I was listening to Howard Stern while on my long commute to work on 9/11. Having him and Robin dictate the bad news as it kept rolling in was surreal.
Is Stern even relevant anymore?
Back in the 90s and early 2000s, he was everywhere. He showed up in the news. He did talk shows. And so on. I used to listen to his show on my way to work, and there was the “water cooler” talk about the show. Once he went to satellite, that was it for me, I’ve not heard his show since. And it seems like, since then, he’s faded from public view. I don’t hear him talked about anymore.
Now, granted… I moved to a new area about a year before Stern made the jump, and no longer had the occasion to listen to his show or talk to people about him while he was still on the (free) air. So maybe it’s just me?
ETA: Stern was on the radio in my new area, but I wasn’t listening in the mornings anymore.
He’s still around and still hitting them with the HEEEIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNN
I’m well aware that he’s still around. The question was, is he still relevant.
Aside from that, I have no idea what you just said.
It’s so funny, I was just thinking about the Howard Stern show the other day. I am aware that it still comes on daily, but is it still popular or good?
I haven’t heard a single second of Howard Stern on the radio(even recorded clips) in over 10 years. Is he still a shock jock? I mean, did the whole thing mature at all or is it just the same juvenile stuff as it was 20+ years ago?
Is Fred still there? Robin?
His show basically sucked ever since Artie Lange left or was fired. He lost his edge and his drive, and from what clips I have seen or heard recently he just doesn’t have any bite anymore. He just wants to talk about how he’s changed with his psychotherapy and that’s great but he’s boring now.
I think also since he went to satellite and I think he doesn’t even come with the basic satellite stations cause I can’t find him on my satellite radio, he’s sort of a radio hermit that few people can hear, he definitely jumped the shark years ago and his best days are behind him, he’s no longer the king of all media that’s for sure.
How does the satellite radio even afford him anymore? Do they really make so much money they can afford his salary more than over-the-air radio?
Yeah, I have not listened or heard anyone talk much about the show since Artie left. I preferred the days of Jackie, as well, though I say that having no idea what is is like now. I just know I have almost no interest.
I’m curious enough if they post their show free on the internet later. Do they?
They have over 30 million subscribers (in no small part thanks to Howard) and the minimum subscription cost is $11 per month, $21 if you want the package that includes Howard’s channels. That’s a minimum of $300 million per month in subscription fees, or $3.6 billion per year.
His interviews continue to generate news stories, as stars tend to reveal new information to him that the public isn’t aware of. He also just wrote a new book, which was released in May, that immediately hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
No, but he includes small snippets for free on his website.
so nobody has problems with him calling black female athletes “nappy-haired hos”?
If he did, I’m thinking lots of people would. But that was Don Imus, not Stern. (And this is sorta like asking if people aren’t bothered by Obama’s incessant tweeting - Stern and Imus were long term rivals, with strongly differing philosophies on radio) Meanwhile, Stern is doing truly excellent interviews - equal to, or better than, the great tv interviewers of yesteryear. He manages to make guests you don’t care that much about interesting, and get more out of interesting interviewees than other interviewers do. Some of the other stuff on his show I find funny, some I don’t. But on long car rides, my time tends to be 60% Stern, 20% NPR and 20% BBC.
my bad!
Fred and Robin are still there. So are Sal and Richard, and (unfortunately) Shuli. There are a few other holdovers (Jason, JD, Ronnie Mund, Baba Booey) and a lot of new people. It’s still popular, it’s not as good, he’s not really a “shock jock” anymore. It’s not as juvenile usually but sometimes the stuff with Sal and Richard still is.
While I agree that the show has tanked after Artie was given the boot, I have to defend Howard a bit here. He just did a week of shows live from LA. He was on Kimmel, he was on Fallon. He has a new book out that is a national best seller (Howard Stern Comes Again). So he’s not a “radio hermit”. He does 3 live shows a week that pull in 20 million listeners and he is basically keeping SiriusXM afloat. Don’t forget that a few years ago he was a judge on America’s Got Talent for 3 seasons and that increased his radio audience from what I have heard. His numbers went up which meant Sirius got more subscribers. He’s worth every penny they pay him.
Satellite radio is HUGELY more successful that terrestrial radio. Subscription fees (driven in large measure by Stern) give SiriusXM a budget in the billions each year, way more than even the most successful terrestrial radio station.
Stern is available on YouTube (until he gets them pulled) and by subscription to SiriusXM. As far as I know there is no free archive.
I read Howard’s new book, I thought it was pretty good. What I love about his show is that he is able to do long interviews, sometimes even approaching one hour. Much better than the brief 5-6 minute interviews you see on the late night shows.
Agreed, but minor correction: Most of his interviews are 90 minutes. Some of them approach two hours.
Then again who wants to listen to a 2-hour interview with Kristen Stewart?
Fair point, though I would be interested in seeing Howard interview Kristen Stewart. Some of the most interesting are the ones I least expect, or actively dislike before the interview. (Glenn Beck and Alex Jones were both interesting on Howard, for example.)
The Bella Thorne interview definitely felt long at something like 1:50, though; your point stands.
I read online that Howard called his interview with Vincent Gallo a Top 10.
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I read online that Howard called his interview with Vincent Gallo a Top 10.
[/QUOTE]He thinks all his interviews are Top 10
Interesting that Sirius XM makes people pay extra for him. I guess they have to because he got a giant contract to start and is still being paid a lot. I am not a fan of him but I do have Sirius XM. His first 2 books are pretty funny. I think the only man in America with a bigger ego than Stern is sadly running the country now.
There’s no shortage of huge egos out there.