New Platform Launching Soon…sooner than you think :)
It has been years (Yes YEARS) in Top Secret Product Development. to custom design and code a Place for the Ham radio to really its own. the little engine that can (the Ham Radio show) finally has a site (with native apps, skills on the way) that Can!
What is it? Â
Well, I (Nick) am calling the platform “DemandTheHam” . not an official name for it. powers the website you will see when going to hamradioshow.com in your pc and mobile browsers, a complete overhaul of everything tech wise with our digital presence, made it lightweight, Fast. Like as fast your device can go! running on the latest tech. with more functionality on the way.
Can I download episodes of the show?Â
Of course, a nifty little button that says “download” on all episode pages, not downloaded to be contained in application. I mean download to wherever you want.
Update on New Platform (Its GOOD News)!
Been a bit radio silence for about half a year. been glued to the laptop or phone screen (got to work elsewhere so the developing has to go with me!)Â Its the most ambitious projects I’ve worked on to bring together
The New Platform “DemandTheHAM” as I am calling it right now is completely custom designed from the ground up….literally everything has been rebuilt, Â It is time to show The Ham Radio is not your average radio show or podcast you can find anywhere.
-  ditched WordPress, it served us well. but after awhile the heavy load of the wordpress cms needs to go. What does it mean? Oh new platform is faster, compacter (smaller in size)…. as fast your pc, tablet or phone is!
- Listen Anywhere, Anyway: not only just the new platform. The Show is of course on every service we can get it on, rest assured you find it all on the new platform too (+ there’s stuff the other platforms complain about) . GOOM Radio to the Latest Episode. But not only other streaming services will have . DemandTheHAM is expending its own reach and on par with all the big guys.
- Live 24/7 Station: Yes All HAM all the time. inspired from The Ham 24/7 Days. Its Everything, From Alexis Ford taking a vuvuzela in the box to Zach Sang getting his (our) office…Defiled, Streaming around the clock, plus so much more functionality with the platform on all connected devices!
If you wondering if you can still download the episodes? YES. even A neat little handy button that says download 🙂
Oh, and FREE
Tons of New Things in The Works!
Finally Summer is ahead, by no means is it vacation for me! lots of new developments in tech industry have me excited and will really further the Web/Social and Device Presence of The Ham Radio Show.  The foundation that has been laid so far is continuing in to be built on. it looks like things have been rather halted. I’ve been going though the strategy of developing of new stuff among the other stuff I’ve already rolled out, it has never been forgotten.
- Â Our Alexa Skill is going to finally get out of BETA and going to be a amazing route to consume your Ham Radio content by just saying it to Alexa (and also other devices)
- Our Website is getting not only to a sexy makeover , but its getting some work…underneath… if you know what I mean, faster, compact (so you take it with you wherever you go!)Â certain executives would definitely invite this into their office!
And that’s for starters (along the many other things)…  Its time for The Ham Radio Show to show that we are the little engine that can and we will get over that hill once again. these new improvements along with the other things in the works will definitely get you Demanding The Ham!
Oh and Tell SiriusXM you want the Ham… Uncle Eddie would be eternally grateful 🙂
Nick Mahler Memorial service information
The family has shared the following information:
The Memorial Service for my amazing brother Nick Mahler will be held
March 11th
10:30am
Axe Memorial United Methodist
1700 W Kingsley Rd
Garland, TX 75041
A catered reception will follow in the Fellowship Hall or McGee Hall. All are welcome and invited to attend. This will be a wonderful time for fellowship.
We request no one wear all black. He was all about rocking the fun and fabulous! He loved America and the flag almost as much as I do. LOL
Any cards, flowers, tributes can be mailed to the Mahler Manor (Nick’s name for it)
1414 Eastedge Dr
Wylie, TX 75098
We are currently putting together a fundraiser to help other FOP people with transportation issues. We want something beneficial to come from our tragic loss. Nick was always about helping others as much as he could.
Fly high SuperNick!
Nick “Crooked Cowboy” Mahler was a guest that appeared many times on the show, promoting his business , Dallas adult novelty. He was a friend off the air with the crew…
To avoid confusion, this is not Nick the Stalker who works on Ham Radio show in case your confused
DemandTheHAM on Google Assistant
With The Announcement of Google sun-settng the “conversational actions” (which is what the upcoming DemandTheHAM service on Assistant was created using) in June 2023. DemandTheHam will not be available on Google Assistant for the foreseeable future, there is a future on Google assistant with DemandTheHAM, redevelopment and restructuring of the service for the platform is on going.Â
Google looks to be streamlining assistant into an apps intergration. so we are looking into many options,  For now. You can access The Ham Radio Show via Google Podcast app and cast it to your Google Assistant or Spotify
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The Ham Radio Show w/ ConvoWorks
Exciting News for fall and into 2023 at Ham Radio Show.
Ever since I got my hands on an Amazon Echo, my first thought is “I want the Ham radio show to play out of this 😊”. After numerous trial and errors with skill development (my tech skills were primarily web and server development, not software engineering 😆) , The task ahead was going to be very complex. This skill couldn’t be just your usual run of the mill thousands of Podcast skills on Alexa/ Google assistant, this skill will have to be one of a kind..All Episode and bits like the Alexis ford segment all available just by saying “Alexa, play the Alexis ford segment on the Ham radio show”. A tall order. But a challenge accepted. Tagging in ConvoWorks to help link Hamradioshow.com to Alexa and Google assistant it will be become a reality for another avenue to get your Ham!
Stay tuned, just one of the many things in the pipeline for the Ham radio show.
Update on Project: DemandTheHam!
Been awhile since I last updated on Project: DemandTheHam!
The Alexa skill is almost ready to submit to Amazon, but before I can do that, I wanted for the Show crew and fans to test out things before it goes live on Alexa devices!
The Google assistant version is still coming along, both versions will have nearly the same navigation by voice, however it’s not simple as copying the code from Alexa and paste it to google assistant. It’s a bit of a different process to do get the same thing done so it’s taking time to get it to work exactly the same on both!
The features in skill so far allow you to:
- Search though the entire show catalog (all the episodes you can find on this site, it’s available!)
- Hear the Alexis Ford segment (soon watch!)
- Ask Alexa/assistant about the show, staff, pretty much whatever you find out on the site. Find out how much they know their H.A.M!
- Call the show
- Listen to the live broadcast
And more features to come!
“Demand The Ham” ( or whatever is decided to be called later)
Been worked on alongside website during the course of the pandemic is a voice-based service for your Alexa and Google assistant based devices and apps that allows access to the entire ham radio show archives by voice. While most of the podcast skills I’ve come across can just play the podcasts by playlist type of experience. you can hear the latest episode and then you could play the next episodes down the list and so on and so on. what sucks about that is if you want to hear a episode all the way from 2011 or 2009. You could be saying next about 400 times until you get that episode…. SCREW THAT!
Our archives are served to iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Podcasts. However like the experience with Spotify (they complained about the content in a episode that they themselves cached and we had deleted in our system beforehand, then they threw a complaint about the content of an episode we no longer in the archives…. lets not get off topic here). it reinforced the need for a Ham Radio show controlled platform in which to serve our content to the ham radio show universe! and I don’t want to half-ass our distribution strategy with only offering the show to other platforms and doing a bare-minimum voice skill just playing down the RSS feed entries.  I wanted to ensure what you have available on the show website is available to Alexa, google assistant, and more voice assistants that crop up in the future that can be plugged into, no matter region or streaming service availability for your area. Demand The Ham will be available where you are ( even from mars!)
heres the proof of concept as a work in progress (as in the damn thing is buggy, but it does what its supposed to do, soon to come with more features to be rolled out at launch!):
