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musicradio77 · 12-11-2005, 08:34 PM

This week will be the last week of Howard Stern's show on Infinity before he goes to Sirius Satelite Radio. Let me get things straight, I'm not a big fan of Howard Stern where he does his stuff that is inappropriate for radio. This Friday, he will be leaving. My avatar for this week will be a picture of Howard Stern. On my sig, it will be 4 more days before the end of his contract at Infinity (a Viacom station before separation next month). He will be on his now former K-Rock (WXRK soon to be WFNY) until this Friday. Stern is still on and he's got four more days to go until he leaves. Let me tell you the story, I listened to "Board Reflections" during the last year where he was critising about Stern's leaving to go to Satellite Radio and all kinds of stuff. I've seen those in past articles in the Daily News, Radio & Records on several forums like Radio-Info and the New York Radio Message Board where they were talking about Stern many times. I know that coming this Friday, he is gone! This is the thread I'm going to start with about his departure to Satellite Radio. Only 3 more weeks left until K-Rock is signing off for good, in the mortal words of Porky Pig "Th-th-that's all folks!". Free-FM will be the next big thing in FM radio. My Christmas Mickey avatar will be back next weekend. Any thoughts?

theshark8777 · 12-11-2005, 08:36 PM

I am not a Stern fan per se, but I love Satellite Radio!

musicradio77 · 12-11-2005, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by theshark8777

I am not a Stern fan per se, but I love Satellite Radio!

Me neither, I have two airchecks on Stern's Infinity show on the soon to be WFNY (where WXRK will drop its call letters a month from now as well as the K-Rock moniker). It features interviews like Bob Saget and John Stamos. Two former actors from "Full House" where they played Jesse Katsopolis and Danny Tanner. This was from the Olsen Twins News site. Let's take a listen to these two.

http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0...A1NK3JV8WIMZON

http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3...40UBA8ZVBTCZ7I

musicradio77 · 12-12-2005, 12:03 AM

Forbes has this article about Stern's departure from broadcast radio to satellite radio:

No Stern? No Problem.

He's gone, and now Infinity's Joel Hollander has to kick-start his company--and broadcast radio.

These are difficult days for Viacom's Infinity Broadcasting. Dec. 16 is Howard Stern's last live show before he moves to Sirius Satellite Radio. Infinity's revenues are flat at $2.1 billion since 2000, while Viacom's cable revenues are up 61% over the same time. When $22.5 billion (sales) Viacom splits in two next month, Infinity Radio will account for 15% of revenue of new parent CBS, compared with 9% at Viacom.

Joel Hollander, 49, was tapped in January to see the company through this transition. A founder of the first 24-hour sports radio station, WFAN in New York, and former head of Westwood One, Hollander immediately embarked on big changes. He fired disc jockeys at 11 stations in favor of the "Jack" format, which relies on prerecorded witticisms and a smorgasbord of music genres, and last month he announced that former Van Halen front man, David Lee Roth, would take over for Stern in markets like New York, Philadelphia and Boston. He spoke with Forbes' Dorothy Pomerantz.

By the end of 2006, 40 million people will be listening to iPods. In five years satellite radio subscriptions will go from 7 million to 20 million. Is broadcast radio dead?

Absolutely incorrect. We dispelled that myth when we changed [KCBS in Los Angeles] to Jack on St. Patrick's Day, and 121 days later the radio station went from 18th to first. If you have the right environment for music, the right content, people will find it, and they found it in a very short period of time in Los Angeles.

But you've been booed in New York for changing WCBS from oldies to Jack. Arbitron now ranks the station 22nd out of 40 there.

It's never easy to be criticized, but when you make a global decision and you take a piece of content and spread it over 11 stations and you're successful on 10 of them, I'll take that batting average any day of the week.

Will you miss Howard Stern?

You know what? It's been a lot of fun with him. As difficult as it is at times, he's a brilliant broadcaster, and he has made a lot of money for advertisers, for shareholders and for employees. From that aspect certainly we'll miss him, but the world goes on, and we'll be successful, and hopefully he'll be successful, but not as successful as us.

You've asked investors to be patient and give you as much as two years before judging your post-Stern strategy. Isn't that a lot to ask?

When you're replacing someone who's been on the air for 20 years, it takes some time. Will it take 24 months? I don't think so. We live in a society where people want quick answers, whether it's Wall Street or sports or politics. You have to be patient.

Do you think radio needs more-radical changes?

No. It's content. Whoever has the best content will win. But on the technology side there are a lot of investments going on in high-definition radio right now. There are going to be all these side channels in the next three to seven years [because HD gives broadcasters extra bandwidth for additional programming]. That to me would be the only radical change.

This article has been corrected; the original print version contains an inaccurate revenue figure.

Ireneparalegal · 12-12-2005, 01:32 AM

I can't wait...I got my sirius and the sooner he gets here, the better!

musicradio77 · 12-13-2005, 06:09 PM

With 3 days remaining before he departs, someone posted on NYRMB where Frank was saying:

Mel Karmazin was on the Howard Stern show on Tuesday morning (for only the second time).

He said that one of the lowest points of his association with Stern over the years was having to pay off the FCC 1.7 million dollars, which he called "ransom".

He felt that they would have definitely won if the FCC had allowed the case to go to court.
Infinity had applications before the FCC, which were held up. They couldn't do business, and they couldn't get their day in court, so they settled... Something Mel regrets he was forced to do.

Dumballa · 12-13-2005, 06:21 PM

Real quick - does anyone know the cheapest Sirius radio and the monthly costs?

theshark8777 · 12-13-2005, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Dumballa

Real quick - does anyone know the cheapest Sirius radio and the monthly costs?

Radios are under $50 and service is like $13 a month. But the more you sign up for the bigger discount you get. I believe if you sign up for a year you get a month free, or for 2 years you get 2 months free. I also think you can get a lifetime service for like $4-500

Dumballa · 12-13-2005, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by theshark8777

Radios are under $50 and service is like $13 a month. But the more you sign up for the bigger discount you get. I believe if you sign up for a year you get a month free, or for 2 years you get 2 months free. I also think you can get a lifetime service for like $4-500

Alright - I was thinkin they were around $50(low), but was surprised ta see tha per month was like $13. Works fa me. tanks shark

dlemond · 12-13-2005, 06:40 PM

I don't have Sirius and I don't have any immediate plans to get it, but I am definitely mulling it over because of Stern.

I like Howard, always have, and it will be hard not to hear him anymore on the drive to work.

theshark8777 · 12-13-2005, 08:34 PM

And not to confuse anyone, this is Howards last week on infinity, but he doesn't start new shows on Sirius until January 9, 2006. I believe Howard already has a channel on Sirius right now (100 or 101). When he starts his show, he will have 2 channels all to himself!

eltonfan80 · 12-13-2005, 09:30 PM

hey does any know how much it is for a famliy plan monthly

musicradio77 · 12-15-2005, 07:07 PM

I listened to "Board Reflections" today and Allan Sniffen (who runs the Musicradio WABC website) was saying that Howard Stern is leaving free radio to go to Satellite Radio. You might listen to "Board Reflections" and find out. Lets take a listen. I hope Steve M, TJL and the others would listen to his show. Good luck!

http://musicradio.computer.net/other...ns12-15-05.ram

theshark8777 · 12-15-2005, 07:13 PM

Howard is having a parade in Manhattan tomorrow to celebrate his move.

musicradio77 · 12-16-2005, 12:57 PM

I want everybody to take a listen to Howard Stern's last show for terrestrial radio. This is from Big Apple Airchecks. Thanks to Matt Craig and Matt Seinberg for help putting Howard's last show on the air. Here it is in 2 parts.

Part 1 - 6:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Part 2 - 8:30 AM - 10:05 AM

By the way, after Stern's departure, I change my Christmas Mickey avatar back. I'm not a big fan of Stern so I changed my avatar back.

12-11-2005, 08:34 PM	#1
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	Countdown to Howard Stern's Departure to Satellite Radio This week will be the last week of Howard Stern's show on Infinity before he goes to Sirius Satelite Radio. Let me get things straight, I'm not a big fan of Howard Stern where he does his stuff that is inappropriate for radio. This Friday, he will be leaving. My avatar for this week will be a picture of Howard Stern. On my sig, it will be 4 more days before the end of his contract at Infinity (a Viacom station before separation next month). He will be on his now former K-Rock (WXRK soon to be WFNY) until this Friday. Stern is still on and he's got four more days to go until he leaves. Let me tell you the story, I listened to "Board Reflections" during the last year where he was critising about Stern's leaving to go to Satellite Radio and all kinds of stuff. I've seen those in past articles in the Daily News, Radio & Records on several forums like Radio-Info and the New York Radio Message Board where they were talking about Stern many times. I know that coming this Friday, he is gone! This is the thread I'm going to start with about his departure to Satellite Radio. Only 3 more weeks left until K-Rock is signing off for good, in the mortal words of Porky Pig "Th-th-that's all folks!". Free-FM will be the next big thing in FM radio. My Christmas Mickey avatar will be back next weekend. Any thoughts?
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12-11-2005, 08:36 PM	#2
theshark8777 Hats for Bats Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 23, 2001 Location: northeast Ohio. Posts: 5,315	I am not a Stern fan per se, but I love Satellite Radio!
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12-12-2005, 01:32 AM	#5
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	I can't wait...I got my sirius and the sooner he gets here, the better!
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12-13-2005, 06:09 PM	#6
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	2 MORE DAYS With 3 days remaining before he departs, someone posted on NYRMB where Frank was saying: Mel Karmazin was on the Howard Stern show on Tuesday morning (for only the second time). He said that one of the lowest points of his association with Stern over the years was having to pay off the FCC 1.7 million dollars, which he called "ransom". He felt that they would have definitely won if the FCC had allowed the case to go to court. Infinity had applications before the FCC, which were held up. They couldn't do business, and they couldn't get their day in court, so they settled... Something Mel regrets he was forced to do.

12-13-2005, 09:30 PM	#12
eltonfan80 RIP MJ I'LL MISS YOU FOREVER Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 11, 2005 Location: in a cloud above the sky Posts: 847	hey does any know how much it is for a famliy plan monthly
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12-12-2005, 12:03 AM	#4
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	Forbes has this article about Stern's departure from broadcast radio to satellite radio: No Stern? No Problem. He's gone, and now Infinity's Joel Hollander has to kick-start his company--and broadcast radio. These are difficult days for Viacom's Infinity Broadcasting. Dec. 16 is Howard Stern's last live show before he moves to Sirius Satellite Radio. Infinity's revenues are flat at $2.1 billion since 2000, while Viacom's cable revenues are up 61% over the same time. When $22.5 billion (sales) Viacom splits in two next month, Infinity Radio will account for 15% of revenue of new parent CBS, compared with 9% at Viacom. Joel Hollander, 49, was tapped in January to see the company through this transition. A founder of the first 24-hour sports radio station, WFAN in New York, and former head of Westwood One, Hollander immediately embarked on big changes. He fired disc jockeys at 11 stations in favor of the "Jack" format, which relies on prerecorded witticisms and a smorgasbord of music genres, and last month he announced that former Van Halen front man, David Lee Roth, would take over for Stern in markets like New York, Philadelphia and Boston. He spoke with Forbes' Dorothy Pomerantz. *By the end of 2006, 40 million people will be listening to iPods. In five years satellite radio subscriptions will go from 7 million to 20 million. Is broadcast radio dead?* Absolutely incorrect. We dispelled that myth when we changed [KCBS in Los Angeles] to Jack on St. Patrick's Day, and 121 days later the radio station went from 18th to first. If you have the right environment for music, the right content, people will find it, and they found it in a very short period of time in Los Angeles. *But you've been booed in New York for changing WCBS from oldies to Jack. Arbitron now ranks the station 22nd out of 40 there.* It's never easy to be criticized, but when you make a global decision and you take a piece of content and spread it over 11 stations and you're successful on 10 of them, I'll take that batting average any day of the week. *Will you miss Howard Stern?* You know what? It's been a lot of fun with him. As difficult as it is at times, he's a brilliant broadcaster, and he has made a lot of money for advertisers, for shareholders and for employees. From that aspect certainly we'll miss him, but the world goes on, and we'll be successful, and hopefully he'll be successful, but not as successful as us. *You've asked investors to be patient and give you as much as two years before judging your post-Stern strategy. Isn't that a lot to ask?* When you're replacing someone who's been on the air for 20 years, it takes some time. Will it take 24 months? I don't think so. We live in a society where people want quick answers, whether it's Wall Street or sports or politics. You have to be patient. *Do you think radio needs more-radical changes?* No. It's content. Whoever has the best content will win. But on the technology side there are a lot of investments going on in high-definition radio right now. There are going to be all these side channels in the next three to seven years [because HD gives broadcasters extra bandwidth for additional programming]. That to me would be the only radical change. This article has been corrected; the original print version contains an inaccurate revenue figure.

12-13-2005, 06:21 PM	#7
Dumballa Sight beyond sight. Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 05, 2005 Location: Lighthouse Point Posts: 6,384	Real quick - does anyone know the cheapest Sirius radio and the monthly costs?

12-13-2005, 06:40 PM	#10
dlemond Hey, I know you. Moderator Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 03, 2001 Location: New Jersey Posts: 6,751	I don't have Sirius and I don't have any immediate plans to get it, but I am definitely mulling it over because of Stern. I like Howard, always have, and it will be hard not to hear him anymore on the drive to work.

12-13-2005, 08:34 PM	#11
theshark8777 Hats for Bats Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 23, 2001 Location: northeast Ohio. Posts: 5,315	And not to confuse anyone, this is Howards last week on infinity, but he doesn't start new shows on Sirius until January 9, 2006. I believe Howard already has a channel on Sirius right now (100 or 101). When he starts his show, he will have 2 channels all to himself!

12-15-2005, 07:07 PM	#13
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	I listened to "Board Reflections" today and Allan Sniffen (who runs the Musicradio WABC website) was saying that Howard Stern is leaving free radio to go to Satellite Radio. You might listen to "Board Reflections" and find out. Lets take a listen. I hope Steve M, TJL and the others would listen to his show. Good luck! http://musicradio.computer.net/other...ns12-15-05.ram

12-15-2005, 07:13 PM	#14
theshark8777 Hats for Bats Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 23, 2001 Location: northeast Ohio. Posts: 5,315	Howard is having a parade in Manhattan tomorrow to celebrate his move.

12-16-2005, 12:57 PM	#15
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	12/16/05 - The Date Which Will Live In Radio Infamy I want everybody to take a listen to Howard Stern's last show for terrestrial radio. This is from Big Apple Airchecks. Thanks to Matt Craig and Matt Seinberg for help putting Howard's last show on the air. Here it is in 2 parts. Part 1 - 6:00 AM - 8:00 AM Part 2 - 8:30 AM - 10:05 AM By the way, after Stern's departure, I change my Christmas Mickey avatar back. I'm not a big fan of Stern so I changed my avatar back.