Posted on 12/16/2005 4:19:04 AM PST by Momaw Nadon
Howard Stern - blech. I never listen to him anyway and won't miss him "when he's gone" from the public airwaves.
LOLOL! You'd think the REST of the world wold have found out by now. :-)
I don't listen anymore. But I did listen everyday for years. I just got sick of the butt bongo and the Bush trashing.
but--- he is friggin funny... always was, always will be. And I'm thinking seriously about Satellite radio, and not just for Howard, who I will probably still pass on.
Another technology coming down the road - WiMax mobile (standard just agreed on) - will allow you to pick up any one of the thousands of Internet streaming radio channels in your car - for free. Satellite will be history along with Fartman.
This writer hasn't heard of Rush, I guess.
Remember, Imus took credit for electing the popular Bill Clinton.
I have Sirius Sat Radio. Like it. Some of the talk radio folks I don't get locally and there is plenty of music as well. Won the first one at the Consumer Electronics Show, but just recently upgraded to a smaller version at Sam's club on a last item buy for 40 dollars. That didn't include the subscription but was still half the price of buying a new one.
I was flipping thru MSNBC early this morning, and he was talking about the "makeup lady"....you'd never know he has one of those!
I like sirrus radio but I dont have to listen to him
Now we need the I-man to retire or join Howard.
They are soooooo yesterday
You don't have to like him, but the man is an institution. And funny as hell. I've been listening since his first day on in Phila.
You seem upset. I didn't refer to you by name. Perhaps you recognize yourself.
Exactly. What a hypocrite.
Is he definitely getting that $500 million? How is it guaranteed?
I heard part of it on the news- he thanked his children, his parents, etc., but not his (ex)wife. For some reason that surprised me.
No matter what he spends on programming and salaries, he's doing quite well.
I was just wondering if he is definitely going to get this money.
LOL! What is that writer smoking?
"Arguably" means you can make a plausible case.
Like him or not, talk radio and music radio changed because Howard's act sold. Stern's rise came at a time when radio comedy was zany, jokey or folksy and lagging far behind the standup avant garde. And those few talkers who edged into the transgressive, ribald, controversial or daring lacked Stern's comic gifts -- just compare him to any one of his witless imitators. Stern more than anyone else changed what you could talk about on radio; he's been the standard since he became famous.
I'm not taking anything away from Rush Limbaugh as a radio host. His influence has been huge too. Bigger than Stern's? If you can measure it objectively, hey, go nuts and show me what you come up with.
As for his hypocrisy, hey -- he's a hypocrite. Now, you got something to say about his show?
Yeah, but can his production costs be THAT much?? Its a radio program. I'd imagine that he's pocketing most of it.
Shame about Sirius's decision to drop Fox News. That was one of the only redeeming programming that the channel offered.
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