Clear Channel Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Andrew Levin took a shot at Stern's future home of Sirius Satellite Radio, calling satellite radio a "safe haven" that is "fast becoming the wild west for sexually explicit programming."

Here's the full quote from Levin:
"Congress and the FCC should be troubled that the current law unwittingly creates a safe haven for indecent programming on other media platforms, including satellite radio. Unfortunately these outlets are fast becoming the wild west for sexually explicit programming. The law needs to catch up to technology or our children will be the ultimate victims."

Jealous anyone?

Funny how Clear Channel is now so damn concerned about our children being victims when it doesn't profit them. But you know these people would be all over being safe havens "for sexually explicit programming" themselves if the FCC didn't fine them up the ass. It's amazing how quickly these corporate scum change their tone at the first site of opposition.

Sirius Satellite Radio has hired two of the radio industry's most respected and accomplished advertising executives, Sam Benrubi and Stephen Smith, to help build advertising revenue on its non-music channels.

The appointments follow key programming announcements that enhance advertisers' ability to buy time on Sirius to reach a national audience. Recent programming announcements include this week's announcement that SIRIUS will be the new home of NASCAR in 2007; Sirius will sell all advertising time on its NASCAR channel and during the race broadcasts.

Sam Benrubi, a senior nationwide advertising executive who has led network and local sales teams at Westwood One and Infinity Broadcasting, was named Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales. Benrubi will lead a team committed to developing long-term relationships with national advertisers and developing a strong stream of revenues from advertising to complement SIRIUS' fast-growing revenues from subscribers. Benrubi will report directly to Greenstein. Benrubi has had experience with ad sales for Imus in the Morning and the Howard Stern shows on WNBC-AM over 20 years ago.

Reporting to Benrubi will be Stephen Smith, who was named Vice President, Advertising Sales. Smith has years of experience in national radio advertising sales for sports and in marketing Howard Stern's radio program to national advertisers. He began his broadcasting sales career with Blair Television in 1990, and subsequently was a senior account executive at both Group W Radio Sales and WXRK-FM in New York. Most recently, Smith held several key management positions at WFAN-AM in New York, before joining Sirius.

Mel Karmazin has expressed his desire to sell advertising on the company's non-music stations. At the recent McGraw-Hill Media Summit, Mel said that although Sirius will run advertising on Howard Stern's show, the amount of advertising will be less than that currently airing on his Viacom radio show. (thank god)

Beginning this month, W Hotel Guests can tune into their choice of SIRIUS content when they check into select suites at W Hotels. The partnership is an ideal fit with W Hotels' boutique style and comprehensive business services. They've agreed to make SIRIUS radios available in select guest suites at the W - Times Square and the W Los Angeles - Westwood.

HotelChatter took the photo pictured here which should be representative of an in-room unit you will find in the W suites.

Designers, celebrities, press and other VIPs attending New York's Fashion Week at Bryant Park can preview the layout of a SIRIUS-equipped W Hotel room in W's backstage VIP lounge from February 7-11.