Posted on 01/09/2006 11:55:50 AM PST by wichita_lineman
Howard Stern began his new satellite radio show on Monday by putting to rest rumors that he got married to his longtime girlfriend, model Beth Ostrosky _ in a comment complete with a federally banned expletive.
"I am not married. It's a nice feeling that we get along great. We're very happy and I don't want to (blank) it up," said Stern, who is finally free of government decency laws on Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
Stern has promised everything from stripper poles to live sex on his new show.
But he used only a moderate amount of swearing and said his show was more about ideas, not the use of the f-word. Cursing, he said, would be part of the natural progression of speech.
"I feel this is a culmination of dreams for me," Stern said in an on- air news conference.
"The only limit is our mind," he said.
At the time his October 2004 deal with Sirius was announced, the company said it could be worth up to $500 million over five years to headline two Sirius channels.
Stern broadcast his last FM radio show on Dec. 16 as thousands of fans gathered outside his New York City studio.
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Stern is pond scum
Someone please explain to me why stripper poles on a radio show is a good idea...
Same reason Edgar Bergin and Charlie McCarthy were a hit...Theatre of the mind...
I won't be tuned in, I couldn't imagine a more BORING radio show.
I just got an XM radio. Love it.
It has its moments. But for someone doing interviews and making an ass of themselves give me Ali G. any day.
Amen! I just can't imagine why so many people give this nut so much attention. He's just a dirty old man with a potty mouth.
He panders to the lowest common denominator of society
"'The only limit is our mind,' he said."
That should last for two minutes...
And Stern can take something interesting and turn it into mind-numbing boredom. It's such mindless, predictable drivel that it might make a good sleeping aid were his voice not so annoying.
Sirius is putting all their eggs in Stern's basket, meanwhile they're going to lose a ton of Fox News fans like me because they couldn't shell out some pocket change to re-sign Fox News, they were too busy buying stripper polls for Sterns show.
Note the breathless tone. Finally! The age of FCC fascism is OVER!!!
We learned from the McCain-Finegold fiasco: The Founding Fathers wanted to protect the "F" word and virtual kiddie porn, not political discourse.
Stern has promised ... live sex on his new show.
Finally: A way for people to get access to porn. Because smut is so hard to find these days.
For me, Stern was funny when he was on WNBC. On WXRK, he became rather monotonous. His moving to Satellite Radio will propably lead to a few more Sirius radios being sold but for most people, it's equal to him moving to Shortwave or 8-Track. Don't have it, don't need it and so few people you know have it, you're not likely to be able to sample it.The "cost" the listener pays to hear over-the-air content is having the commercials foot the bill...a necessary evil BUT you get the chance to hear all kinds of content for free. Other than the initial nominal investment in equipment, there is no continued monetary commitment apart from the electricity needed to run the device (and if you're willing to hand-crank it or solar power it, there are radios that essentially run for free).
Howard is going to have a lot of difficulty making any kind of news and attracting new listeners. Teenagers aren't likely to have the cash for satellite radio after they pay their cell phone bills and buy new Playstation/Xbox games.
His run-ins with management and the FCC were the best form of advertising he could have dreamed up but toward the end, it was more "who cares? more of the same" than anything.
Howard's on Satellite? For most of us, he may as well be on Neptune. If you're happier with him on satellite because you're getting "Howard Untamed", more power to you.Just don't get indignant with us who either don't care or didn't notice.
Pond scum must have some sort of biological value.
barf alert. Just because it's on satellite doesn't mean there shouldnt be some decency standards that must be met. The First Amendment was not meant to protect filth.
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