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Howard's End? (One strike and Stern's out)
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| 12/23/04
| Krysten Crawford
Posted on 12/25/2004 5:20:14 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: wolfpat
I can't figure why people listen to Howard. I got tired of his kind of humor when I was 10.Howard should just go away. His soul is in deep need of some work.
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posted on
12/25/2004 5:51:11 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
(A man who says he can see through women is missing a lot.)
To: raccoonradio
Wasn't the film Private Parts about Stern?
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posted on
12/25/2004 5:53:36 AM PST
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(Chemical Ali - I hope you choke on a turkey bone.)
To: fuzzycat
"Outlaw Country" is one of my favorite (Internet) stations.
Kinky Friedman, Jean Shepherd, The Flying Burrito Bros., Johnny Cash, inter alia, are the only musicians that are worth listening to, in my opinion.
The only "recent" group that makes music worth listening to is Presidents of the United States.
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posted on
12/25/2004 5:54:28 AM PST
by
Do not dub me shapka broham
(Why did it take me so long to come up with a new tag-line, huh?! What's up with that?)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
Actually, it was written by him.
It was-essentially-a biopic, starring Howard and his friends/colleagues.
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posted on
12/25/2004 5:55:21 AM PST
by
Do not dub me shapka broham
(Why did it take me so long to come up with a new tag-line, huh?! What's up with that?)
To: Tijeras_Slim
"Rap would be an improvement."OUCH! ;)
You have 10 seconds to lower that obscene speaker system or you will be vaporized!
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posted on
12/25/2004 5:58:31 AM PST
by
G.Mason
("Liberty means responsibility. That’s why most men dread it". — George Bernard Shaw)
To: raccoonradio
From the article:
"Listeners won't know what Stern plans to do until Jan. 3, when he returns from vacation."
At the rate Stern is going, I wouldn't be surprised he does something that will get him kicked off Infinity Broadcasting in no time flat.
To: G.Mason
My diplomatic philosophy was encapsulated in these immortal Hip-hop lyrics:
You either ride with with us, or collide with us...
Wouldn't "Foggy Bottom" work much better if they just followed that simple maxim? :)
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:02:45 AM PST
by
Do not dub me shapka broham
(Why did it take me so long to come up with a new tag-line, huh?! What's up with that?)
To: Do not dub me shapka broham
Actually, it was written by him. Actually, he (supposedly) wrote the book, but the screenplay was written by Len Blum. I was a fan...then.
IMDB info
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:07:59 AM PST
by
pookie18
(Clinton Happens!)
To: Do not dub me shapka broham
It was-essentially-a biopic, starring Howard and his friends/colleagues. And a nekkid blond!
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:11:36 AM PST
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(Chemical Ali - I hope you choke on a turkey bone.)
To: Do not dub me shapka broham
" ... immortal Hip-hop lyrics ... " Yeah ... okay. ;)
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:14:11 AM PST
by
G.Mason
("Liberty means responsibility. That’s why most men dread it". — George Bernard Shaw)
To: raccoonradio
Oh, "Public Radio"? I thought the guy meant "Pubic Radio"!
(Must resolve to read closer next time.)
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:18:41 AM PST
by
muawiyah
To: hillaryisevil
We have been trying to decide between XM and Sirius. Howard Stern on Sirius makes it easy--XM here we come.Personally, I have the opposite take on it. I love Howard. :o)
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:23:22 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: raccoonradio
Merry Christmas Freepers! DISH's satellite TV top 180 selection gives you about 60 or 70 Sirius music (only) stations plus about 30 to 40 of DISH's CD music stations without any additional charges. They all sound great wired into our Harman-Kardon stereo.
To: Archangelsk
"I've bought into the logic that I want to hear what I want to hear without the interjection of inane commercials, listless music, blathering know- nothing "talent"
This was the initial promise of cable television. Cable television now resembles network television.
There is no way Sirius can make enough money from subscriber revenue only, especially to pay "on the air" personalities such as Howard Stern, millions and millions of dollars.
Advertising will slowly but surely creep into the "broadcast" over time.
I will not be suckered again.
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:37:04 AM PST
by
tahiti
To: hillaryisevil
We have been trying to decide between XM and Sirius. Howard Stern on Sirius makes it easy--XM here we come.I understand - but - XM has Opie and Anthony, and if you thought Stern was gross...
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:38:59 AM PST
by
Gigantor
(W2 - Oh yeah!)
To: raccoonradio
They were playing "Sirius 31", hot new country. Same stuff you'd find on most country stations, but no ads. The DJ did come on and banter about how exciting it was that Stern is headed to Sirius, and also mentioned "you can hear the Presidential debate" (this was in Oct.) "right here on Sirius" They interrupt music channels for "banter" and station promos?! How is that any better than regular radio, and why would I pay for it?
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:47:58 AM PST
by
Sloth
(Al Franken is a racist.)
To: babaloo
From what I have read on the Yahoo finance board (XMSR) about their portable unit it has bad reception problems and dropouts. Likely due to the ground based repeaters. Sirius sats cover North America much better than XM's. What I would really like to see is a collaboration between Apple and Sirius so that I could access and download to my Ipod Sirius play lists. I am always hearing something on Sirius that I would like to record but can't find on I-Tunes. Rumors about something with Apple and Sirius abound. My idea would not be terribly expensive to implement and would make money for both companies and really grow the model.
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:49:36 AM PST
by
fuzzycat
To: tahiti
There is no way Sirius can make enough money from subscriber revenue only, especially to pay "on the air" personalities such as Howard Stern, millions and millions of dollars. $12.95/month x (let's be conservative given a 3-year period) 15,000,000 = $194,250,000/month or approximately $2.3 billion/year. I'd say that's a lot of ka-ching to work with. Also, aside from maintenance on the repeater stations (mostly in urban areas), there is little infrastructure to be built since the three satellite constellation (Sirius, XM has two) are already in geo-sync orbit (more on this from this link).
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posted on
12/25/2004 7:00:34 AM PST
by
Archangelsk
(Plain, simple soldier. Nothing more, nothing less.)
To: raccoonradio
Pedro who??????...........fenway
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posted on
12/25/2004 7:01:04 AM PST
by
fenway
To: Criminal Number 18F
Hey, you might want to get in on this since it will inevitably turn to GPS, WAAS and LAAS. :-)
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posted on
12/25/2004 7:03:47 AM PST
by
Archangelsk
(Plain, simple soldier. Nothing more, nothing less.)
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