On the wall above a table full of radio equipment are various banners and posters plastered with everything from Sobe energy drink ads to computer hacking jokes.

This setup is interesting because it reflects on the stereotypical audience for ISU student Richard Lech’s radio love advice program “Geek Love Radio.”

Microphones, headphones, computers, speakers, amplifiers and Lech’s gear from his days as a DJ take up space in the back corner of the living room across from the comfortable couch and a recliner.

It is from this near-spotless living room that Lech, junior in graphic design, and his counterpart, Adam Struve, junior in art and design, advise people on the dos and don’ts of dating and love.

From 9:30 to 11 p.m. each Monday, Lech and Struve hit the Internet broadcast waves via Rant Radio and Spin FM to answer those probing questions about the opposite gender that have left many guys and girls helpless and dumbfounded beyond comprehension.

Lech says he and Struve have dated enough to be able to give sound advice on a variety of topics — first date tips, 10 games women play with men, romantic ideas to impress your significant other and effective communication techniques, just to name a few.

Each show has a main topic and a few sub-topics. Listeners can e-mail or instant message any and every question that pertains to the night’s topic.

“Every day, I have at least some person call me and ask me for advice,” Lech says. “We wanted to create something, so we said, ‘Well, let’s make a radio show.'”

One of the most common questions is where to go on a first date; Lech and Struve say the answer depends on the season and an individual’s personality.

“We talk about how it depends on the kind of person you are and the person that you are interested in,” he says.

“We did October dates. What would be a good date? Go to a haunted house or haunted hay rack ride.”

Lech defines the difference between a good first date and bad first date by the activities.

“Whatever people say, movies are not good first dates,” he says. “You never talk to the person. You just sit there next to the person and you don’t get to know the person.”

The success or failure of certain first dates, Lech says, ultimately depends on the person you are going on the date with.

“I could take a date out to a musical or something, like a Broadway show,” he says. “If she doesn’t like Broadway shows, it’s going to be a bad date. It’s kind of up in the air.”

For Lech and Struve, vigorous consumption of pizza and throwing down cash on arcade games in the popular kid hangout Chuck E. Cheese’s is a childish, yet fun and enjoyable first date.

“That’s where I’m going tonight,” Lech says.

He says the girl he has a date with is a stranger he met online through research on online love and dating Web sites.

“You can sign up and put a profile online and meet people through the profile,” he says. “I went to about six different sites and made profiles. And I started getting tons of e-mails from girls.”

Struve says he had some skeptical responses when he told people about his Internet dating experience, but says he doesn’t mind dating that way.

It can be a bad experience, though, since it’s impossible to tell whether the other person is telling the truth about who he or she is.

Lech’s worst first date, he says, was a blind date; he shares his experience during the show.

“I took this girl out to eat and she ordered so much food,” he says.

“I ordered a salad and she ordered a steak and she was like a man-beast. She scarfed the steak down so fast. It was like the worst date ever ’cause she wouldn’t talk.”

Lech says it’s a good idea to set a budget, which will help the guy or girl prevent themselves from shelling out lots of cash for dinner and an amusement park, only to have their date split immediately after they enter the gate.