Wednesday, January 25th

10am – Trek Mate
12pm – The Gamma Quadrant
1pm – ST Excelsior
2pm – Captain’s Table
6pm – Random Teleporter Malfunction
9pm – DJ Eshu
12am – Amok Time

*All times are US Eastern*

On Tuesday, January 17th, Star Trek Online will be officially free-to-play!

In celebration of the launch, Massively and Trek Radio will be joining Cryptic Studios in welcoming all new and veteran captains. The team is hosting several fun events ranging from costume and trivia events to livestreamed character creation tutorials and dance parties!

In addition to the great prizes awarded all week during Trek Radio’s broadcast, you can win up to 5000 STO Promotional Points from Cryptic and Massively! Trek Radio’s costume contest and the dance contest with Subspace-Radio will be livestreamed on Trek Radio TV for 3 hours beginning at 2:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m. PST). All other livestreamed events can be viewed during and after the launch party on Massively’s Twitch channel. Join the “trekradio.net” and “F2PLaunchParty” chat channels in-game.

Please join Massively’s columnist Terilynn Shull, STO’s Community Manager Brandon Felczer, and all the Trek Radio DJs as they stream their way through the fun. The festivities begin on Tuesday, so check out the official schedule of events below.

The staff at Trek Radio are pulling out all the stops to make Star Trek Online’s Free-to-Play launch an exciting one for veteran and new players alike. Trek Radio DJs will be hosting on-air and in-game contests throughout the week (Tues-Sat) such as trivia, PVP, etc. Lucky listeners will have a chance to win any of the following great prizes including Cryptic points, energy credits, rare in-game loot and much more. Squeeeeee!!!

The Captain’s Table kicks off the celebration with your morning dose of trivia and tribble hunts on Tuesday and Wednesday. Timewarp DJ and Nydra will be giving away 1 million energy credits per day. Mwuhahaha (*said in the best Dr. Evil voice*)

Additionally, PodcastUGC will be announcing the winner of their Foundry contest live on-air Tuesday evening at 6pm PST/9pm EST/2am GMT. The winner will walk away with a rare and coveted Jem’Hadar ship. The deadline for submitting your Foundry Mission into the contest is 11:59PM PST on Sunday, the 15th of January.

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10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Should old acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot
And auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet
For auld lang syne, for auld lang syne

Yeah, I don’t know what all of that means, but I kinda like the part about kindness. 2011 has been kind to us. In fact, it has been a banner year for Trek Radio. We celebrated the first of what will be many anniversaries. We traveled the globe, from Dusseldorf to Las Vegas, to bring you the best, hands-on coverage of all the latest and greatest Star Trek and Sci-Fi inspired events.

We have brought the Legends to your doorstep. We were honored this year to speak with the likes of Scott Bakula, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Doug Drexler, Larry Nemecek, David Mack, Rick Sternbach, Rod Roddenberry, Richard Hatch, Dan Stahl,… (read more...)

“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.” - Dr. Seuss

As the Holiday Season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and on those who have helped to shape our station in a most significant way. Whether our staff, our listeners, donators, or friends – we value our relationship with you and look forward to working with you in the year to come. We wish you a very happy Holiday Season and New Year.

May you truly live long and prosper in 2012.

Brandon Felczer of Cryptic Studios will be joining Trek Radio later today during the latest PVP event which he is hosting for STO players!

The event begins at 8pm GMT / noon PST / 3pm EST.   Here are the plans from Brandon himself:

Let’s plan to meet on Drozana station then and we’ll queue up for public matches. Feel free to come in whichever ship/ class you would like, on either faction. We’ll try and do 30 minutes of space and 30 minutes of ground. Please join Zone chat, the OrganizedPvP channel or the REDALERT channel to see any communication/ instructions from myself.

Brandon will be on air with us throughout the event, so you can tune into Trek Radio for live coverage of the event, commentary from Brandon and much more!

The awesome king of epic-ness and general genius Doug Drexler is returning to Trek Radio this weekend on Saturday 17th December at 11am PST to get us caught up on what he has been up to this year, discuss upcoming ship of the line calendars, his involvement in the TNG Remastering Projects and much more!

Trek Radio has interviewed Drexler two times previously, in December 2010 and January 2011 and his return this weekend will be his third epic appearence.

If you have any questions for Doug Drexler, you can e-mail them in advance to zach@startrekradio.com or if you would prefer to ask your question live, you can join our IRC Chatroom during the interview, call your question into our hotline on 347-321-8955 (New York Based Line) or add us on Skype (hailing.frequency).

The interview will begin at 11am PST (2pm EST, 7pm GMT) sharp, so be sure to tell all of your friends about this and tune in!

You can check out some of Doug’s latest work on his blog at http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/

Earlier this year, Trek Radio attended FedConXX in Dusseldorf, Germany – a fantastic convention where we had the chance to meet alot of great folks!

8 months later, and the official FedConXX DVD is almost ready for release and in preparation for this, IntexDigital have released a couple of promo videos, one of which features Trek Radio in a couple of spots – you can see the video here – Trek Radio can be seen at 1:09, 1:15, and most awesomley at 2:00 – 2:05 where I can be seen chatting with Marina Sirtis and shaking her hand after she roasted me in the press conferance!

To commemorate our awesome FedConXX experience, we are releasing this new audio file where you can hear all of Trek Radio’s notable appearences – during the segment, we chat with Nicole de Boer, Garret Wang, Richard Dean Anderson, Marina Sirtis, Scott Bakula and more!  Get this file in our on-demand section or by listening below: clicking right here!

In addition, we are releasing a previously un-released interview with did… (read more...)

Yes!!! Daniel Stahl, ex-Executive Producer at Cryptic Studios has posted on the Celebrate Season 5 topic on the STO forums saying “Congrats to the STO Team for all their hard work to get Season 5 live!” But the question, why is he posting as a DEV? Is Dstahl back?

The short answer is….. Yes, our beloved Danny boy is back!

Daniel’s tenure at Cryptic Studios ended in September of this year. He was recruited by Zynga Game Network as Executive Producer involved in the pre-production of a yet to be announced Zynga titles. According to LinkedIn.com, that all ended in December. But that’s not all…confirmation was made on his personal Facebook page when a friend noticed a status change to his job title. The following comment was posted by Stahl on his wall in response:

“I missed the Cryptic Family. Excited to be back working on MMOs. You should come back too! ”

Interestingly, his Facebook page lists his position as Sr. Producer. So what does this mean? Just moment ago, he… (read more...)

The documentary, which airs tonight as a two-hour special on the Science Channel , explores “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry’s vision and its impact on viewers’ lives over the last 45 years. The film is produced and narrated through the eyes of his son Eugene Roddenberry Jr., who has been on a quest to know his father since he passed away when Rod was only 17 years old.

Among those interviewed for the film include J.J. Abrams, Ron D. Moore, George Lucas, Nichelle Nichols, Patrick Stewart, Wil Wheaton, and Seth MacFarlane.

Everyone’s talking about Roddenberry’s Trek Nation!!! Read what people are saying…

“All hail Gene Roddenberry! Honored to be a part of the @ScienceChannel’s #Trek Nation” – Nichelle Nichols (@RealNichelle)

“Trek Nation may be one of the most lovingly crafted documentaries I have ever seen, concerning ‘Star Trek’ or any fan base.” – Ashley Strickland (CNN)

“I love the idea that we do have this belief in a future where we are working together for the greater good and that makes me so proud… (read more...)

Today in addition to being thankful for our friends and family, Trek fans can also give thanks for some recent good news in the world of Star Trek. We finally have movement on the next Star Trek film, which goes into production in two months and has an actual release date: May 17, 2013. We also have recently learned that Star Trek: The Next Generation is going to be released in HD on Blu-ray, starting with a sample pack in early 2012. And of course there are new Trek books, new Trek comics and lots of Trek stuff to keep us occupied. At 45 years old, the Trek franchise is still giving us more.

The future history of Star Trek introduced us to many new holidays, like the Federation’s First Contact Day, the Klingon Day of Honor and the Bajoran Gratitude Festival. Although Thanksgiving is an American holiday, the spirit of giving thanks in appreciation for what we are blessed with is one that fits well with Star Trek. Star Trek has always celebrated different cultures coming together and… (read more...)