Long story, going way back. I think it was around 2002 when I bought my first satellite radio kit. I remember spending an entire evening installing the kit in my car, I went with XM over Sirius. At the time I don’t think Howard had signed with anyone yet. I travelled so much for work in rental cars that I actually would take my XM kit with me. It wasn’t really portable but I made it portable, slapping the antenna on a roof of my rental with wires everywhere.
Eventually cars came with XM and then the app changed the game for good, but that was much later. Anyway at some point I jumped ship to Sirius and then they merged (Sirius and XM) which all reintroduced me to Howard Stern who I hadn't heard on a regular basis since the 90s.
I loved listening to Stern, and thought the wack pack and his staff were all hilarious although I felt Robin Quivers was annoying. I always thought all she did was agree with Howard the entire show, but if someone were paying me millions a year I’d probably agree with them too.
Wack packers and support staff would come and go, and somewhere Howard became known as an interviewer and I thought he always did an excellent job. He (or his staff) did their homework and he always asked great questions. A lot of celebrities I couldn’t stand I found respect for from his interviews. On the other hand a lot of people I admired, I no longer did after some of those interviews.
Worst interview ever: Cardi B
Most snotty person interview: Jennifer Aniston
One of most interesting: Ice-T
Sometimes I’d get burnt out and take a break for a month, then come back. Then COVD happened. By this point some of his most entertaining staff left (Schully, Brett) and were replaced by duds. On top of this Howard refused to come out of his house for years. Howard has more money than god and expects to live forever so he was determined to never get COVID while his staff all joined by something like a Zoom teleconference. Eventually the staff returned to the office but Stern still stayed at home long after it was okay to come out of hiding from COVID.
With this change the chemistry of the show was lost, and it’s never come back. I have not listened on a regular basis for almost 2 years and spend my time on SiriusXM listening solely to music. Apparently I’m not alone because I read last night he’s gone from 2 million daily listeners to just 125,000.
He has an entire staff, how much staff does Joe Rogan or Call Her Daddy podcast have? It sounds like (if true) SiriusXM will it get the return on investment on Stern this time around.
He’s gotten to the point where he’s boring, and he used to make fun of Don Imus’ downfall but it looks like he’s suffering the same demise.
If I were to bet, he may sign a year or two contract and be done, or if the media drama gets too big he may walk away. SiriusXM is interested in purchasing his entire catalog to reply (forever I would assume) and I’m sure that would give him a big payday. Some of his old interviews and segments are pure gold and people would pay to have access to listen to those on repeat.
A lot of people with claim this is all political if SiriusXM doesn’t renew him, and I wouldn’t doubt it plays some part, but I think it’s mostly listeners preferences have changed, there are more interesting options these days (he used to make fun of podcast “losers” all the time) and mostly, people don’t want to listen to a grouchy old man bitch all day anymore.
Were you ever a Howard Stern fan?
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last commentStern and Robin were updated versions of Carson and McMahon, with Quivers playing McMahon's role perfectly. Never a fan. Always thought he was an asshole.
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I stopped listening after Artie Lange left. Back in the day Howard was fucking hilarious. I mean you can always youtube Billy West Howard stern for like crying laughter level stuff.
He gives these nice interviews now, he used to be such a huge asshole to his guests. Isn't he still wearing mask, hiding in his basement?
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I always thought he was an asshole, but he was a funny asshole
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25 is a truly awful person. Fighting back against his bullying and bullshit can bring out the worst in others. We shouldn't allow him to drag us down to his level. We are better than him; he is simply not worth it.
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^ This was a post worthy of Icey. Completely out of place on this thread.
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Howard Stern was like most liberal shock comics. Once the novelty wore off, his act became boring. Like Bill Maher, he needed armies of writers ( all New York liberals like himself) to create content to fill his time slot. One of Stern's top rivals, Mancow Muller, was way better in comparison.
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And all of skibum's rants are out of place anywhere but a ghetto
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When I was younger my friend had box seating for the Ranger games at Madison Square Garden, a few blocks of seats down from the box seating that Howard Stern had from his radio show, and very often I would see Donald Trump in Sterns section usually with Howard, and Robin Quivers.
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^^ I keep forgetting you make Icey seem manly, you fucking blowhard moron.
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The problem is his audience is aging and younger people aren't in to him.
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That’s a funny story from the way back machine! Similar to yours I got the Sirius lifetime subscription for $500 and probably one of the best entertainment investments I ever made.i remember hauling around my “portable kit” whenever charging vehicles and taking it down when I had to get the car washed. Thank goodness for the app nowadays. Maybe I’m getting too old but I have met listened to stern in two years either. The talk show industry is changing so much I’m thinking Howard will probably scale back to podcasts or doing the show once or twice a week for about 30 weeks out of the year. Fact is I prefer my local conservative news show and NPR, which won’t get shit down due to living in a large metro area. Sucks if you live in the rural areas and relegated to Hicksville conservative radio as your only option.
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skibum is hilariously thin-skinned. He's an even bigger bitch than his gefilte fish partner cockholster 25iq
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^ Nobody is a bigger bitch than you gumby you’re an even bigger cunt, than your faggit butty iceberg fats
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Pretty sure the reason Stern's ratings are shit is because he decided to be a left-wing political hack instead of the host of a comedy show. He's an asshole just like Springsteen and DeNiro. (I was a former fan of all three, but no more.) Stern should take all his money and get a 12" dick extension so he can literally go fuck himself.
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Occasionally, I would be scrolling through SiriusXM and catch an interview he was doing with a musical artist or the like. Some of his interviews were good, but the rest of the show was absolute dreck. I don't think younger listeners are into his Borscht Belt humor, and he was a Kamala worshiper. Would SiriusXM have been more reasonably priced if they weren't paying this guy $100 million per year?
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Gam is simply the perfect young pretend male that passes as a man in this trans world we're living in. Good thread that he ruins by whining at 25 for nothing, then when called on it he acts like the little bitch he cannot avoid being.
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