Thanks to a commenter in one of the many very active discussions about David Lee Roth, we learn that he’s out. Says DCRTV.com:
This just in: CBS Radio has removed the low-rated David Lee Roth (right) from his post-Howard Stern morning slot at the company’s stations in NYC, Philadelphia, Boston, and Pittsburgh. Just in time for the spring ratings sweep, which starts tomorrow. “JV And Elvis” now airs in NYC, at least. CBS recently flipped Philadelphia rocker WYSP, which carried Stern in morning drive, to “Free FM” all-talk with Roth in mornings. And it has plunged from 4th to 19th place in the ratings. We’ll get more info later today about how the Junkies are doing as Stern’s replacement at DC’s WJFK-FM and Baltimore’s WHFS when another round of Arbitrends gets released…..
Listening to Stern this morning, he recounted the ratings disasters that CBS has on its hand: three of the five lowest-rated stations in New York and each a former powerhouse, for example. Roth was a disaster from the first minute but Stern’s right: We can’t blame him for CBS’s woes. Those are CBS’s.
Dave was off the air this morning — reportedly suspended, was the rumor — and in just five minutes, I could tell that his replacements were better. They’re no Stern. But they’re not David Lee Roth, either.
: This from yesterday’s NY Post: “…Roth’s February Arbitron numbers were only half of what he averaged in January. According to Post radio reporter John Mainelli, Stern had 277,000 listeners at any given moment last December – while Roth had only 32,000 listeners last month.” There are plenty of blogs that are bigger.
: UPDATE: Here’s the NY Post story. CBS is saying he wasn’t suspended and is on his way back from Miami. Last I knew, you could fly that route in a few hours, not a few days. The Post says he was ordered to redo the show. He’s still off the air today (Thursday).
Yawn who cares.
So how’s CBS gonna sue to deflect attention away from this disaster?
If DLR is out, how quickly will he wind up on Stern’s Sirius show?
Dow Jones Newswires reporting he’s not canned. He’s in Miami. He’ll be on the air Friday.
DLR is NOT out… he’ll be back on Friday.
Yep, Dave’s back on Friday and yet again has the last laugh on these blog-media critics who jump on every rumor and have nothing but negativity to spew. Half the people who say Roth’s show sucks haven’t even heard, they’re just closet Hagar fans with no life.
there is no replacing Howard!!!!!
if you are still listening to old fashioned, boring, commercial-filled, repetitive CENSORED radio you are foolish…..
sirius rules!!!!!!!!!!!
>>> there is no replacing Howard!!!!!
apparently 70% of his audience found a replacement:
http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=192545
Listening to DLR is like listening to a guy that is trying to hard – the background congo drums, the way he asks questions of callers and the silly sidekick guy. I listen to KROCK on the way into town – once I can get satellite inside the Holland Tunnel, I’ll be permenantly away from terristrial radio except NPR.
Satellite radio is great and CBS should start to wonder if they are like the beeper and fax machine folks… old technology.
C’mon Jeff, say it, you were right. All along. Nothing to be ashamed of, you did start as a media commentator, as I recall.
I’d be curious whether CBS sent DLR out there as sort of a bullet-catcher? They had to know that whoever replaced Stern would receive far more attention and scrutiny than a normal DJ replacement would. So they send DLR, Adam Corolla, et al out there, knowing they were new, probably wouldn’t be any good, so that whoever replaces THEM will be seen as an improvement, and not compared to the self-proclaimed king of all media.
Or maybe they’re just not good at what they do and lucked into Stern’s success.
Bo,
Pretty sure NPR is on Sirius. And with all of the shows your local affiliate can’t or won’t play.
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Also, I hope Adam Carolla isn’t a victim of all of this. His show is actually pretty good.
>>> apparently 70% of his audience found a replacement:
Ben: The real story is that 30% of Howard’s audience has actually come with him. This is a huge achievement when you look at the numbers. 30% of 12 million is 3.6 million people.
Remember, at the time Howard announced his Sirius deal, all the headlines predicted it was impossible for him to even bring the 1 million needed to pay for his deal. Now those naysayers have been proven wrong: Sirius now has 4 million subscribers and growing (700,000 were in the last three months alone). Everyone forgets that no one predicted this. But instead of focusing on these facts, instead of admitting the predictions were way off, and instead of acknowledging Howard increased subscriptions from 600,000 to 4,000,000, they have to spin the story to say “he lost 70% of his audience.”
This spin makes sense though, since the “study” was done by Jacobs for terrestrial radio, so of course they will only focus on the part that benefits them.
>>> Remember, at the time Howard announced his
>>> Sirius deal, all the headlines predicted it was
>>> impossible for him to even bring the 1 million
>>> needed to pay for his deal.
no. i don’t remember those headlines.
>>> Howard increased subscriptions from 600,000 to
>>> 4,000,000, they have to spin the story to say
>>> “he lost 70% of his audience.â€
speaking of spin… you’re going to credit howard with all 3.4 millon that signed up after the annoucement?
howie lies, leroy. you should give opie and anthony a try.
Howard hasn’t been that great since Jackie left. I think he got lame also when his wife dumped his ass. He used to talk more about his personal life then, now that he has that golddigger with no talent and the bababooey teeth he is just a bit tightlipped on himself and more about picking apart other people and complaining about whoever he works for. Artie lang shold go back to doing goofy movies with Norm Mcdonald and Mad TV. That is where he shined not here with all the other lame newcommers on that show. Bring back KC Billy West and Jackie and he can be entertaing again without having to curse all the time. Roth on the other hand is just the worst shit I have ever heard in my life. That show of his is Damn Lame Radio.
Howard had 12 million at his peek. In the end he had about 4 million. So the numbers are more like 1.2 million if you even want to believe that they are that high.
Ben, I think you missed my point.
This guy gets it. It’s all about semantics:
http://www.audiographics.com/agd/032806-1.htm
yeah. those opie and anthony guys are …………
RAAAAAAAAAMMMONE get these howard stern fans off of this site.
hoo hoo. hoo hoo hoo
Rest in peace ben. You will be missed by the pests.
To be frank, Stern’s act is now tiresome. He was interesting to listen too in the late eighties and early nineties because he was the cutting edge. He defied the FCC and put on a show that was risqué and entertained us with his freak show that consisted of lesbians, dwarves, retards and just plain idiots. To say he walked a tightrope during his days on public radio was an understatement. I relate the experience of listening to Stern’s broadcast to having sex before you got married. You KNEW you were doing something that was morally wrong but that’s what made the whole thing exciting. When you finally got married and sex was no longer naughty, the excitement started to wane (Admit it, you KNOW I’m right).
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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