This is pretty much what happened when Stern moved to Sirius and didn’t have to look over his shoulder to see the FCC Gestapo behind him. Now he could legally use any four letter word he likes and get as raunchy as he wants but now you just don’t care anymore. He didn’t realize that WAS the appeal when he played the renegade. Now he’s just an everyday shock jock and besides, everyone else is doing the same thing (Opie& Andy on the other satellite radio). Really, hasn’t he gone far enough on the fart jokes, and ridiculing retards, lesbians, and dwarfs? 80% of his show now seems to be taken up on ranting about some political issue (earth warming, Bush, you name it). He’s become the know-it-all Hollywood celebrity who thinks everyone should listen to HIS views because he knows more than you do. He’s become the same celebrity that used to repulsive him. The Stern of the eighties would be ashamed of what he transformed too on Sirius. He’d call himself a sell out.

I think the other issue to Stern losing his 12 million audience has to do with his age. The baby boomers are growing up and losing interest to potty humor. Generation X look at him as some old guy and their “thing” is South Park. Without question, if the South Park crew would ever decide to have to have their own radio broadcast, they would blow Stern right out of the water. CARTMAN RULES!

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“When placed in a powered dock with an antenna, the Sirius S50 recieves live broadcasts from Sirius Radio and records content for playback in the home, car or when portable.”

I’ll bet there are going to be lots of disappointed people when they discover this after spending $300 plus another $99 if they want to buy the home dock.

I got my XM 2Go Pioneer Airware before Xmas for less than $150 – it receives the live feed anywhere I go without a docking station, has a built in FM transmitter, and the car and home adaptors were included.

Stern really screwed his fans by going to the company with the worse technology.

I do have some misgivings about the way they present the news, though. Right next to a genuine “Howard news” story will be a piece that’s little more than pure PR fluff – for instance, the reportage on the continuing saga of how difficult it was to sign “Ned” to the Bubba the Love Sponge show, or the lengthy Danny Bonaduce profiles that hit the Friday before Danny’s experimental afternoon show debuted on a Monday.

I know that Howard has given the channel free reign on what to cover, which is quite cool (and smart) of him, and I know the reporters certainly have done stories that might make the boss wince – for instance, revealing that one of Howard’s favorite nutritional gurus is pretty much a quack. Nevertheless, I wonder if the newsguys would be able to do stories that would really piss Howard off – like, say, an in-depth story on the show’s biggest competitor, Opie and Anthony, two guys with plenty of negative yet intriguing things to say about Howard. (Although I’d be surprised not to hear an Opie and Anthony story if their show, or XM in general, took a nosedive of some sort.)

Howard 100 News is there primarily to (a) fill up lotsa still-empty Sirius airtime in an entertaining, innovative, even post-modern way, and (b) to promote Howard Stern. That’s fine. But the PR pieces, mixed so seamlessly amidst the “real Howard news”, takes away from any potential positive headway the newspeople can make in this changing media landscape.

You lose, You get nothing, Good day sir.

Sirius does NOT have a portable device that can receive a live signal on the go.

The S-50 only receives live radio in the dock – home/office/car.

As the old saying goes, ‘it’s funny because it’s true’

Comedy/humor can be a disarming way to expose deep truths to many who would probably argue the opposite point with someone for hours if it were in the context of a normal discussion. Biting insights and criticisms seem a little easier to take. Most importantly is the inherent transparency that can be provided with comedy in terms of news events and deep social issues.

I only wish more people could learn to be coMEDIAns…

Sirius DOES have a portable device that can receive a live signal on the go. It’s the S-50 model but they are hard to find in some stores right now. I’m being told it’ll be March before supply meets up with demand.

I like their attitude and deconstructionist approach to the news, even if it’s a little ironic that this group wouldn’t exist were it not for Stern, who is very much a creature of old media.

What about the rumored rate hikes or the fact that Howard didn’t mention the fact that he will have Fridays off during his press blitz? I wonder if they are transparent enough to run stories that challenge the short-sighted management of Sirius or Howard’s ego.

and yes when Lisa G came into the studio and played the tape it did sound like that, but then when babaflohi set everyone straight it was even funnier.

transparency can be hilarious.

what you didnt mention in this post (which might be in the “real” article) was what i love the best about the relationship about Howard and Howard 100 News – it’s that Howard set up this news team to dig through all-things-howard even the things that howard might feel uncomfortable about.

howard gets transparency. so if his parents say on Meet the Sterns that Roosevelt wasnt bad, and Howard says it was a nightmare, its up to Howard 100 News to dig deeper, interview everyone and report back.

dont hold your breath for Oprah to do the same on XM.

The Motley Fool has a piece on Howard:

not pleased with the
24/7 newsy dissections

but thinks
Stern and Sirius will ultimately get it right.