User:Hamandcheese73/The Half Italian Hour

The Half Italian Hour is an hour long weekly radio broadcast on WCPR Castle Point Radio, a station located on the campus of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. The show airs from midnight to 1AM EST on Thursday nights, and is mainly a talk radio program with various songs mixed in intermitently throughout the course of the show. The show began with its inaugural episode on September 10th, 2009, and is hosted by two students, known only as Lou and Andrew, who both attend the school, although other weekly guests are a usual occurence. It is also a feedback oriented show, where listeners are enocuraged to call in and comment on the topics at hand, or bring up completely original topics for the panel to discuss. Due to this, the show tends to leap from one topic to the next very quickly. The show is named because both of the hosts are of 50% Italian heritage. The slogan of the program, as stated each time the name of the show is mentioned, is "That's half on the Italian, not the hour."

Breakdown
Every show begins with a portion of the song "That's Amore" performed by Dean Martin which is gradually faded out into the hosts' voices. A welcome, recap of the previous show, and any updates on previous topics are then presented. New topics, usually consisting of quirky news stories are then brought up and discussed in a comical manner. Next one or more weekly segments is performed. After this, a unique topic to the week is presented, consisting or anything from new bands to urban legends. Throughout this process callers are encouraged to call in and comment on the existing topic or present new topics themselves. At the end of every show, the hosts sign off fading into a recording of Frank Sinatra's "Theme from New York, New York".

Segments
There are several recurring segments that take place throughout the episodes:

Stump the Italian

This segment entails a random question of Italian background being asked to the show's resident expert Italian. The question topics can range from movies, to history, to customs, and beyond. Listeners are also encouraged to call in and try to stump the Italian themselves.

Goomba or Bust

This segment involves the drawing of a random celebrity name. Each member of the panel must deceide if that celebrity is at least one-quarter Italian. A point is awarded to each panelist for every correct answer.

D-Blaze Update

This segment consists of an affiliate of the show, known only as "D-Blaze", who is not present in the studio, calling in and giving an update on his weekly events and happenings, which usually consist of impressive feats or interesting stories.

Recurring Gags

 * Pronouncing words, especially non-english words, incorrectly.


 * Random transitions into a discussion about the Back to the Future Trilogy.


 * Calls from an anonymous listener known simply as "Nik".

Other Links

 * WCPR Website