Ellington radio was founded in Virgo 207 AU shortly after Ellington graduated from Flight School and it has produced quality shows ever since. However, the first show was almost the last. Ellington described the founding of the ERN as "part joke, part something I always wanted to do, and partly a service that seemed to need doing. There just wasn't any real central news agency." Fortunately for the rest of Skytopia, the joke part wore off and Ellington began his newfound career in radio. He also commented, in the way only Ellington can, that, "Its fun using airspace that isn't mine to do a show. Plus, it appeals to my ego. It IS named Ellington Radio, after all. And I still occasionally use it as a personal soapbox.