Father Mulcahey
Posted on 02/18/2009 8:29:50 PM PST by slomark
When Howard Stern left terrestrial radio for the world of satellites, he was replaced by three different regional hosts. Two of them went down in flames almost immediately, but CBS Radio had high hopes for the third, comedian Adam Carolla.
Had. As in past tense. Formerly. No more.
AllAccess.com, a popular radio news site, reports that affiliates have been notified that Friday will be Carolla’s last day at CBS Radio.
“Yes, there will be a large announcement, Carolla said. “We will do that tomorrow or later today. We’ll play it by ear. You will find me via the webcast. So all you junkies can get a little hit of the Ace Man methadone.”
Rumors have been floating around the radio industry that
(Excerpt) Read more at ihatethemedia.com ...
Nor have I listened to Opie and Anthony over the years. My thing is the music, plus Fox News, and the BBC World Service when they're not bashing America.
So true. Last month, I drove round trip from Ohio to New Brunswick, Canada. Maine is a radio dead zone. XM kept me sane.
I’ve listened to him on the radio, and briefly viewed him on the tube. He’s not conservative, whatever he might claim.
Well I've listened to him on the radio and caught his show that was on TV.
Not really my thing but if people want to listen to him and someone wants to pay for the commercials then more power to him.
Most of his compensation came in the form of stock in Sirius. With the company headed to bankruptcy, you can imagine how much that has gone down.
I've read that Howard Stern sold every Sirius share quite a while ago. He made out like a bandit, dumping his shares as fast as the law allows.
Damn, I thought we got rid of that louse
Father Mulcahey
He’s a pig & so is his sidekick.
Adam Corolla is a good “second banana,” but he’s not that great on his own. He was awesome on the original “The Man Show” with Jimmy Kimmel, and on “Love Line” with Dr. Drew Pinksi. Not so much on his own...
Mark
I think if Sirius had stuck mainly to music programming, they would have had a profitable business model for themselves. Words cannot describe how atrocious "terrestial" FM had become over the past 20 years or so. It turned into a wasteland of non-stop ads, yakking DJs, canned news, traffic and weather reports (that tell you nothing) that if you were lucky, might deliver 30 minutes an hour of actual music! And when you did get music, it was from a very tight playlist. Hell, the 6-CD changer in my car had more variety than a typical FM radio station playlist! How many times a day must they play "100 Years" by Five for Fighting or "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol? And for how many years?
Anyway, the day I installed Sirius in my car was like going to heaven. Commercial free music in endless variety and having the song title and artist displayed at all times was an added bonus. Now I could actually purchase my favorite new songs because I knew title and artist!
My long commutes became pleasurable and I actually found myself circling my neighborhood at times waiting for a piece of music to finish before pulling into my driveway!
Throwing a half billion dollars at Howard Stern just makes no sense at all. Had they sunk just a fraction of that money in developing their own content, they would have been a force to reckon with.
That could really be entertaining! And Col Flagg could sub sometimes for the good Father. :)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.