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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: 3/28/2009 12:00 AM UTC

  Alpha Waves -- The SciFi/Syfy Debacle

  In his first live appearance since SciFi Channel bought his brand name to make it the moniker of its entire network, former SyFy Radio host and SyFy Portal founder Michael Hinman returns to the newly-christened Alpha Waves radio program to fill in for host Wayne Hall, who is recovering from surgery. Here is your chance to call in and talk about SciFi Channel's name change, and talk to the man who created the word "SyFy." ALSO! Alpha Waves will welcome Mitchell Rubenstein, one of the founders of SciFi Channel, to talk about the name change!
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• Date / Time: 3/23/2009 6:16 PM UTC

  We're back! And so is Michael Hinman (at least for a show)

  Never thought you would see me here again, did you?
  
  Well, here I am!
  
  The goal was to get SyFy Radio moving with our news hosts Wayne Hall and Nick Chase at the beginning of February. But then all hell broke loose ...
  
  We sold the SyFy brand to NBC Universal, who surprisingly used "Syfy" to name their new network, and we had to quickly rebrand SyFy Portal into the much better Airlock Alpha, which you can find at www.airlockalpha.com.
  
  Wayne, unfortunately, is recovering from surgery, so we thought, what the hell? I am going to drag Nick Chase out of mothballs, and we're going to host the first newly-christened Alpha Waves radio program (formerly SyFy Radio), and why not talk about the issue that's on everyone's mind? You know, that whole renaming SciFi Channel "Syfy" from the man who created the "Syfy" name, me!
  
  So listen to a very special live broadcast Friday, March 27 beginning at 8 p.m. ET right here at blogtalkradio.com/alphawaves and even call in with your questions and comments. It will almost be like old times!
  
  Let your friends know, and get a crowd ... because there's a good chance I may never talk about this whole "Syfy" thing again after this, and it could be your last chance!
  
  Mark your calendar, forward this to your friends and enemies and even that girl you admired from a distance at the laundromat. We'll see you all March 27 at 8 p.m. ET!
  
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