XM is getting Howard Stern for free

It'a about time the oral n anal fans had a chance to post. Since there's nothing on the ona front to talk about (they've been dropped by all their stations) the only way those trannies get a mention is to here by the 4 moronic die hard fans.

In your opinion "he stopped bing funny year ago". While that is not the case, Stern at least is and has been funny which is more than I can say for Oral n Anal.

Get a life. O n A win in the end? What exactly are they winning?

Offering free Virus is of no value to Sirius. No one listens and no one cares about two irrelevant has been "jocks" that never were. The ONLY thing Sirius listeners want from XM is MLB - end of story.

Stern brought in more listeners than o n a ever had. If o n a are so big, I'm sure that Mel and everyone else would be using them to draw subscribers as the company needs every subscriber they can get. Since they're not on regular radio anymore, why waste the energy?

Mel realizes that the ROI for the 100 extra listeners who may or may not be able to pay for more than three months is of no value to Sirius - hence no free virus.

As a college student back in the 70's majoring in Engineering Technology(using the REAL G.I. Bill), we had to read "The Peter Principle"(remember that one??).

The most utilized line of that book is:

"EVERYONE RISES TO THEIR OWN LEVEL OF INCOMPETENCE"

Stern & SiriusXM = Need I say more?????

Considering that I might have listened to Stern 15 minutes in the last 15 years,Howie should have gotten out when he was on top but vanity & greed gets 'em every time.

Keep it up Mel,Greenstein,& the rest of your "yes people",you have never have gotten off the teat of commercial radio & you are doing a jam up job!!!

Lets face it its in their blood/DNA and it's impossible for them to see/try anything different.

"Same Shit, different day"

Hey, ass. I have two XM subs already and have been a subscriber for five years. I check this site because I'm interested in satellite radio. I have as much right as you do to post here.

I cancelled the Sirius unit a while back but they failed to cut it off (probably still counting it as an active sub in their bogus numbers). My point was, I could get Stern all this time for free and I didn't bother because IT'S SHIT. If you can't tell the difference it's not my problem.

Atta boy!! Don't take his shit.

Umm... How old is Howard again?

If Howie is still in his prime, why only 4 days a week and an entire month off each year? Why have an entire crew of people "yes" everything he says if he is still the man? The "man" wouldn't need a "yes" crew. Howie in his day could easily lead a show instead of being the MC his show has become today.

When has Howard been on tv shows or late night talk shows? When did the media last cover Howie? When has Howie done something worth talking about?

If giving him away for free for a week is the biggest Howie news story in while, is that really "the best"? Is that really what us O and A fans should be striving for?

And finally, can someone please show me where to find the 0.0 rating the howie drones seem to quote all the time?

wahhhhhh

"Guessing Sirius needs to justify howie's salary to the stockholders again. Why not offer free online listening again? something that the listeners really want. And before all the HOO HOO and OPie & Dopey fans start in with their usual bashing - I'm not a big fan of either, I'm just a regular XM listener."

Bullshit. You're a fucking freeloading piece of shit O&A listener. Fuck off.

Howie... stop posting on this site!!! This is for the average joe, not the 4 day a week, one month off, plastic surgery face train wreck you have become.

Now, go and listen to O and A from down the hall like we all know you do.

Let's all play a game and listen to the Howie show on Monday. We all stop listening as soon as we hear Robin stoke Howie's ego, or we hear Howie say he is the inventor/best at anything to his audience.

My bets are that we don't make it past 6:30am EDT on Monday... Anybody think we could last longer?

There's no "brain washing" into thinking the oral n anal are awful they did a brilliant job of proving that point.

No ratings, no interest from ANY medium to broadcast their crappy show. No one cares!

It's time you got the facts straight. If they're so good then why are they toiling in mediocrity? Perhaps it's because they SUCK. They always have and they always will.

Stern could retire tomorrow and hand over the reigns to those trannies and they'd blow that too. Just like on KROCK.

ZERO POINT ZERO

I'm almost tempted to listen to the beginning of Howie's show on Monday to hear the following:

"As you know, I was the first person from terrestrial radio with any talent to make the jump to satellite radio. I originated the entire thing. I am the only reason that the satellite radio has survived while terrestrial radio has failed. So Sirius came to me and begged me to let them give a free preview to XM listeners. At first I didn't want to do it, but I decided to let it happen so that the XM listeners can hear what they're missing. Sirius knows that I am the best thing on radio and only I can save XM."

But of course I won't hear it because I won't be listening. And I might be off a bit...maybe a pause or two here and there for ass-kissing by Robin, but I think I've hit all the major points. Complete and utter bullshit, of course, but I guarantee he'll say it. And all without mentioning O&A, who were in place and on the air on XM before he ever signed with Sirius. This wasn't Stern's doing. Sirius is trying to make back the money they paid him...no more, no less. That contract isn't going to pay itself off, and Howie's certainly not going to work any harder than he has to. What a waste of money that could have gone to true talent instead.

All the Stern idiots are just going to eat this stunt up. Amazing.

troutmouth STFU: they did get good ratings in a majority of markets you donkey, not quite like the messiah, but no where near david lee roth numbers. and how do you support a terrestrial radio show if you buy xm to hear an unedited version of the show, more so, they lost a number on fm and gained on xm, the next time you think about writing stupid comments make sure you.

and virus news network:

next time: be funny, that was a complete waste!

Actually it was funny. That's the problem with you oral n anal worshipers, you don't know when something is funny.

If oral n anal had good ratings then why were they dropped. Regular radio is in dire straits looking for anyone that could generate 1/10 the revenue Stern did. Oral n Anal were handed that and they FAILED.

"Not quite like the messiah" is an admission they weren't as popular or as good. Read what you write. You're the donkey as you're talking out your ass.

No one listened to them on free radio because they sucked. Exactly how many listeners did the tranny twins bring to sat rad? If you think it's more than Stern, you need a shrink as you're truly delusional.

Put down the bong, take your meds and get your pea brain clear and think before you write.

Of course Stern is an employee. But he's treated like royalty and sucked up to by management afraid to lose him. Which is ridiculous, of course, because if he left the company would be free to spend more money on other talent. More talented employees (and not just O&A, but they are the most blatant examples) are being screwed over because of him and the awful merger that shouldn't have happened.

As for giving more money to the company...money is not the issue. I have two radios, and a lot of people have more than that. It would be worth paying more if the company would just listen to its customers once in a while.

Sending both signals to a single radio doesn't seem to be the answer, since so much of the programming is the same now. But they could and should uniformly align those channels and send a SINGLE signal and forget this "best of" scam. That would go a long way toward making the listening experience a little better for everyone.

The company would be free to spend more money on other talent? I am not a fan of talk radio, I have on the other hand listened to many different programs over the years, and Stern is clearly better than the rest. The content is more original and his show is put together by himself, not a parent company, meaning I would hear a bit on the top morning show in philly, only to hear it redone in minneapolis and so on. Big radio is sad. Many talented jocks have fallen wayside due to this. The only big name radio people are all political. That is why Mancow flipped to the other side. My point is that as much as people have a personal favorite, Stern is still the most recognized jock. Everyone else has had their chance to make a name, not on satrad, on fm. Satrad is a pay service, they need recognizable names to sell units. Sure someday when all is balanced I'm sure they will employ less known people. Good examples, Bob Dylan, Tom petty, B.B king, Oprah, Willie Nelson and so on, you get the point, these are nationally recognized talent, No potential subscriber from Iowa or anywhere else that has been subject to washed out radio is going to recognize O&A, Ron and Fez, or Bubba the love sponge. By your theory every jock in every market should be on satrad, most local jocks in popular markets get the same if not higher ratings than the names I just listed. But to say there are more talented jocks than Stern is simply youre opinion, Fact is, he is the most talented due to the personalized work that has been put into a sucsessful program. Bob Dylan and Tom Petty are great musicians, but they are not radio djs by any stretch of the imagination. The only big name radio personality I see on the horizion is Ryan Seacrest.

Personalized work that makes him the most talented???

Really, did invent refit the Delorean and are listening to Stern from 1990? If so, then yes I agree with you 110 percent.

Please take your time machine to the 2000's and listen to how he slowly slid into Imus mode. Little by little, he stopped being inventive and starting being a moderator of his own show.

Once Howie moved to Satrad, he slammed on his brake to a full, boring halt. You mentioned earlier that why shouldn't Howie take the huge money and 4 days a week if he had a chance. That to me provides justification for all Satrad and Howie fans to be outraged.

More money, less work... Yeah, thats makes financial sense.

I agree with your basic premise, except to add that if you have a show that can easily be replicated anywhere, you don't really have a show. You mentioned Minneapolis. I lived there for a long time and can attest to the fact that Tom Bernard has been doing Howard's show for years (badly), and he cleaned Stern's clock in ratings when they tried to syndicate the show there. Howard might be the most easily recognized brand name and the highest paid, but that doesn't always correlate to the ability to entertain. To put it another way, McDonald's might be the most popular restaurant in the world, but people don't go there because they like the food...they go there because it's cheap and they have no taste.

The basic formula is:

vulgar, immature host(s) + wacky (often drunken/stoned) sidekick + strippers/porn stars + stupid, ineffective hole + fart jokes/phone pranks = ratings

There's nothing more to it than that. That's why everybody does it and everybody steals it. Including Howard Stern, who stole it from Don Imus.

Its funny that you mention Tom Bernard, he is the worst broadcaster in the world, example, he went on a rant one day about how boring and unfunny Jimmy Kimmel is, this was about six years ago or so, but he would laugh his ass off anytime he heard a manshow or crank yankers bit played on his own show. That Idiot has no idea what goes on around him, he just reads cards.

I was watching the ratings in minneapolis simply because I hate Bernard, Howard was one ratings book away from taken over the top spot, suddenly his show was pulled with no explanation. I researched this and found that the syndicate was clear channel, and at the time MN Vikings owner, Red Mccombs was part owner of clear channel, Disney(abc radio) said they would pull all ads with the franchise if action wasnt taken. I later found out that not only was Stern dropped without notice, but he is still in litigation over the unpaid salary. This happened in multiple markets apparently. I was listening the day they switched him off, they went into kfan and they got so many hate calls, they switched to a jazz channel out of Chicago.

Seriously wouldn't surprise me. I hated and was mystified by Tom Bernard all the time I lived there and couldn't stand to listen to him. He did steal a hell of a lot of bits from Crank Yankers, I noticed that too. I was at radio broadcasting school at Brown and listened to just about everything on the dial at one point or another between 2001 and 2004, and I was always surprised by the lack of original programming in the area. I didn't know about the Clear Channel connection to Stern being removed (since I moved there after it happened), but it does make sense now that you mention it.

do you suck howards dick or did you just recently become a fan?....

my guess- all of the above...

First off, check your writing, your first paragraph makes no sense.

Your banter is based on nothing more than opinion, I would like you to write a list of broadcasters that are more innovative than Stern and who are still on the air, sat or otherwise. Please name one broadcaster that has more name recognition than Stern, one with enough recognition to attract subscribers from all of the lower 48. You failed to understand what my post was about. I could give a shit what you think about the content of the Stern show, you could type every one of your opinions on this page and it would still be irrelevant to my post. I was not commenting on my opinions of Howards program, I was merely pointing out that he is the most recognizable "jock" in current times. He will continue to be so until someone new can outshine his career accomplishments.

Well, thank you for proofreading my work. Much appreciated!!!

Of course he is "one" of the most recognizable jocks in current times. Back in the day, he was the man. Some of his bits are classic, no one is going to try and take that away.

I can't write a list of innovative jocks still on the air until you can tell me how he is still innovative.

Name me innovative highlights for Hoo-Hoo in the past ten years. And don't try moving to Satrad, O and A did that first. Once you can do that, I can provide a comparable list of jocks who reached or exceeded Hoo-Hoo's innovation in recent years.

Otherwise, I will write a list of innovative jocks who equaled Hoo-Hoo when he was the man.

Well Put.

You won't read any books as it helps to know how to read in order to write one.

I'm proud to say O n A have several future TV projects - Where are they now? is one and Back to Obscurity is another.

We're also working on a big one with MSNBC and FMQB (no title yet) but it depicts the horrible state of regular radio and how no one has the talent to fill Stern's shoes despite (several shows claiming to be better, funnier and more innovative) being handed the opportunity of a lifetime. Best of all it features us in our meteoric rise to the top and our incredible popularity across the country. We know how to butter our bread and we're taking advantage of it.

Maybe these fine people can help use suggest s title as we can't think of one.

You will also see three upcoming newspaper articles about us in the Obituaries. One for our career and two individual ones for us. The one for our career is due anyday now and the other two shortly thereafter. The career one should've been posted two years ago but they forgot and they claimed not to have any room. I wonder why.

Nice.

You need to revise your first sentence to Howard "had" made a name for himself...

Yes, there were multiple press releases for O and A going to XM. Do I need to post the links?

Movies and books? The movie was in 1997, 12 years ago. The book was made the same year, the other book "Miss America" was printed in 1996. Is this what you were referring to when you mean still "innovative"? You know, the Hoo-Hoo commercials on Satrad mention the "Revolution". I only wish that was the case, because if he revolve back to the days where he constantly made headlines with his antics and pissing off the bosses, his legacy is going to show the following:

"Great in the 80's and 90's...went to Sirius for
more money, less work and stayed there until his contract was up and retired."

Again, I await your innovative list from Stern in the past 10 years, then I will counter with my listing.

Finally, no I will not get over this, because there is nothing to get over. It is just a matter of a couple of years before Howie gives the finger to you fans and leaves over money. He did it once when he jumped to Satrad, leaving the fans to either pay for his show, or stop listening. Don't think he won't do it again.

Wow it sounds like you really know everything about Stern. Are you a disgruntled employee? I mean at the sandwich bar you work at.

This is a ridiculous pissing contest. Stern has done it all and O n A haven't done 1/10th of what he's accomplished. If it wasn't for Stern, O n A would be in obscurity (wait they already are).

As for lately, Stern is still entertaining and creative. What do O n A bring to the table? Any books or movies? Anything? With the exception of a cameo on Backdoor Boyz you won't find them on film.

Please show me some hard facts and proof of what they've accomplished. BTW being kicked off of every station they were on is not an accomplishment.

Does it matter if O n A were on satrad first? NO. If you want to count the impact their presence made it was neglible. No one even knew they were on and the media didn't make anything out of it becuase they're irrelevant.

If and when Stern leave satrad, O n A certainly won't be the ones to take his place. Jason Ellis will be running things before O n A do. Hell Chuck Zito has more listeners for the one hour he does a show every two months then O n A do as a whole. Don't agree? Take it up with Chuck. He'll point out the facts.

Why aren't they offering the Virus for free to Sirius subscribers? There's a reason and it's not your delusional "Howard won't let them" BS. He couldn't care less. He made his thoughts known when O n A were booted off of KROCK. If it brings in subscribers or gets Sirius subs to buy the XM package I'm sure he and everyone else is all for it. After all he benefits from a successful company. The problem and the reality (which you can't comprehend) is that no one cares about O n A aside from you and 6 others who post here.

Keep whining and crying about an unimportant and irrelevant couple of washed up trannies.I guess if it gets you through the day of your miserable life then more power to you.

You tell em!

Are those article archived somewhere? Do you have any NEW articles or news on Opie n Anthony? Heck I can't find anything on this site except for, well you know.

I can't seem to find anything on them anywhere. It's a shame that there's no mention of them anywhere. Please give me the links so I can read up on my Fave guys.

Where can I hear them?

And Stern has what coming up for TV? Oh yes, On-Demand of the same shit he did when I was in high school. That is the extent of his TV time now, much less the rest of his current co-hosts.

And Stern has what coming up for books? That would be nothing in the past 10 years

And Stern has done what with his show? see question #1, minus the funny.

Yes, O and A are not on TV, wait one second...

Anthony is on a little show called "Hannity" on a regular basis.

Jim Norton has been on these small public access shows called Letterman and Leno multiple times. The most recent being last month. Finally two HBO specials. Too bad he is on such small venues. There is also something I recall about two best selling books in the past three years. I only wish the NY Times best seller list was given to a larger crowd to view.

Both O and A have appeared on Leno and Letterman in the past 3 years.

Your right Anthony, O and A have done nothing compared to the "King"

Again you keep missing the point. I am not arguing with you about how long ago, or how he is going to give the finger to his fans. You act as though O&A are better than Stern. Again, I am simply pointing out that they are not. Not because I think Stern puts on a better show, I dont listen to either one. I am simply pointing out that stern is more of a commodity. Plain and simple. As far as my innovation comment, I was simply saying, when a radio personality can out do what Stern has, than they will be the next big thing. I know you are a fan of O&A, I am not trying to take that away, I am simply saying that when compared, Stern is more of a commodity. You can post all links you want, no one outside of new york knows anything about them. Revolution! Its called advertising you stupid fuck, get it through you thick head, I AM NOT DEBATING THE CONTENT OF THESE SHOWS, I AM TELLING YOU STERN IS MORE VALUABLE TO A BROADCASTING COMPANY! Howard Stern is fifty five years old, how much longer should he work before its not considered a fuck you to his fans! You need to get a fucking clue and wake the fuck up! If you dont understand my posts, than dont comment on them.

Perhaps I am not understanding your angle afterall.

You don't listen to either show, but know alot about who you think is better and why. I haven't a clue as to who is better, Martha Stewart show or Oprah because I don't listen to them, therefore have no ability to comment on marketable or asset to Satrad. You however seem to have both shows summised and a winner picked out.

And don't hand us the bullshit of looking out for the health of the companies by saying Hoo-Hoo is a commodity. As you can see from the majority of posts, they don't like Howie and are pissed that we need to pay his absurd contract.

Whether he is a continuous asset is up for debate. But again, we should look at quality for your hard earned cash.

One one hand you have a show that makes a respectable income, but not enough hope that subs go up in order to pay their salary. They give 110 percent, work 5 days a week and don't take an entire month off at once. They also don't have post show analysis and a separate channel to discuss previous shows and analyze the characters on the show.

This may seem fine for you, however if you are truly interested in financial health of Sirius XM, that is alot of money, resources and time to spend on one person.

If you truly do not listen to either show and are neutral, act like it and ask Sirius why your money is going to two stations for one person.

Yes, I act as O and A are better than Stern because they are.

You would need to listen to Oprah or Martha Stewart before you could analyze which one is more marketable? That statement alone is exactly why you dont understand anything I am saying. Your point about how hard O&A work is ridiculous. You act as though Howard just shows up for work. You have yet to point out that the salary Howard receives is to program the two channels, this including all staff wages. You have not mentioned the production that goes into these shows, Do O&A pay their staff from their multi million dollar salaries? Or is that left to sirixm, I assume its the companies responsibility, seeing that they are making decisions on behalf of O&A's program.

The questions I ask sirixm are, why arent you truly merging channels and sending all programs to each unit?, why are you asking loyal subscribers pay more money for programming that is supposedly merged? When are you going to expand the music channel line-up? When can I see the non broadcasting talent go away? People like Stern, O&A, Ron & fez, Bubba, and Ferrel attract loyal listeners like yourself, full of passion over their favorite. I will always encourage broadcasters of this nature to be employed by sirixm. This is the future of broadcasting in terms of talk radio. If they followed your theory, they would employ every jock from every city. I ask you to put aside your feelings for Stern personally and look at the bigger picture. If I'm correct, were O&A the afternoon drivetime jocks after Stern? Look at how that helped thier career. Would O&A be as big as they are if they followed up some no name in middle america? Isnt Bubba the love sponge doing well on fm radio? I hope you can finally understand what I am trying to say. I understand O&A do bring in subs, what I am pointing out is that they are more regional than national. The same as Bubba, ferrel and maddog. The regions they are popular in are good markets, this is very valuable. Stern, Oprah, Martha, Dylan, these are the national names. What is so offensive about that to you?

WOW
You are right. That's an impressive list. Leno and Letterman in the last 3 years.

Please boy, you're grasping at straws, and they're pretty short straws. Give it up. Your argument is so ridiculous and pathetic that I actually feel sorry for you.

Jim Norton's popularity is a result of his comedic talent, not because he's on o n a. You're delusional and are confusing the two. Jim Norton actually has talent, your boys don't. If Jim ever left the show o n a would have absolutely nothing!ZERO . ZERO

BTW Artie Lange has been on Letterman, Conan and Kimmel 10+ times combined in that same period and remains a welcomed guest on those shows. His book was a #1 seller and his shows are larger and more profitable than Jim's. I'm not knocking Norton (although I don't know why he's toiling on that loser show) but Artie is one of the most popular and highest paid comedians at this time. Lange admits his popularity is due in large part to his presence on Stern. Let's focus on the wonder twins and how pathetic they are, not Lange and Norton.

Oral n Anal did Letterman because Letterman was pressured by CBS, not because Letterman actually thought they'd be great guests. How many times have the wonder twins been invited back? ZERO. I'm sure o n a's appearance were a ratings boon for both Letterman and Leno. Have they ever repeated those shows? Stern hasn't done any of those shows because he has no reason to go on even though he is constantly asked to do so.

Hannity? What is that? Might as well be on Ron n Pez.

Howard TV makes money. So what it boils down to is that you, the other oral n anal worshippers and oral n anal themselves are envious. You guys are not successful, never will be and are pissed off that someone with talent has become successful and enjoys a good lifestyle. WAAAH.

Stern hasn't written a book in 10+ years, have o n a ever put one out? Has it sold any copies? If Stern put one out tomorrow, it would be a best seller. What could the wonder twins possibly write about other than how they screwed up a gold mine, burned bridges and consistently whine, blame Stern and everyone else (other than themselves) for their failure.

I was asking you why you are so offended when I point out the fact that Howard Stern is a nationally recognized name and O&A are regionally recognized names. You seem to think that O&A are as big as Stern. I dont understand where you are confused. I took some time to look at the schedule for howard 100 and howard 101. H100 broadcasts the live Stern show in the A.M. and is followed up by the wrap up show, The wrap up show is a round table of Stern show personalities and guests discussing the days happenings, taking phone calls as well. The rest of the day, h100 replays the show. H101 starts its morning with the west coast feed of the Stern show, 9am eastern time. its followed by the replay of the wrap up show. 3pm eastern time starts btls. 6pm to 7pm is a specialty show followed by scott ferrel. after ferrel is btls replay, after btls replay its ferrel replay, then the whole thing starts over. I did not look at weekend programming. It appears to me that the channels are programmed well and could fit into most peoples daily schedule. Day or night shift. You had said that one channel is for his show and the other is to analyze his show, where did you come up with this? BTW I enjoy Andy Rooneys more humorous approach to his segment. He always seemed angry and bitter in the past.

I think anthony makes a point when he says O&A fans could possibly be envious to Stern and his success. I say this not to start a fight, but to maybe help you chill out on the subject. You almost seem angry. I dont mean to analyze your thoughts but some of your arguments are irrelevant, David letterman is older than Stern, yet its an accomplishment when O&A are on his show. Again, Letterman has been doing the top ten for decades, yet you claim Stern is stale. O&A are in their late forties, Stern has been a friend to letterman for decades. Even as an O&A fan, you have to admit, its a little late in the game for O&A to be trying to come up. Look at the ages of O&A and then look back to what Stern was doing at that age, When you compliment O&A for their success, Just look at what Stern accomplished at their ages. You act as if Howard was handed everything in life and people just listen for no reason, almost to say he has no talent. When O&A are older, will you force them to continue to broadcast into their sixties or will their retirement be a fuck you to fans. I think comparing Stern to O&A is waste of your time. Just enjoy the show, support them the way Stern fans have supported him. If you need support as a fan, go to wackbag.com and have fun, discuss the daily happenings and enjoy yourself. It appears to me that you are tortured by Sterns success, the fact is, your torturing yourself.