About The Show
The History Of The ESCape Show
On the air, every Wednesday night, 9 PM – 11 PM EST, airing on exclusively on Gamer Network Radio.
DJs Al, Mike and Willie broadcasting from sunny shores of Lake Erie (which is actually the Florida Keys of Canada).
The ESCape Show began on October 24th, 2007 airing exclusively on Uberguilds Radio. Due to the merger with Uberguilds Radio and GamerDNA, Uberguilds Radio was closed, and The ESCape was forced to a choice of finding a new home. This prompted The ESCape along with other “Uber-Refugees” to help create what was known as GPN Radio in June of 2008. GPN Radio began airing live on June 16th, 2008 with its first show being The ESCape Rewind. It was announced on December 17th, 2008 during The ESCape’s 50th show that The ESCape along with other GPN DJ’s/podcast hosts would be re-branding GPN into the station we now air on, GNET Radio.
The show initially started with hosts Al, Mike and Steve, but due to scheduling conflicts Steve stepped down from the show into a part time role on the show. While searching for a replacement host, Willie joined the show on Episode 61 as a special guest surprise for Steve, as he was an old friend of both Al and Steve while growing up. During that time the show also went through a format change, which the show progressed from a “gaming themed comedy show” to a more real life topic comedy show, introducing new segments and bringing new variety and entertainment. The “Retro Review” segment was still kept intact as well as the “Top 50 Games” annual shows.
What Will You Hear On The ESCape Show?
We are a “360″ comedy podcast – meaning that we will talk anything from gaming, music, to news and movies. Each week we also include our infamous “Retro Review” were we take an old Retro game (NES, SNES, Genesis, etc) and review it live on the show. You’ll also find other segments such as “The Ass of the Week”, “Dear ESCape”, “Stuff That Makes Us Sick”, “Letters To My Baby Mama”, “Name That Race”, “The ESCape Game Shows”, “The Date ESCape”, “Steve’s Techy Review” and more. We also have a couple of special shows that appear annually – such as our Top 50 Games of The Year, and The ESCapee Awards, both shows airing as the final 2 shows in the month of December. The ESCape also started popular station-wide contests, such as “Battle of the WOW Nerd Allstars”, where our WOW fans compete in a 3 round trivia contest for prizes.
We have many guests hosts who regularly come on the show, such as the crew from the Orderly Chaos Show (Mhykol, Harmack, and Zedd), and Unknown Gamer (Azerothian Gamers), as well as occasional guests who stop by such as Sir Charles, Rocky, and “Michael Jackson”.
Our announcers Jak and Coke are also on every show, Jak with his “Weekly 2 Cents” and Coke who announces the show, and the trivia questions.
We’ve also featured many bands on the show, including “The Minimum Requirements” (www.tmrmusic.com), This Soul Divided (www.myspace.com/thissouldivided), and Oliver Bean (www.myspace.com/oliverbeanmusic).
The ESCape Show has helped upstart many other shows from right here in our studio (ESCape Studios) including The Reel Review (www.thereelreview.net), The DMR Awesome Factory, and the GNET Underground is also home based in ESCape Studios.
Is The ESCape Show For Me?
If you are the type of person who is looking to relax and unwind with some good humor and entertainment, this show is for you. While we strive to do our best and keep the format and topics “PG Rated”, occasionally there is adult oriented discussion and humor, as well as strong language. We are, however, NOT politically correct, and never will be. We tell it like it is, and aren’t afraid to do so. There is no race barrier, religeous barrier, or cultural boundries, and we keep everything in the form of entertainment. If you want to slap or hate us in certain situations, then you’ve been entertained and the show is doing its job. We promise you that you will laugh and we take all of our listeners and their comments VERY serious.
How Can I Interact With The Show?
During our live shows the phone lines are always open. You can call us at 216-220-0902 and give us your comments or opinions. When the show is not live, we have a listener feedback voice mail in place. You can also email the show at theescape@theescapeshow.com, or Skype chat us at username the.escape. However, the BEST way to interact with the show is by going to our chat room. Our show thrives off of our live audience in the chat, and that is the best way to get your voice heard on the show, period.
When and How Can I Listen?
Since your on the website now, as long as you have speakers and an updated web browser along with Java, you should be hearing GNET Radio now. During the show come right back here to our website and you’ll hear us live, OR you can catch us on www.mygnetradio.com, the stations main website.
You can tune in Wednesdays LIVE from 9-11 PM EST for our live shows, or catch replays of our older shows on The ESCape Rewind, which airs daily at 11:00 PM EST, only on GNET Radio!
