Howard's End? (One strike and Stern's out)

CNN Money ^ | 12/23/04 | Krysten Crawford

[raccoonradio]

>>I get Tony Snow, Tammy Bruce, Laura Ingrahm, Geoff Metcalf and Rusty Humphries.

Ah, that's right, I've heard Laura mention her show's on Sirius too.

[Tulsa Brian]

And a nekkid blond! FWIW, blond without the "e" on the end connotes a male vise a female... :-D (unless thats what you're into...(ducks and runs for cover))

[Lurking2Long]

You gotta love Howard.

Trash that takes itself out to the curb!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I spelled it with an 'e', but the spell checker said I was wrong - maybe the spell checker is gay!

[Tulsa Brian]

Maybe It recalls "personal preference" and makes allowances accordingly. (I'm so naughty. I'll stop now, i promise)

[NJ Neocon]

Cable used to be commercial-free.

MOVIES theaters used to be commercial-free.

As soon as the staellite companies get a significant number of people hooked THEY will start with commercials. It'll be slow, and occasional, but will increase over the years.

Frog-in-the-slow-boil-pot.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"Public radio"? You mean Howard's on the same network as "All Things Considered"? :) Maybe they mean "public airwaves".

I don't know what the difference is, really. CPB funded stations play just as many on air advertisements as stations who don't suck at the government teat.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

His move, in my opinion, is the end of free radio as we know it

Bull cookies. It is the end of on air personalities using the public airwaves as their own theatre for playing class clown for 4 hours per day. There will ALWAYS be stations willing to play great music to a devoted demographic of listeners who don't mind programming interspersed with advertisements.
Personally, I will never go to a pay radio service. I welcome the expurgation of those elements on radio that make listening almost painful....the morning 'Zoos' for example. Good riddance to them. Now, queue up some Vivaldi or Clapton , crank it up and let the good times roll.

[hosepipe]

[ Is your capslock key sticking? :) ]

No THATS.... my literary volumnator..

[r8eo-broadcater]

i am not trying to sound like a jerk, but i want you to consider that traditional radio has been run by DJ's ever since it was started, and i am sure they didn't mean to sound insane. as a matter of fact, i am going to be a DJ and i am going to try to be better than those inane ones you listen to. oh and by the way, even though stern is only one show, he is still an indecent jerk.