GoDaddy.com
Launches“Radio Go Daddy” [May 25,
2005]
Groundbreaking
Radio Show Hosted by a Leading Internet CEO available
via Internet, Satellite Radio & Podcast
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (May 25, 2005) – The Go Daddy
Group, Inc., parent company of GoDaddy.com, the No.
1 registrar of domain names worldwide, announced today
the launch of its newest venture, Radio Go Daddy, www.radiogodaddy.com.
Broadcast LIVE every Wednesday night at 7 pm (PST)/
10 pm (EST) via the Internet and over Sirius and XM
Satellite Radio stations (as well as select AM stations),
Radio Go Daddy is hosted by Bob Parsons, president and
founder of Go Daddy. This is the first-ever LIVE radio
show hosted by a leading Internet CEO that is available
via Internet, Satellite Radio and podcast. It broadcasts
from a brand new, state-of-the-art radio studio located
at Go Daddy’s Scottsdale headquarters, and is
presented during the first hour of ‘The David
Lawrence Show.’
Radio Go Daddy features live podcast segments available
exclusively to those who listen via the Internet stream
at www.radiogodaddy.com. The “Strange Domains”
segment features different and unusual domains and websites,
each of which is awarded the Radio Go Daddy “Strange
Domains” seal; and “Best of the Blog”
features reader commentary posted to Bob Parsons’
blog (www.bobparsons.com).
All podcast segments are live, uncensored and unedited,
and take place during the mandatory commercial breaks
that exist during the Sirius and XM Satellite Radio
broadcasts of the show.
To date, Radio Go Daddy has tackled numerous topics,
including, phishing, Internet predators, cell phone
viruses and online privacy rights. Several guests have
appeared on Radio Go Daddy, including “hacker
turned good-guy” Kevin Mitnick, author of the
best selling book, “The Art of Deception”
and the recent, “The Art of Intrusion.”
Radio Go Daddy has also taken to the road, having broadcast
LIVE from Denver during filming of Go Daddy’s
newest commercials (www.godaddy.com/gdshop/superbowl05/landing.asp)
and tonight, from the international Domain Roundtable
conference in Seattle (www.domainroundtable.com).
Detailed
descriptions of prior shows can be found at www.radiogodaddy.com,
together with free downloads to iPODs, MP3 players and
personal computers. Transcripts are also available for
download, free of charge.
The show is co-produced by Bob Parsons and long time
radio presence David Lawrence of ‘The David Lawrence
Show.’ According to Lawrence, “The delivery
of this show is an affirmation of the whole ‘Pod
Casting’ community. It’s groundbreaking
in that there hasn’t been a ‘live broadcast
to PodCast’ show, backed by an Internet company
of Go Daddy’s caliber, and featuring a prominent
industry personality as Bob Parsons.”
“People have questioned why we would want to move
into radio,” added Parsons. “But when you
think about it, moving into radio is a natural progression
from the blog I started late last year. The whole idea
behind the blog was to create a forum to discuss important
issues impacting technology and the Internet, open up
additional lines of communication between Go Daddy and
its customers, and to have some fun. I see Radio Go
Daddy as being yet another communication medium for
accomplishing these goals.”
About
The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
The Go Daddy Group is the world's No. 1 domain name
registrar both in terms of new registrations and domains
under management. The Go Daddy Group enables individuals
and businesses to acquire, create and safeguard their
unique identities and brands on the Internet by offering
a complete line of web development tools, including
domain name registration, hosting, email systems, SSL
certificates and complementary products and services.
The Go Daddy Group includes three ICANN-accredited domain
name registrars: flagship registrar GoDaddy.com (www.GoDaddy.com),
membership-based registrar Blue Razor Domains, Inc.
(www.bluerazor.com),
and reseller registrar Wild West Domains, Inc. (www.wildwestdomains.com).
The Go Daddy Group also offers private domain name registration
services through Domains By Proxy, Inc. (www.domainsbyproxy.com),
as well as SSL Certificates through its SSL Certificate
Authority, Starfield Technologies, Inc. (www.starfieldtech.com).
The Go Daddy Group registers a new domain name every
6 seconds.
Contact:
Nick Fuller
Communications Manager
480.505.8800 ext. 4435
nfuller@godaddy.com
|
