The Idol Radio Show

The Idol Radio Show is the original show that started it all.

History of The Idol Radio Show

On Tuesday, January 23, 2007, The Idol Radio Show, hosted by Sir Darryl, made its debut on the Blog Talk Radio network. Originally intended to be a 20 minute, one night a week show, the popularity of the show resulted in a quick expansion. By the time Alan Attebery, aka the Token White Guy, joined the show as a regular guest a month later, the program had expanded to a one-hour, three nights a week show. When American Idol crowned Jordin Sparks as the Season 6 Champion, The Idol Radio Show had expanded to four nights a week and was proving to be a very popular show. Tuesdays and Wednesdays continued to be focused on that night's AI show, with Monday and Thursdays being dedicated to talking about AI in general.

Following the end of American Idol Season 6, Darryl expanded the scope of the show by talking about every day life (or, at least, life as Darryl knows it) and interviewing people outside of the AI franchise. Darryl moved the show to the afternoons, turning it into a two-hour, five days a week show. In addition, Darryl began the All Digital Radio Network, moving the broadcasting of his show to it and adding other shows to the line-up.

Prior to the start of American Idol Season 7, Darryl asked Alan to join him as co-host of the AI-focused nighttime edition of the show. To further differentiate the show from Darryl's daily afternoon show, the nighttime show saw a slight name change to The Idol Radio Show: AI Edition. The second season of the show also saw the addition of Idol Observer and Charlie Spillers as regular guests to the program. Finally, The Idol Radio Show: AI Edition and TheOfficialSoulPatrol.com teamed up to give listeners a way to interact with the hosts during the show. "The Idol Radio Show Interactive Board" was a board hosted by TheOfficialSoulPatrol.com and opened to all listeners to post their questions and comments. Darryl and Alan often read these comments and answered the questions posted on the air.

Season 3 of the show saw the name change back to The Idol Radio Show since Darryl had renamed his afternoon show to The Sir Darryl Radio Experience. Charlie Spillers returned as a weekly commentator on the week's American Idol (Season 8) performances. The show also teamed up with IdolBlogLive.com so that listeners could interact with Alan and Darryl in real time during the show through the site's Shoutbox feature. IdolBlogLive.com Administrators Queen Angie and CB, along with TheOfficialSoulPatrol.com member ChuckRitt, rounded out the cast of regular commentators.

The Idol Radio Show Season 4 sees yet another team-up. This time, the cast of misfits from MyndJack Radio will join Alan for the first six Tuesdays of the season for what is being billed as Special Edition shows. These six special shows will focus on general American Idol topics and past AI contestants. Alan and Darryl will continue to discuss the current season of AI (Season 9), along with regular Wednesday contributors Queen Angie, CB, and ChuckRitt. DJSlim, owner of IdolBlogLive.com, joins the show this season to give his two-cents on the Idol contestants' performances.

Listen to The Idol Radio Show

The Idol Radio Show airs every Tuesday and Wednesday at 11 PM ET / 10 CT / 8 PT. There are several ways you can listen to the show live:

• All Digital Radio Network - Go to AllDigitalRadio.com and click on the "Click Here To Listen Live" banner on the left side of the page.
• iTunes Radio - In your iTunes account, go to iTunes Radio, click on the Talk/Chat genre, then click on the "All Digital Radio Network" link.

All shows are archived for our listeners. If you miss a show, you can still listen to it through one of the following ways:

• Archives Page - Visit the Idol Radio Show Archives page to stream or download any of our past shows.
• iTunes - Click on the "Subscribe with iTunes" logo at the top of the page to subscribe to the podcast of the show.

Interact with The Idol Radio Show

During a live show, you can interact with Alan and Darryl by either calling or posting your comments online:

• Call us during the show at 201-793-8255.
• If you have Skype, go to All Digital Radio and click on the green Call Me button.
• Interact with us and other Idol Radio Show listeners by going to IdolBlogLive.com and posting your comments in the Shoutbox on the right side of the page (no registration required).

Win a Nintendo Wii Sports Package

TheOfficialSoulPatrol.com, IdolBlogLive.com, and The Idol Radio Show have teamed up to give you a chance to enter a drawing to win a Nintendo Wii Sports package, or one of several other prizes, just by listening to The Idol Radio Show.

Beginning February 23, listen to The Idol Radio Show every Tuesday and Wednesday (and Thursday during the Top 24, Top 20, and Top 16 weeks) on the All Digital Radio Network, on TalkRadioX.com, or through iTunes Radio (Talk --> All Digital Radio Network) at 11PM ET / 10 CT / 8 PT. At some point during each show, Alan and Sir Darryl will give the secret word or phrase of the day. Once you hear the secret word or phrase, e-mail it, along with your first and last name, to contest@idolradioshow.com to be entered into our drawing. You can enter once per e-mail address per secret word or phrase and each secret word must be in a separate e-mail. On Wednesday, May 26, Sir Darryl and Alan will conduct the drawings for each prize live on the air. See below for the rules and prize list.

If you miss a show, don't worry. You can listen to any show you missed and get the secret word or phrase of the day. Replays of the show air on the All Digital Radio Network on Fridays from 6 - 8 PM ET and Saturdays and Sundays from 5 - 7 PM ET. You can also go to The Idol Radio Show Archives Page to download or stream any show you missed any time you want. Just make sure you send each secret word or phrase in a separate e-mail.

PRIZES
The Grand Prize is a Nintendo Wii Sports package. This package includes a Nintendo Wii Console, the Wii Sports Disk, one Wii Remote and Jacket, one Nunchuk, one Sensor Bar, a Console Stand, an A/C Adapter, and an AV Cable.

Other prizes include:

• Signed copy of Taylor Hicks' book, Heart Full of Soul (two copies will be given away)
• Taylor Hicks's second post-Idol CD, The Distance
• David Archuleta's self-titled debut CD
• David Cook's self-titled debut CD
• Executive Travel Backgammon Set
• Color Changing LED Clock

Other prizes may become available during the season. If they do, they will be added to this list. An announcement about new prizes may or may not be mentioned on the air.

None of the artists or companies whose prizes are listed above are affiliated with this contest, TheOfficialSoulPatrol.com, IdolBlogLive.com, the All Digital Radio Network, or The Idol Radio Show.

RULES

• No purchase required.
• This contest is open to everyone. No TheOfficialSoulPatrol.com, IdolBlogLive.com, or All Digital Radio Network membership required. Registering with any of these sites will not increase your chances of winning.
• A secret word or phrase will be given out every live show from Tuesday, February 23, 2010, through Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Submit each word or phrase, along with your first and last name, by e-mail to contest@idolradioshow.com. Entries received by any other method will not be accepted.
• For each secret word or phrase, only one entry per e-mail address allowed. Duplicate entries will not be accepted.
• Each secret word or phrase must be submitted in a separate e-mail. Any e-mail with multiple word or phrase submissions will not be accepted.
• All entries must include your first and last name. An attempt will be made to return entries that do not include names. Failure to provide the information by the contest deadline will result in the entry not being accepted.
• All entries must be received by 7 AM CDT on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Entries received after that time will not be accepted.
• All Digital Radio Network and The Idol Radio Show hosts, employees, regular contributors, and their family members are not eligible to participate. TheOfficialSoulPatrol.com and IdolBlogLive.com owners and their family members are not eligible to participate.
• Because an address will be requested of the winners in order to ship the prizes, all minors (17 and under) must have their parents' permission in order to enter.
• TheOfficialSoulPatrol.com, IdolBlogLive.com, the All Digital Radio Network, and Idol Radio Show are not responsible for lost, damaged, delayed, bounced, or misdirected entries.
• The drawing for most of the prizes will take place live on the air on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. You do not have to be listening live to win.
• The winners will be contacted on or before June 1, 2010, via the e-mail address found in the "from" field of their e-mail entry. Winners will have 7 days from the date of the winner notification e-mail being sent to provide their mailing address. Prizes will be mailed out on or before July 1, 2010.
• The winner's first and last name, city, and state may be posted in one or more of the following places: on TheOfficialSoulPatrol.com's Contest board, in an IdolBlogLive.com post, and/or on The Idol Radio Show Website.
• If a winner's entry is disqualified and/or if they fail to submit a proper mailing address, a second-chance drawing will be held from among all of the remaining valid entries on or before August 1, 2010.
• TheOfficialSoulPatrol.com, IdolBlogLive.com, the All Digital Radio Network, and Idol Radio Show are not responsible for lost, damaged, delayed, misdirected, or returned prizes.

2010 Special Guests

• Tuesday, January 19: Brent Keith - The Idol Radio Show hosted "American Idol" Season 8 Group 1 performer Brent Keith. We talked to him about his time on AI, asked him whether he thinks Michael Sarver took his thunder, got the real story behind Danny Gokey's use of his dead wife on the show, and found out what Tatiana Del Toro is really like behind the scenes. Brent also lets us in on what he is up to these days. Brent also shared his song, Beautiful Attraction with us. Check Brent out on his YouTube channel and on his MySpace page.Click here to stream or download the archive of the show.
• Wednesday, February 17: Jon Peter Lewis - The Idol Radio Show was happy to welcome back "American Idol" Season 3 8th place Finalist, and Alan's all-time favorite Idol contestant, Jon Peter Lewis to the show. We asked JPL about what got him interested in singing in the first place, what made him try out for Idol, his American Nobody Web series, and his upcoming new EP. We even played three of the songs he had just finished recording (listen to the archive of the show to hear the songs). Visit Jon Peter Lewis on his Facebook page and on his YouTube page. Click here to stream or download the archive of the show.

2009 Special Guests

• Wednesday, April 1: David Osmond - The Idol Radio Show was happy to host the American Idol Season 8 contestant and talk to him about what happened during Day 3 of Hollywood Week that led to his being cut by the judges. We also hosted the radio debut of his new single, Last Day. You can watch David perform the single by visiting ETOnline.com. Click here to stream or download the archive of the show.