Gamertag Radio

Infobox Website
name = Gamertag Radio

owner = Godfree
author = Godfree and Nano
type = Xbox Gaming Podcast
launch date = Feb 25, 2005
current status = Active
url = [http://www.gamertagradio.com/ www.gamertagradio.com]

Gamertag Radio (GTR) is an online radio show dedicated to the Xbox Live community and intended to help unite all online gamers. Over the past few years GTR has grown from a small website to one of the biggest & most respected gaming information sites on the Internet. The show features a new episode every week hosted by Godfree (Founder of Gamertag Radio).

Members of the staff that appear regularly on the show include Miss Irie, Feelz Good, CyberAthlete, JVB, Baked Ant & Peterocc along with other members such as Paustinj, LadyLuck, Anjo Banjo and Design Jockey that all share the same passion for games.

Every week a new episode is created recapping the news of the past week and includes discussions about what is happening in the online gaming community along with interviews and a weekly custom soundtrack highlighting up & coming Hip Hop artists.

GTR also regularly reviews new games, discusses new downloadable content, talks about new upcoming games, while attempting to shine some light on the Xbox Live Gamers themselves who contribute a lot to the gaming community. GTR has had the opportunity to interview many of the biggest names in the Xbox Community such as Peter Moore (Head of EA Sports Gaming), Cliff Bleszinski (Lead designer of Gears of Wars), the staff of TeamXbox.com, Major Nelson (the Director of Programming for Xbox Live) and many more.

Past GTR Highlights & Contributions

* The 1,000,000th download of our podcast. It is a monumental milestone for this industry.
* EA's sponsorship of GTR for E3 2007. This exclusive sponsorship from EA was the first time a major video game organization has sponsored an independent podcast for a major event.
* GTR recently completed its first paid advertising campaign with the US Navy. This 3 month campaign featured custom introductions as well as pre-recorded commercials featuring actor Keith David (voice of the Arbiter - Halo 2/Halo 3)
* Community Vib3s – The culmination of 3 years of hard work and determination. Gamertag Radio celebrated its 3 year anniversary with a day extravaganza of gaming, music and giveaways.
* Halo 3 Launch Event - GTR was the only website in the world to stream live over the Internet providing nationwide coverage for the Halo 3 launch event simultaneously in NY, Miami, DC & Seattle.
* GTR cares about giving back and raising awareness by actively participating in or promoting various charities including Walk for Autism, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Gaming 4 Others, Child's Play and Breast Cancer Awareness.

Top GTR Shows

These GTR's top most downloaded shows of all time:

Xbox Community Roundtable!
Discussion with some GTR fans featuring: Coola (Xbox365), Pointblank, JVB, Foomoojive (podtacular) & many more. What do you think they had to say?

Xbox Community Awards 2005!
Enjoy this historical event the first Annual Xbox Community Awards!

What's wrong with the Xbox Community?
Gamertag Radio staff discussed an important issue going on in the Xbox Community. "To many chiefs, not enough Indians....." - Nano

External Links

* [http://gamertagradio.com Gamertag Radio]
* [http://gamercastnetwork.com/ Gamercast Network]

References

* [http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/media/?id=17249 Gamedaily.com Revisiting Sponsorship]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KY_BQtyQrQ GTR Interviews Snoop Dogg & Johnny Damon]
* [http://on10.net/Blogs/tina/the-creator-and-founder-of-gamertag-radio-godfree/ On10.net Interviews Godfree]
* [http://on10.net/Blogs/laura/3722/ Meet the People Behind Some Cool Xbox Community Sites]
* [http://www.xbox365.com/news.cgi?id=GGiLLirrNP05221554 Gamertag Radio’s 100th Episode, Congrats!]
* [http://www.ea.com/article.jsp?id=gtre3coverage EA.com Gamertag Radio's E3 Coverage]
* [http://kotaku.com/gaming/kotakustalku/kotakustalku-mary-ann-from-gilligans-island-is-a-g4m3r-196930.php?mail2=true Mary Ann From Gilligan's Island Is a G4M3R] (Godfree Interviews Dawn Wells)
* [http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/kotaku-stalku-dmc-from-run+dmc-at-e306-175172.php D.M.C. from Run-D.M.C. at E306 With GTR]
* [http://www.johnporcaro.com/2005/11/xbox_community_.html#trackback Xbox Community Members Meets with J, Peter]
* [http://www.gamertagradio.com/vbportal/forums/showthread.php?t=4538 EA Sponsors Gamertag Radio for E3 2007]
* [http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/06/29/ea-sponsors-indie-podcasts-trip-to-e3 EA sponsors indie podcast's trip to E3]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNlE_uG7AD4 Gamertagradio On MTV True Life Youtube] (Interviewing Pro-gamer Tsquared)
* [http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/08/26/show-240-the-pax-07-panel.aspx PAX07 Panel Podcasts and Blogs: The New Face of Game Journalism]
* [http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/611/611342p1.html Pre-E3 2005: First Perfect Dark Zero Details?]
* [http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/08/24/552779.aspx Community Gamerpics on The Xbox Live Marketplace]
* [http://bungie.net/News/Story.aspx?link=473A3BE9-AD55-4347-8106-0087BC018C55 Bungie News]
* [http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/personality/trixie/communityspotlights/20050429-gamertagradio.htm Xbox Live on the Air]
* [http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/7979/TeamXbox-Gamertag-Radio-Interview TeamXbox Gamertag Radio Interview]
* [http://the305.com/gamertag.htm The 305]
* [http://www.xbox365.com/news.cgi?id=GGPGdriiLN11031156 Get To Know Gamertag Radio]
* [http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/gettoknow101.htm Community 101 on Xbox.com]
* [http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Microsoft Xbox MVP - Godfree 2006-07 and Miss iRiE 2006]