Super Alpha Bonus Club / Overdose
The Super Alpha Bonus Club, or "SABC" (pronounced "sab-see"), is the official member fan club of NLO launched in March 2006. Joining the SABC allows the listener to download movies (often filmed before or after regular shows but sometimes focus on the goings on outside of the show), pictures, bonus audio and also allows access to the SABC forums where only other SABC members can post and are hidden from the view of non-SABC members.
The pricing plan for the SABC is $10 a month or $100 for a yearly subscription.
Since the arrival of the newly designed NLO Store, the store contains SABC gift packages that listeners can buy for other people.
During the 2 weeks leading up to St.Patrick's Day in 2008, there was a special offer available to purchase a 1 year subscription for only $60, and continue to pay $60 for each year until the person canceled their subscription. This offer was based around St.Patrick's Day due to a tie in with the name of the host, Patrick Melton.
Near the end of March 2009 Patrick announced that as of April 1, 2009 the SABC would no longer exist and would be replaced with a newer, bigger, and better fan club that was yet to be named. Those who were currently SABC members would continue to be referred to as such beyond the clubs dismantling. They would wear the title proudly in the future of NLO. Although this never happened as originally planned.
Patrick later revealed that he still planned on changing the SABC name, as well as how it operated. The new fan club would be entitled "Overdose" and would permanently replace the SABC, although you could keep your SABC title on the forums if you signed up before the introduction of the new club. It was due to open in March 2010 (four years after the launch of the SABC). On top of the regular bonus content, members of Overdose would also receive two extra shows per week via a secure RSS feed, bringing the weekly show count up to five instead of the publicly available three. Overdose eventually launched in December 2011, and has gone on to trump the SABC in both content and membership count.
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