Comments on: Did move to satellite radio pay off for Stern? Only in money

By: Guardian

Guardian — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:04:40 +0000

I hate that arrogant foul mouthed idiot. The only reason and I mean ONLY reason I won’t subscribe to satellite radio is because I refuse to pay that imbecile’s salary. Not. One. Dime.

I was just about to go with XM (no Stern) but they merged so that was that.

When Sat dumps Stern I’ll consider it. Until then. No way.

By: SAMIAMJAX

SAMIAMJAX — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:10:14 +0000

I listened to Stern all the time when he was on reg radio. His show was like seeing your girlfriend in her panties. Just enough skin to keep you interested. Now his show is like a naked slut. Just a huge turn off. He does great radio when he is not being political. At the end of his free radio era his show sucked but the golden years were ’95-2000. He would be popular again if he came back o free radio. No matter what you think of him. He has a good voice and he is entertaining.

By: jtoms3

jtoms3 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:54:15 +0000

I’ve been a Sirius subscriber for the past four and a half years and I got it for the music, primarily the rock and roll channels. Personally, I wish Stern would go back to FM radio since I’m not a fan of anything about him or his show. Sirius definitely could have found a better way to spend 500 million.

By: Dr. Charles G. Waugh

Dr. Charles G. Waugh — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:47:35 +0000

And what, pray tell, is the point of Ed’s article? Howard Stern no longer air head?

By: paultevis

paultevis — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:00:08 +0000

Let me clear some things up… I’m a Sirius subscriber and listen to Howard daily. His show is far better than it was on terrestrial. He will never go back to terrestrial, anyone who listens to his show would know that.

Sirius and XM just merged, nothing of that was mentioned. Once the two services are fully working together, Howard’s number of listeners will be vastly increased.

By: Kini

Kini — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:02:07 +0000

Howard Who?

Opie and Anthony – I miss the most

By: Kensington

Kensington — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:58:25 +0000

Ron and Fez, noon to 3

Jim on October 13, 2008 at 10:14 AM

I haven’t heard Ron and Fez in almost six years, but I used to love their show. It married the best aspects of toilet humor goofiness with a sweetness that was both surprising and endearing.

I still miss it.

By: liquidflorian

liquidflorian — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:53:04 +0000

I have sirius in my GTI and I am verry happy I have it, Stern or not. Guys; Andrew Wilkow. Enough said. I’m always on Sirius Patriot, Hardattack, and when they have it the Who channel…

By: logis

logis — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:23:31 +0000

When [Howard Sterm] conducted his battles against the heavy hand of censorship, everyone wanted to be part of it. Without the rebellion, Stern diminished into porn-fanboy radio. His audience simply didn’t bother to follow, and the A-list guests left.

If you don’t have ‘The Man’ keeping you down, then arrested-adolescent rebellion becomes kinda pointless, doesn’t it?

By: redshirt

redshirt — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:15:58 +0000

I admit it, I used to listen. When he left the air, I mindlessly drifted over to Rush, but remained unhappy. Then the greatness happened. Prager came to Phoenix radio, and I finally found what I had been looking for.
Getting wormtongues whispers out of my ear broke me out of my shell.

By: CapitalistPig

CapitalistPig — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:21:12 +0000

correction: I meant to put a “B” in front of plumpkin

By: CapitalistPig

CapitalistPig — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:19:33 +0000

As much of a POS Stern was in his last years on terrestrial, he was hilarious in his heyday. Unfortunately, he never understood that bathroom humor gets pretty old very quick, and one can only take so much in conversations about “plumpkins” before one becomes accustomed to it and tunes out. Now, to ask me to move to satellite to pay to listen to something i’ve grown weary of? No Thanks…

By: jeffersonschild

jeffersonschild — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:13:11 +0000

Let’s face it, Stern’s demographic is a depraved mind set that gets so wrapped up in his B.S. that they’re likely to be a good portion of the subprime mortgage recipients, which also explains the Democrat party swing.

This lot can’t manage their own affairs enough to keep their phones turned on let alone a satellite radio subscription.

By: sandspur

sandspur — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:07:33 +0000

RWLA

Commercials commercials commercials destroy the airwaves, and we’re a rich enough country to afford pay services for radio.

Satellite radio is crammed with commercials. It’s more irritating than AM/FM because I’m paying for it!

By: BL@KBIRD

BL@KBIRD — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:07:19 +0000

Relevant? This guy was relevant?

In the few times I was accidentally exposed to Stern I thought his only audience must be 16 year old pimply faced fat boys whose only wish was for more available masturbation time on their hands.

By: Ed Morrissey

Ed Morrissey — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:06:31 +0000

If Rush went to satellite I might actually consider buying satellite radio, but deep inside it would really be for the EIGHTIES HAIR METAL STATION!

Vigilante on October 13, 2008 at 10:25 AM

I have XM and listen almost exclusively to the 70′s channel. I’ll occasionally turn on Fox Business or drift to the 60s and 80s channels, but otherwise it’s That 70s Channel.

By: exlibris

exlibris — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:01:16 +0000

I never subscribed to Sirius because of Stern.
And I’ve never understood why anyone over age 16 would listen to a shock jock.
Walton & Johnson are okay, though.

By: Kendrick

Kendrick — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:48:10 +0000

Whatever. Opie & Anthony are light years ahead of the boring old act of Stern and are the best show in radio over the last 10 years.

Stern peaked in ’93 and its been a downhill movement since then. O+A are funnier then he ever was, and Lil’ Jimmy Norton is best comic on radio.

By: thegreatbeast

thegreatbeast — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:38:45 +0000

Uh… who is this “Bubba” people are referring to? It doesn’t refer to Gary Del Abate(sp?), does it?

By: ThackerAgency

ThackerAgency — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:36:03 +0000

Okay, you like Howard, we get it.

Jim Treacher on October 13, 2008 at 10:33 AM

I’ve never even HEARD his show. I always considered him a bastion of Yankeedom attitude. I don’t care a whit about Stern.

But if someone turned down 500 million to talk into a microphone for 5 years, I’d question their sanity. Only if they turned down the deal would I start a post questioning whether it was a good career move or not.

By: Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:33:18 +0000

I don’t think his new wife will care that people on Hot Air don’t approve of him. I bet he only cares what his new wife cares about. Here’s her picture. But I’m sure he’s devastated that people here think he made a bad career move.

Okay, you like Howard, we get it.

By: Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:31:29 +0000

Since nobody else has yet… O&A Party Rock!

(Although I haven’t listened to them in at least a week. I think I’ll have to wait until after the election.)

By: Vigilante

Vigilante — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:25:20 +0000

Good post Ed. I stopped listening when he went to XM. Haven’t missed it much.

If Rush went to satellite I might actually consider buying satellite radio, but deep inside it would really be for the EIGHTIES HAIR METAL STATION!

By: scalleywag

scalleywag — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:16:24 +0000

Howard Stern. The Joan Rivers of radio.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:14:24 +0000

Ron and Fez, noon to 3