I don’t really want to get Sirius radio because there is scarcely anything else they broadcast that I will listen to. The only thing I’ve seen that I like is the BBC.
Thats like saying don’t listen to Pryor because Alan King was doing it first. Props to Stern for starting a genre (or at least molding it) but he’s been coasting for years. He got a little better after he jettisoned Jackies dead weight but that is more because of Artie than anything. Besides, don’t listen to Stern because Imus was doing it first.
BTW to recap my meanderings, I have been a Stern fan since the first day he came on the air in New York, after many years of listening to both I find O&A much funnier, and it is no coincidence that Stern’s big announcement was made in the same week that O&A went on XM. His contract isn’t up for close to 2 years and he just happens to pick this week to say he is going to Sirius? Bullshit.
Well when O&A did a bit with Elvis Costello’s Allison and a crying Anthony as Stern, Howard went ballistic and whined to Infinity. The bosses put a gag order on O&A and would stop the show if they mentioned his name. (different radio stations, same parent company) What a hypocrite.
I’d say they’re both originals and very good at what they did, even if one was influenced by the other. I can’t say that for O&A. What did they do that Stern wasn’t doing? They were slightly more crass? Big improvement there.
They just followed Homer’s advice : “Be more funny”.
Of course just a matter of personal preference. They asked new listeners to give them a week and then decide. If you only listened for a few minutes then you didn’t give it a chance. I didn’t like them the first time I listened.
What’s suspicious about it?
I guess it’s suspicious because… Hmmmm… I don’t know why it’s suspicious. Howard went to satellite radio because he wanted to and Opie and whathisname went because no broadcast radio would hire them…
Isn’t that like pouring salt in the ocean?
Uhh, I know this ain’t GD, but . . . cite?
Pash
What did he do?
I hate Stern, if only because I find him boring. The whole, “Ooooh, I said penis on the radio!”
But then, I was never a fan of talk radio anyways.
I hate the SDMB, if only because I find it boring. The whole, “Ooooh, I discussed comic books on the internet!”
To reduce Howard’s show to nothing but penis jokes is akin to reducing the SDMB to nothing but comic book discussions. Yes, they both are a part of it, but to miss everything else is just, well, sad.
The only bit I was ever curious about on O&A was the musical chairs with dildos strapped to the chairs. A buddy of mine is a big O&A fan, and when he described this bit to me, my reaction was disbelief.
Opie & Anthony could have stayed on broadcast radio but they knew they would be so closely watched that they didn’t want that. I heard them talk about it but they did not say what radio network wanted them. I for one am glad they are on XM because I gave up on broadcast radio.
spread the virus!
No Cite because this wasn’t in writing, but on their first show Monday they were talking about how Howard went to Mel over everything O & A did that was related to Howie.
Howie had a big press confrence when O & A were back in NY after the Boston thing and very few people knew who they were. They went to his confrence since they worked for the same company and though no problem. A Security guard had to ask them if they were planning any trouble and they said no, we just want to eat and listen to what Howard has to say. A little while later sevurity made them leave. Once they left Howard came in and did the press confrence. This was the same day that Howard complianed earlier that it was I believe Billy Crystal’s press confrence that Stuttering John or was it Baah Bahh Booie (sp) was either denied enterance to or kicked out of.
At one point O & A started refering to Howard as simply “Radio Edit” Howard was still irate because he said people still knew it was a refrence to him and again he went to Mel to have them stop it. O & A were told they could not talk about Howard by name or anything that can refer to him.
Indeed.
I listened to Stern before most folks knew him. He was on DC101 in the early 80s before being let go (so the rumor went) for being too ‘out there’. He was replaced by The Greaseman (who was my formative DJ).
Nyeh. I find Stern and O&A and suchlike juvenile. And, like bad wine, life’s too short to listen to juvenile radio.
I’ll stick with XM and wish O&A and HS all the best. No one’s forcing me to listen to them.
But damn, CNN is reporting that Stern is getting $100,000,000 per year for five years from Sirius radio. I’d have jumped, too. I don’t know HOW Sirius makes up that sort of expense.
Sorry believe it or not, you can’t find everything on the internet. Sometimes you can use personal accounts as sites. I was relating something I heard on the radio personally. I heard the Allison bit. I heard the Debella bit (which was dispicable). I heard O&A edit themselves from talking about Stern. I heard Stern making fun of Anothy’s divorce (again hypocrite). I heard the radio station go to delay whenever Stern’s name was said by a listener calling up. After they got a new contract which rivaled Stern’s I heard O&A come back and explain how they were gagged. After the contract they had some of the restrictions lifted. I have not heard any of the XM broadcasts from this week because I don’t have XM yet. I’m sure portions of the broadcasts are posted at the fan sites such as foundrymusic.com if you are interested in hearing from the horses mouth. If you don’t believe my accounts of what I heard then oh well. This is not GD, we are only talking about a radio show and I won’t be losing any sleep over it.
sorry cite not site :smack:
Very little advertising, for one thing. XM advertises on TV all the time; Sirius uses their money to attract the NFL, Eminem/Shady Records, Tony Hawk, Bam Margera, and now apparently Howard Stern.
Do Tony and Bam skate on the radio? Are they on the same show or do they have their own? Seems like a weird choice for radio but I won’t judge until I hear it.
Well, you got 15 months to work on your bosses 
They’re separate shows, but they’re on the same stream: more info here. I guess Bam’s show hasn’t started yet.
Still, they’d better be hoping for a SERIOUS pop in subscribers from Stern. It’s what, $10 a month for Sirius? I betcha at least half of that is eaten up by overhead. So $5 per month profit. Well and good.
Stern = $100,000,000
of subscribers to offset (per year) = 1,666,667
So Stern alone needs to result in 1.6 million plus new subscribers just to break even. That doesn’t count everyone else new they’re signing.
Last I heard XM was just above 2 million and Sirius at 600K subscribers (MSNBC a few days ago). That means Stern alone needs to bring in 2.5 times more subscribers than Sirius currently has! Agh!