Please tell us why or why not.
Anyone can post a reply, but this question is primarily for those who were regular listeners, enjoyed the show and appreciate Howard’s sense of humor.
As for myself, I’ve already bought my unit and can’t wait until he starts broadcasting on Sirius next month.
Love Stern. However, I don’t feel like buying a Sirius receiver and purchasing a Sirius “plan.” Nothing else on Sirius interests me – I have thousands of CDs and LPs, more than enough to last me the rest of my life – and anything remotely interesting or noteworthy will show up on the plain-old plebeian webstreams (WFMU, etc.) It would be silly to subscribe to Sirius just for Stern, and I’m not going to subscribe in order to hear some random DJ play random music I could just as well dig up from my own collection or listen to for free from a friend or on a free web-based or local AM/FM station. Who wants to buy the gold watch? It seems pretty cheesy, to me.
I love Howard and totally understand why he’s moving on to Sirius, but… eh. I can’t see myself going with him since he’d be the only reason for me to purchase a membership plan. Honestly, I wish Sirius would offer a per-show rate, sort of like an iTunes for radio. Lacking that, I’ll read the recaps, I think.