, joined by sidekick Nick Chase, who also is SyFy Portal's lead programmer.

  
  

  "I'm looking forward to how it's going to evolve and turn into something," Hall said during the recent show. "We'll try some new things, and [we'll] keep the good old thing as well."

  
  

  The actual day of the month has not been finalized yet, but Hinman plans on continuing weekly shows of SyFy Radio through the end of January, including two holiday specials just before Thanksgiving and Christmas. Upcoming guests on what Hinman called his "farewell" tour include "Battlestar Galactica" and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" composer Bear McCreary, and "Babylon 5" creator J. Michael Straczynski (of course, scheduled guests are subject to change).

  
  

  Hinman is not leaving SyFy Portal, the site he founded in 1998, and he told Hall that he would stop by and visit the show from time to time, but he's looking forward to seeing how the show progresses, and is hoping it will morph back into a weekly show as it is now.

  
  

  "I don't want the show to end. In fact, I want it to get better," Hinman said. "And I think Wayne is the man to make that happen."

  
  

  SyFy Radio began on BlogTalkRadio last March, and has aired as a weekly show ever since with occasional on-location specials from places like the Vulkon convention in Orlando, and Comic-Con International in San Diego.

  
  

  Guests have included everyone from Webmasters of popular sites to actors like Jane Badler of "V" fame, and the recently married Star Trek legend George Takei.

  
  

  By moving the show to a monthly format, SyFy Radio will be able to concentrate on fewer, better guests, Hinman said, while allowing the show time to evolve.

  
  

  Hinman declined to say what his new project would be, but did say he would be sticking with BlogTalkRadio. It's likely his next radio project will be related to a third site being launched by SyFy Portal's corporate parent, The SyUniverse Group Inc.
  
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• Original Air Date: 11/13/2008 3:00 AM UTC

  SyFy Radio -- Dr. Jaysen Rand/UFO Expert

  Sorry, no Dee Wallace tonight ... apparently she was unable to make it at the last minute. So instead, we're going to do 100 times better. Dr. Jaysen Rand, author of the book "The Return of Planet-X" and a UFO expert, will join Michael Hinman in a special night of SyFy Radio!
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• Date / Time: 11/13/2008 1:44 AM UTC

  SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

  First of all, Dee Wallace had to reschedule ... so poof, she's gone!

  
  

  Instead, we'll have Dr. Jaysen Rand, a UFO expert who will talk about his new book.

  
  

  Also, I have a very special announcement that I am making on the show tonight ... an announcement so secret, that only a few people even know about it.

  
  

  So make sure you tune in tonight, beginning at 10 p.m. ET at www.SyFyRadio.com!
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• Date / Time: 11/11/2008 12:26 PM UTC

  Quick schedule change

  Hi, everyone!

  
  

  Because of a scheduling conflict, we had to move Dee Wallace up to tomorrow night!

  
  

  Who is Dee Wallace? You'd probably best remember her as the mom in E.T., but she's recently written a book, and has some experiences to share of director Steven Spielberg from back when he was still a rather young director.

  
  

  So be sure to tune in Nov. 12 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT at www.SyFyRadio.com!
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• Original Air Date: 11/6/2008 3:00 AM UTC

  SyFy Radio -- Report Card For 2008-09 Season

  The election is over, and now it's time to get back to what we know and love: Television! It's the start of November sweeps, but how is this television season going for you so far? Are you worried about the fate of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"? Wish "Knight Rider" would go away? Well, here's your chance to air your thoughts! We'll also have some soundbytes from Vulkon Orlando from the likes of Richard Hatch and Nicki Clyne from "Battlestar Galactica" and Terry Farrell from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."
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  • Radio
  • Battlestar
  • Stargate
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