2008 Shows

2008-04-19 Pirate Radio Debut

2008-05-03 Luke Brown is brought on board as the co-host of “The Venom Nation Radio Show”.

2008-05-17 “The Concert Through Time and Space”. Three hours long and 100% live music, mixed to sound like a “Concert”…one night, one stage.

2008-05-31

2008-06-14 Steve Is “On Vacation” – Luke hosts Venom Nation by himself for the first time.

2008-06-21 “The Venom Nation Radio Show” goes “weekly”. The show, going forward, will be new every week, instead of every
other week.

2008-06-28am 2008 Because of technical difficulties in the original show, the “Repeat” show of June 21, that would have normally aired in the mornign time slot is pre-empted. For the first time, a NEW show aired just for the Morning crowd, with just Steve hosting, and another show with Steve and Luke hosting aired that evening in the normal “new” time slot. This is the MORNING Show, With Just Steve

2008-06-28pm This is the “EVENING” Counterpart to the “Morning” Show Above

2008-07-05 The Venom Nation Radio Show “All American Blowout”.

2008-07-12

2008-07-19 The first band to “participate” in the show is featured. The band Blindid gives Venom Nation music, voiceovers, and promotion, for the show.

2008-07-26 The first “outside influence” of songs picked for the show airs this date. “The Winn Dixie Stoner Deli Dude’s Pick Of the
Week” is featured, generally with a newer band and harder edge. It would eventually fade away.

2008-08-02

2008-08-09 Viola Brown (Wife of Luke) Makes an appearance in the show. She is “bound and gagged” after being told, for her birthday, she could pick songs for the show, and she chose Madonna. Later in the show, the duct tape is removed from her mouth and she is allowed to pick a few other songs, which included “The Who” and “Queen”. (Kayfabe “bound and gagged” of course)

2008-08-16 The first ever Pirate-driven Steve-O-Wabo Birthday Bash airs. It is three hours, and features a playlist entirely selected by Steve, on his 31st birthday.

2008-08-23 Luke hosts the Venom Nation with a new co-host for the first and only time. “Wild Wade” joins the show.

2008-08-30

2008-09-05

2008-09-13 The first “Kicked Up Kovers” Show

2008-09-20 Venom Nation Radio Show 20th Episode on KQLZ

2008-09-27

2008-10-04 It is announced that Luke would be leaving the show to host “the Brown Sound” on Pirate radio.

2008-10-11

10-18-08 – The “Brown Sound Radio Show” Debut’s on Pirate Radio to a postiive response.

2008-10-18 Steve hosts his first “countdown” show, Hair Metal – A to Z

2008-10-25 “Halloween Spooktacular V Is Broadcast, the first “Halloween Spooktacular” episode on Pirate Radio. Legitimately, not part of the “Numbering Joke” – it IS the fifth “Spooktacular” broadcast.

2008-11-01 The second band to “feature” in the show debuts. Edens Curse vocalist Michael Eden submits voiceovers for Venom Nation AND Pirate Radio,

2008-11-08

2008-11-15

2008-11-22 To coincide with the 17th anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s Death….”Rock In Peace II” Airs on VNRS. It features all
artists who have passed away. The show is titled “Rock in Peace II”….as a joke. There never was a “Rock in Peace I” episode. The “Numbering” jokes would continue….

2008-11-29 Venom Nation Radio Show airs it’s 30th Episode.

2008-12-06 The 2008 “Year In Review Episode I

2008-12-13 The 2008 “Year In Review Episode II

2008-12-20 The 2008 “Year In Review Episode III

2008-12-27 The 2008 “Year In Review Episode IV

December 31, 2008 Steve joins Rock, John Silvers, Jim van Johns, & “The Moose” on “The Rock and John New Years Eve Bash”. The show is live, and counts down each time zone’s New Year. It also features “Pirate TV”.