WTPT - Pokémon Radio
| WTPT - Pokémon Radio The Pallet Tribune | |
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| "Stay out of the Tall Grass!" | |
 WTPT's last podcast art, with a banner that has the name of its site and an illustration of Ho-Oh on it. A dark blue radio tower is transmitting signals in the background. | |
| Language | English |
| Status | Unofficially ended/On hiatus (podcast) Active (website) |
| Run | July 2007 - October 2010 (podcast, last published episode) Present (website) |
| Date opened | July 3, 2007 (podcast's debut episode, website as The Pokémon Times) November 2008 (website changed and renamed to The Pallet Tribune) |
| Date closed | October 31, 2010 (Podcast's last published episode, the "penultimate" episode.) March 2, 2011 (Last blog post on site; the website itself and its forums are still active.) |
| Reason | Was supposed to be fully stated in a final episode; one of the reasons was that KC was told by his employer, after they found out about him being in WTPT, to stop participating in the podcast as it was considered breaching his contract.1 |
| Creator | Joseph Romano and Keith C. Smith, a.k.a. "Jowy" and "KC" |
| Forum | The Pallet Tribune Forums |
| Mascot | Ho-Oh |
| Website | The Pallet Tribune website Podcast feed links: Podcast RSS feed  
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WTPT - Pokémon Radio was a Pokémon-focused podcast hosted by long-time Pokémon fans from Brooklyn, New York, Joseph "Jowy" Romano and Keith C. "KC" Smith. It originally debuted on July 3, 2007 and it is available on iTunes, Zune, and other podcast directories. It was usually released once a week. 'W' is the first letter used in the call letters for United States radio stations east of the Mississippi River and "TPT" stands for "The Pallet Tribune" (originally called "The Pokémon Times"), which is also the name of the website that hosts the podcast. The site's features include news, fan art, blogs, and a chat room.
On their Halloween Special 2010 episode, the podcast announced that it was going to end by saying that the Halloween Special was the penultimate episode and that full details on why they're ending it will come in their final episode. This news came after KC announced that he was going to leave the show for job-related issues (which were further described in the Halloween Special) near the end of the podcast episode that focused on banned anime episodes, and after releasing a 4.0 version of their site back in August and having released only four episodes in the year 2010 prior to their blog entry about TPT 4.0. They have yet to release their "final" episode as of October 8, 2011, almost one year since their last episode.
It was the most popular Pokémon podcast during its three-year run, having taken the top Pokémon podcast spot from Bulbagarden's own Bulbacast, which stopped producing new episodes the same year that WTPT debuted and later made a failed revival attempt in 2009. (Bulbacast resumed weekly episode production again in 2011.) After WTPT ended in 2010, another podcast that debuted the same year, PKMNcast.com's It's Super Effective, has since taken the top Pokémon podcast spot on both iTunes and Zune.
Podcast
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WTPT - Pokémon Radio was the podcast of the Pallet Tribune website. It used to be updated approximately every two weeks.
Hosts
KC and Jowy have appeared on other video game podcasts including MyGamer.com's Radcast Audio Blast and Gamestation Radio. Both hosts have journalism backgrounds: KC has a degree in journalism and Jowy was the Executive Editor of his college newspaper.
Site
The Pallet Tribune is the homepage of WTPT. On the right there is a navigation menu that leads to the TPT forums, Oekaki, Chat Rooms, Competitions, store, donation button, Twitter feed, and an RSS feed of the Latest Videos. At the top are links to the site's login and about pages, the Pallet Tribune's Twitter account, and the site's RSS news feed, as well as a search bar to search within the Pallet Tribune's site.
News
The news is updated periodically and keeps listeners updated in the world of Pokémon. They can deal with any topic relating to Pokémon, including contest results, special events, and inside info.
Feature Articles
The News section of WTPT includes some user and staff-made recurring articles.
Livre do Mestre
Livre do Mestre was Jowy's personal Pokémon-related blog.
KC's Log
Much like Livre do Mestre, KC's Log was KC's personal Pokémon-related blog.
The Tall Grass
Run by moderator BigRedLax, this weekly-updated webcomic features Pokémon humor. The name derives from KC's closing catchphrase at the end of every podcast: "Stay out of the Tall Grass!"
Ask Annie
Ask Annie was a question-based feature article run by Annie. Users would send usually non-serious questions to her, and she picked her favorites and answered them.
TCG Top Ten
This is a recurring article made by WaterRangerLara about the Pokémon TCG. It goes into depth about the top ten cards from certain sets, such as Base Set, Fossil, or the "Neo" sets.
- First article, talks about the top ten trainer cards from sets 1-3.
- Second article, talks about the top ten cards from the Neo sets.
Countdown to Platinum
Countdown to Platinum was a set of three articles made by Ducky-von-Karma in the weeks before Pokémon Platinum came out, detailing known information in a humorous way.
- Article One, WiFi, detailed new features of online play.
- Article Two, WiFi Plaza, overviewed the Wifi Plaza and its features.
- Article Three, Characters and Setting, discussed the changes ion character design ond changes within Sinnoh from DP to Platinum.
Chatting
On "TPT", there are three forms of chatting. The first one is called "Chat Rooms", running on the Ajax Open Source Web Chat. Here fans can type to other people live and send them messages, smilies (themed as different Pokémon), and surprises. Here is where many people make new friends to talk to, battle, and become friends with. The second form of chatting is the "WTPT Live", where fans can talk to people live using microphones and cameras. Through this, they can actually see and hear who they are talking to. WTPT Live is currently being reworked. The third and final form of chatting is the TPT forums.
Forums
The Pallet Tribune added a vBulletin forums system when the site was upgraded to TPT 2.0. Here, members can make an post on threads about various topics about things relating to the forums, Pokémon, and pretty much anything else.
Competitions
WTPT has a variety of competitions. Its most major one, called the WTPTC, is usually held quarterly. Occasionally, additional tournaments are also hosted, such as one on TPT Day, the anniversary of WTPT's creation. Another form of competitions on TPT is ladders. In these ladders members can battle one another to get points, and everyone is ranked against each other by points, the top person receiving a digital medal. There are currently five ladders on TPT:
- The Ally Cup
- This is a ladder for 4 vs. 4 double battles in DPPt. It is currently in its first season, or reset in member points for the specific ladder.
- The Brawl Cup
- This is a ladder for fights in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It is in its first season.
- The Sippy Cup
- This is a ladder for lvl 1, unevolved baby Pokémon battles. It is in its second season.
- The Unown Cup
- This is a ladder for the lvl 100 UU side of Pokémon battling. It is in its second season.
- The Ho-Oh Cup
- This is a standard OU lvl 100 ladder. It is in its second season.
Staff
- Jowy
- Main host of WTPT and an administrator on the forums.
- KC
- Co-host of WTPT and an administrator on the forums.
- Justin V.
- Creator of the current version of WTPT and manager of the forums and main website. Also an administrator on the forums.
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