FEATURE-Howard Stern finds 'rebirth' on satellite radio

[yqf@my-deja.com]

My buddy the "always wrong" frontmed keeps saying that Stern's reach
doesn't go beyond his Sirius audience, but here's yet *another*
interview with Stern that was carried by national (and international)
media outlets. It never ends frontmed, it never ends.

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FEATURE-Howard Stern finds 'rebirth' on satellite radio
Fri Jun 9, 2006 8:00 AM ET

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES, June 9 (Reuters) - Shock jock Howard Stern is happy at
last.

Six months after he jumped from the FM dial to the unbridled world of
satellite radio, the broadcast rebel who ranted for years at
censorship, government regulators and corporate bosses has finally
found contentment.

"I tell you I'm at complete peace. I've never had more fun in my radio
career than I'm having right now," Stern said in a recent interview
with Reuters. "It's like a rebirth."

But the maverick long given to frequent fits of on-air rage insisted
his contrarian edge remains intact despite breaking free of the Federal
Communications Commission and settling a nasty legal feud with former
overlords at CBS.

"I'm not some happy, smiley guy who goes into the studio every day (and
says) 'Oh wow! Today's a beautiful day, and there's nothing bad to be
said,'" Stern said. "I'd have to go through a lot more psychiatry
before I could change the persona of negativity that I live in."

Much of his negativity over the years stemmed from battles with the FCC
over his raunchy brand of humor. A pioneer of comedy bits like "Lesbian
Dial-a-Date" and "Stripper Jeopardy," Stern stunned the broadcast
industry in October 2004 when he announced he was leaving terrestrial
radio for satellite.

Stern complained then that he had grown especially frustrated by the
government's crackdown on ---ually explicit content since Janet Jackson
bared her breast on live television during a Super Bowl halftime show.

After fulfilling the last 14 months of his CBS Corp. <CBSa.N> contract,
Stern debuted in January on Sirius Satellite Radio <SIRI.O> under a
five-year deal valued at $500 million.

STERN UNFETTERED

The basic format of his show -- a freewheeling mix of in-studio banter,
telephone calls from fans and interviews with the famous and freaky --
remains the same. So has Stern's preoccupation with --- and scatology.

By his own account, the biggest difference between commercial,
over-the-air Stern and his reincarnated self at subscription-based
Sirius is the "absolutely liberating" nature of his new home.

With sidekicks Robin Quivers and Artie Lange, plus a cadre of
assistants, interns and quirky regulars collectively dubbed the "whack
pack," Stern said he and his guests are free to be as provocative, and
as profane, as comes naturally.

"I'm sitting back and having a blast because we're all talking, and no
one is censoring themselves," Stern said. "I feel like I can be funny."

Stern may tout his newfound freedom to use four-letter words, but
Michael Harrison, publisher of trade magazine Talkers, said Stern's
popularity hinges on "his intelligence and his satire, not his
profanity."

"So whether he's bleeped or not is ultimately irrelevant to his
success, because being dirty on the radio does not get an audience.
Being clever does."

Sirius currently counts 4.1 million subscribers and expects to sign up
at least 2 million more by year's end, marking an 87 percent increase
over its customer tally in late 2005. Sirius points to Stern as its
biggest single draw.

SIRIUS BONANZA

While his Sirius audience pales in comparison to the 12 million
listeners Stern commanded at the peak of his CBS career, a third of
Sirius customers responding to a recent Jacobs Media poll cited him as
a key factor in their decision to subscribe.

Analysts predict satellite radio overall will grow sharply with
subscriber totals topping 40 million in a few years, much of that
driven by "the Stern effect."

Larger rival XM Satellite Radio boasts 6.5 million users but recently
lowered its year-end subscriber forecast from 9 million to 8.5 million.

Meanwhile, the self-described "King of All Media" also ventured
recently into the realm of video-on-demand TV with an all-Stern channel
available through several major cable operators. The so-called Howard
TV On Demand features highlights of his daily Sirius radio show and
uncut, previously censored moments from his old cable TV home, E!
Entertainment.

Stern ruled out the possibility of his own return to terrestrial radio
as "inconceivable."

"I'd have to go back to the old rules and regulations and censoring
myself," he said. "I'm miles away from that. ... I just don't even want
it in my life."

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

Hell, it is precisely what I've been telling you.

Stern has no outlet for his message. So now, he has to go out and scrounge
up reporters who are desperate for something to write about so they can
carry his "story".

It totally exemplifies just how weak and defensive Stern has become.

As O&A continue to add markets, continue develop publicity on their own and
continue to get better guests and exposure, your buddy Stern becomes more
and more marginalized.

Weak.

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

I'm sure I don't need to remind you that during the Stern Effect, a single
article would not have even been mentioned. The flood of media was evident.

Now, you feel compelled to bring up this one article that has shown up in
the last month (other than his damned lawsuit).

Weak, defensive, failing, washed up.

[David]

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:41:33 GMT, "All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone"
<DeadShrimp@NOMail.com> wrote:

>I'm sure I don't need to remind you that during the Stern Effect, a single
>article would not have even been mentioned. The flood of media was evident.
>
>Now, you feel compelled to bring up this one article that has shown up in
>the last month (other than his damned lawsuit).
>
>Weak, defensive, failing, washed up.
>
>
But Bob Dylan is relevant...

[yqf@my-deja.com]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone (frontmed) wrote:
> I'm sure I don't need to remind you that during the Stern Effect, a single
> article would not have even been mentioned. The flood of media was evident.

This wasn't just one article in a local newspaper you dumb
motherfucker. It was an interview with Reuters which was distributed
internationally. You just don't get it frontmed. It's not about a
single exposure outside of the universe of Sirius subscribers, it's
that it NEVER ends.

> Now, you feel compelled to bring up this one article that has shown up in
> the last month (other than his damned lawsuit).

Right frontmed. Stern's exposure has been limited to one article in
the last month....except for his statement to AP about never returning
to terrestrial radio that was either repeated in its entirety or quoted
by hundreds of other news outlets, and except for the fact that
"Howard TV" is now carried on televisions in thousands of hotels
across the country and on cable systems in the U.S. and Canada exposing
and advertising the Sirius radio show to millions of non-subscribers
every day, and except for the national network entertainment
news-magazine shows which covered Stern related events such as the
Howard Stern film festival, except for all of that and a lot more that
I could list, Stern hasn't been getting any exposure lately. And how
can you exclude the lawsuit related coverage and resulting publicity?
With the outcome of the lawsuit, that turned into massive publicity for
the Sirius radio show, thanks to the favorable settlement of the
lawsuit that provides thousands of hours of additional content to
Sirius subscribers.

You are one ignorant fool frontmed. Why don't you think before you
speak? To avoid future embarrassment and exposure of your lack of your
ability to recognize simple facts, I would suggest that you stop saying
that "except for this *one* example, Stern's reach outside of his
audience of Sirius subscribers is over". It's dumb statements like
that which have made you the laughing stock that you have become for
all of your incredible made up claims. It's been six months and it
still hasn't ended frontmed. I've got news for you frontmed, it
*never* ends. Only an idiot thinks otherwise.

[BaJoRi]

"All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone" <DeadShrimp@NOMail.com> wrote in message
news:tQAig.43011$fb2.14777@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...
> Hell, it is precisely what I've been telling you.
>
> Stern has no outlet for his message. So now, he has to go out and
> scrounge up reporters who are desperate for something to write about so
> they can carry his "story".
>
yes....all those tiny media outlets, like Reuters.....hahahaha

> It totally exemplifies just how weak and defensive Stern has become.
>
> As O&A continue to add markets, continue develop publicity on their own

publicity? What publicity? I still hear more of Stern in the national news
than O&A, by far.

and
> continue to get better guests and exposure, your buddy Stern becomes more
> and more marginalized.
>
> Weak.
>

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

>> As O&A continue to add markets, continue develop publicity on their own
> publicity? What publicity? I still hear more of Stern in the national news
> than O&A, by far.

Well, I suppose it depends on what you're listening for. And it is true
that when Stern says jump the media still, to some extent, says "how high?"
whereas O&A are having to work for the attention. But they ARE starting to
get it.

O&A ARE getting a lot more publicity than they were a couple months ago as a
result of the deal with CBS. It will take a little time, but they have a
much larger daily audience than Stern right now and that will clearly
continue to grow as long as are able to pull in listeners.

Stern is a has-been.

In the 11 major markets, beyond just XM, that O&A are in now, they easily
have several times the listenership of Stern. That's not counting XM and
DirecTV. I have no way of knowing, but I think it is fair to say this is
sort of the beginning -- it seems clear that more CBS (& other) stations
will be getting onboard.

And in spite of Stern's claims, it is killing him to watch it. While Stern
is preaching to the choir, O&A have an opportunity to build a business, one
at least as big as what Stern just left behind. Of course, Stern is nearly
of retirement age anyway, so it is really time for him to quit before his
show is TOTALLY unlistenable.

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

Can you not make your argument without personal attacks?

This tactic just conveys how weak and insecure you are.

Act like a man.

[David]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:45:28 GMT, "All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone"
<DeadShrimp@NOMail.com> wrote:

>>> As O&A continue to add markets, continue develop publicity on their own
>> publicity? What publicity? I still hear more of Stern in the national news
>> than O&A, by far.
>
>Well, I suppose it depends on what you're listening for. And it is true
>that when Stern says jump the media still, to some extent, says "how high?"
>whereas O&A are having to work for the attention. But they ARE starting to
>get it.
>
>O&A ARE getting a lot more publicity than they were a couple months ago as a
>result of the deal with CBS. It will take a little time, but they have a
>much larger daily audience than Stern right now and that will clearly
>continue to grow as long as are able to pull in listeners.
>
>Stern is a has-been.
>
>In the 11 major markets, beyond just XM, that O&A are in now, they easily
>have several times the listenership of Stern. That's not counting XM and
>DirecTV. I have no way of knowing, but I think it is fair to say this is
>sort of the beginning -- it seems clear that more CBS (& other) stations
>will be getting onboard.
>
>And in spite of Stern's claims, it is killing him to watch it. While Stern
>is preaching to the choir, O&A have an opportunity to build a business, one
>at least as big as what Stern just left behind. Of course, Stern is nearly
>of retirement age anyway, so it is really time for him to quit before his
>show is TOTALLY unlistenable.
>
Opie and Anthony weren't even mentioned during DLR's recent 18 hour
supernova. Everybody said he'd been canned but they didn't hardly
mention what his replacement was.

FWIW: he said that the plan was to get Dopie and Stupid from the
get-go, but that would have been too weird.

XM, your mom's on the roof...

[yqf@my-deja.com]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone (frontmed) wrote:
> Can you not make your argument without personal attacks?
>
> This tactic just conveys how weak and insecure you are.
>
> Act like a man.

The personal attacks don't change the facts that are right next to them
frontmed. If a person like you constantly posts the same
unsubstantiated bull---- over and over despite being proven wrong over
and over, you should expect personal attacks to accompany the facts
that discredit your bull---- for the umpteenth time.

You are an idiot with zero credibility frontmed. That is not a personal
attack. That is something that you confirm with almost every post that
you make here.

Now stop telling us that this "one article" is the only thing that
shows Stern's reach beyond his Sirius listeners, and go change your
alias again to hide from your shameful history of posting your
laughable bull----.

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

Personal attacks are what they are: The absence of any legitimate argument.
You have your head so far up Stern's ass that you cannot make an argument
OTHER than personal attacks.

I cannot imagine being so attached to some talk radio host, so unable to
think for myself, that I would spend as much time defending him as you do
Stern. I just don't get it.

Strange assed behavior.

[yqf@my-deja.com]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone (frontmed) wrote:
> Personal attacks are what they are: The absence of any legitimate argument.

There goes your poor reading comprehension frontmed. As I pointed out,
my replies to your idiotic posts are full of legitimate facts in
addition to calling you out for your stupidity for ignoring those
undeniable facts and repeating your same unsupported assertions over
and over.

Take your idiotic assertions in this thread for example frontmed. To
drill it into your dumb fucking head for about the fifth time, I
answered your idiotic claim that Stern has no reach outside of his
Sirius audience (except, as you always say, for the latest time that
Stern where Stern just did reach a national audience beyond Sirius
subscribers). Every time you make that ignorant claim, I give you a
list of recent events where Stern again reached outside of the Sirius
universe, which show that you are talking out of your ass. Then you
refuse to address those facts that contradict your idiotic statements,
get all upset that I have called you out and once again showed how
fucking retarded your statement was, and then come back in a week to
make the same baseless statement.


> You have your head so far up Stern's ass that you cannot make an argument
> OTHER than personal attacks.

No frontmed. My posts are full of facts that you always refuse to
address, and as long as you keep refusing to address them, I'll
keeping calling you a fucking idiot. Get used to it dumbass.

> I cannot imagine being so attached to some talk radio host, so unable to
> think for myself, that I would spend as much time defending him as you do
> Stern. I just don't get it.
>

I cannot imagine being so hostile toward some talk radio host, so
unable to think for yourself, that you just keep repeating bull----,
like your claim that Stern can't reach people who aren't Sirius
subscribers. Pull your head out of your ass frontmed, and accept that
Stern continues to contradict your idiotic claim time and time again.
It's never going to end frontmed, and you coming back every week
after the latest event happens which shows it hasn't ended,
proclaiming again, "OK that's one time, but it's over now",
just cements your place in this newsgroup as the local kook who has a
hard time attaching to reality.


So tell me frontmed....

Why does Stern's ability to book himself on Letterman's show at
will and publicize his Sirius radio show not count as an ability to
reach beyond his listeners on Sirius?

Why does Stern calling the AP to make a statement and have it repeated
and quoted by hundreds of media outlets not count as an ability to
reach beyond his listeners on Sirius?

Why do the hundreds of news reports of a very favorable settlement to a
lawsuit that will mean thousands of hours of additional material that
will be aired on Stern's Sirius radio show and advertises that fact
to millions of people not count as an ability to reach beyond his
listeners on Sirius?

Why does the recent interview that Stern gave to Reuters which is
carried many national and local news outlets not count as an ability
to reach beyond his listeners on Sirius?

Why does the fact that the nationally syndicated entertainment magazine
shows such as Entertainment Tonight and Extra cover Stern events which
promote awareness of his radio show like the recent Howard Stern Film
Festival not count as an ability to reach beyond his listeners on
Sirius?

You have ZERO credibility frontmed.

Either address the facts, or change aliases and try again.... you dumb
motherfucker.

[yqf@my-deja.com]

yqf@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> So tell me frontmed....
>
> Why does Stern's ability to book himself on Letterman's show at
> will and publicize his Sirius radio show not count as an ability to
> reach beyond his listeners on Sirius?
>
> Why does Stern calling the AP to make a statement and have it repeated
> and quoted by hundreds of media outlets not count as an ability to
> reach beyond his listeners on Sirius?
>
> Why do the hundreds of news reports of a very favorable settlement to a
> lawsuit that will mean thousands of hours of additional material that
> will be aired on Stern's Sirius radio show and advertises that fact
> to millions of people not count as an ability to reach beyond his
> listeners on Sirius?
>
> Why does the recent interview that Stern gave to Reuters which is
> carried many national and local news outlets not count as an ability
> to reach beyond his listeners on Sirius?
>
> Why does the fact that the nationally syndicated entertainment magazine
> shows such as Entertainment Tonight and Extra cover Stern events which
> promote awareness of his radio show like the recent Howard Stern Film
> Festival not count as an ability to reach beyond his listeners on
> Sirius?


I left a huge one off the list frontmed......

Why does the fact that an advertising vehicle for Stern's Sirius show
such as Howard TV is now being made available on TVs in millions of
hotel rooms in addition to on cable systems in the U.S. and Canada not
count as an ability to reach beyond his listeners on Sirius?



>
> You have ZERO credibility frontmed.
>
> Either address the facts, or change aliases and try again.... you dumb
> motherfucker.